Molecular Surgery for Cartilage
Rhinoplasty
Two California scientists have experimentally developed a new means of reshaping cartilage without surgery. They insert a needle into tissue [MORE]
Aligning Cells with Ultrasound for Bioprinted Tissues
Ultrasound aligns cell in 3D printed tissue
Biofabrication relies on several means for aligning cells for 3D printed tissues, now including [MORE]
Robot Assisted Uterus Transplant Delivers a Healthy Baby
Baby boy born after a uterine transplant
In what Swedish surgeons at the University of Gothenburg call “the Robot Project,” a [MORE]
Stem Cells Restore Sense of Smell
Horizontal basal cells restore smell
“Horizontal basal cells” are stem cells that can repopulate all olfactory tissue including sensory neurons, according [MORE]
Scanning IVF Embryos with Artificial Intelligence
Human embryos
IVF lab embryologists spend considerable time examining early embryos, trying to determine which to implant first. The exam results [MORE]
Prospects for Borophene
Boron
Biomedical engineers are still scrambling to find novel applications for graphene (discovered in 2004). Thus far, the list includes sensors, [MORE]
A Wearable MRI
Wearable MRI for detecting breast cancer
To improve the patient experience with MRI imaging, engineers at the University of Vienna have [MORE]
First Computer Generated Genome
Computer generated C-ethensis
Quoting directly: “Scientists at ETH Zurich have created the first fully computer-generated genome of a living organism. The [MORE]
Growing Blood Vessels
Blood vessels
For a long time, researchers have assumed that the interior structure of a blood vessel was more crucial than [MORE]
Measuring Dopamine in Blood
Point of care sensor measures dopamine
A blood test for depression is now conceivable based on a detector that researchers at [MORE]
Brain Surgery at a Distance
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
At the time (September 2001), Operation Lindbergh was the darling of telemedicine. It involved using a Zeus [MORE]
Hydrogels in Tissue Engineering
CNF hydrogel
Materials scientists at Singapore University of Technology and Design have developed a two-phase cellulose nanofiber hydrogel (CNF)—liquid and solid—that [MORE]
Ultrasound Activation of Bone Regeneration
Bone regeneration through ultrasound control of genes
University of Michigan bioengineers have shown a new method for regenerating bone and soft [MORE]
Putting Ingestible Sensors on Food
Edible circuits
You’ll recall children’s’ play tattoos—printed on a transfer film and stuck to skin. The grown-up version of this is [MORE]
Artificial Proximal Tube
Bioprinted proximal tubule of the kidney
In 3D bioprinted “living renal devices” (i.e. artificial nephrons), engineers have to mimic two functions [MORE]
First 3D Printed Heart with Blood Vessels
First bioprinted heart
Researchers at Tel Aviv University announced that they have 3D printed a cherry-sized heart with human tissues and [MORE]
Device Detects Internal Bleeding
Saranas earlybird internal bleeding detector
Internal bleeding after surgery is a risk to both open body and minimally invasive procedures. This [MORE]
Low Cost Pediatric Respiration Monitor
Wearable monitor for lung disease
Engineers at the University of California, Irvine have designed a pediatric breathing monitor described as this: [MORE]
Artificial Liver for Testing RNAi-Based Drugs
MIT Liver model
In making a living hepatic device, MIT researchers were able to mimic a human liver’s microenvironment. They then [MORE]
Home Urinalysis with a Smartphone
Dip.io Urinalysis Test Kit Healthy.io
An Israeli company, Healthy.io (Tel Aviv) has received FDA approval for its “Dip.io” home urinalysis kit [MORE]
Electrical Bandages: How They Work
Biofilm bandage
Researchers have known for some time that electrical currents can speed wound healing, but now they know how this [MORE]
Electricity via WiFi
MITs Rectenna
The idea of transmitting electricity through air sounds like science fiction, but researchers at MIT have demonstrated how that [MORE]
Highly Sensitive Microfluidic Device for Capturing CTCs
Cancer cell microfluidic device
Much of the enthusiasm for liquid biopsy in cancer research comes from knowing there are circulating tumor [MORE]
Moving Closer to Lab-Grown Kidneys
Generation of kidney in anephric mouse
Regenerative medicine researchers at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences (Okazaki, Japan), “show that mouse [MORE]
Photonic Device for Measuring Arterial Stiffness
Photonic device measure arterial stiffness
Medtronic, working with nine European research groups, has developed a prototype device for measuring arterial stiffness [MORE]