A Patch of Nanorods and Spheres to Treat Tumors
Triple Attack Hydrogel Cancer Patch
MIT bioengineers have developed a patch of nanoparticles that can be attached to a tumor or [MORE]
Simulating the Physician-Patient Relationship
RWJF Role Play Discussing Antibiotics
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is funding a series of virtual conversations between a physician and [MORE]
Implantable Bioscaffolds for Muscle Regeneration
Healing Muscle Injury
Regenerative medicine research physicians have successfully implanted bioscaffolds (i.e. extracellular matrix derived from pig bladder tissue) in 13 [MORE]
Miniature Ultraviolet-Visible Light Spectrometers
Analytical UvVis
Our most faithful correspondent, Dr. Don Nagy, sent this piece about the engineering issues in miniaturizing spectrometers which researchers [MORE]
Photopharmacology and Optogenetics
Optogenetics
A greater share of research interest in cell signaling is devoted to the receptors on the outer surface of the [MORE]
Lens-Free on-Chip Microscopy for Diagnosing Gout
Uric Acid Crystals
If people don’t die before reaching their hundredth birthday, they enter an especially healthy demographic cohort except for [MORE]
Fertility Tracking Bracelet
Ava Fertility Tracker
A woman’s “fertility window,” when conception can happen is only about 6 days out of 28, and only [MORE]
Ablating Fat with Ultrasound
Body Shaping Ultrasound
“UltraShape Power T” is a focused, pulsed ultrasound device that creates pressure changes and bubbles in fat tissue [MORE]
Microrobots for Medical Procedures
Microrobots
Novel methods of drug delivery inside the body is a promising area for research as it may make precise placement [MORE]
A New Wearable for Migraine Treatment
Cefaly Migraine Prevention
This piece is an advertisement for a $350 wearable nerve stimulator that supposedly prevents the onset of migraine [MORE]
Device for Minimally Invasive Mitral Regurgitation Repair
Harpoon Heart Device
Through a small hole in the chest, a new tool allows cardiac surgeons to replace the cords that [MORE]
Echolocation Shoes for the Blind
MIT Echolocation Shoes
James Holman’s name is little remembered today, but it should be, especially because of this piece. Holman (1786-1857) [MORE]
Ultrasound Treatment of Tremors
Focused Ultrasound UVA
The FDA has approved the first focused ultrasound device for treating tremors in patients who do not respond [MORE]
Optical Fiber Probe for Tracking Brain Temperature
Optical Fiber Brain Probe
Brain temperature can be implicated in behavioral changes, neuronal cell death and various motor functions, as might [MORE]
Discrete Molecular Imaging From Wyss
Wyss Discrete Molecular Imaging
This is a follow up piece from a Tagline story on July 26 about the Wyss Institute’s [MORE]
“Ironomics” of Athletes’ Blood Doping
Blood Doping
Autologous blood transfusions (aka “blood doping”) among elite athletes are supposed to be common means of cheating because they [MORE]
Wearable Tracking of Treatment for Oncology Patients
Medidata Patient Cloud(R) ePRO
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is testing a wearable activity tracker, with cloud reporting, for its multiple [MORE]
A New Twist for Probiotics: Drug Delivery
SalmonellaNIAID
This is a story about an idea that obviously is not ready for prime time, but is fascinating nonetheless. Systems [MORE]
Mechanical Tissue-Resection Device
RESECTR
In this age of molecular wonders, there’s still lots to be said for good ol’ mechanical engineering, as this piece [MORE]
Proteomics in Personalized Medicine
Proteomics in Personalized Medicine
The “inherent biological differences between individuals,”. . . “cannot all be explained genetically.” Calling the sum and [MORE]
An Ingestible Origami Robot
Origami Robot MIT
Quoting directly: “Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are designing an ingestible robot that could be used [MORE]
Local Activation of Chemotherapy
Tetrazine Explosion Diagram for DAinv
Anti-cancer drugs that only activate at a tumor site has been an area of pharmacology interest [MORE]
Building a Robot that “Strolls”
DURUS Robot Georgia Tech
It’s no easy feat to mechanically reproduce a human motion such as walking gracefully. But Georgia Tech’s [MORE]
Printing Your Own Lab Equipment
This idea is reasonably close to one that sparked the Industrial Revolution: interchangeable parts. Engineers at the University of California-Riverside [MORE]
Automated Immunofluorescent Microscope is FDA Approved
In early July, the FDA approved Immuno Concepts’ (Sacramento, CA) “Image Navigator” automated microscope which scans slides for immunofluorescent anti-nuclear [MORE]