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Breast Cancer’s Tell-Tale Clue in Hair
Anatomy of Human Hair
Can early breast cancer be diagnosed from a strand of hair? Researchers at the University of Utah [MORE]
The Tipping Point for Robotic Spine Surgery
Mazor Core Surgical Room
“A form of robotic-guided spine surgery results in a five-fold reduction in surgical complications and a seven-fold [MORE]
3-D Medical Imaging
EchoPixel True3D
“EchoPixel, a company in Mountain View, California, hopes to bridge the gap [between what a surgeon sees on a [MORE]
Wearable Fiber Optics Tracks Body Movements
Stretchy Sensory Fabric
Engineers at Beijing’s Tsinghua University have created a sensitive and flexible optical fiber that opens new possibilities for [MORE]
Remote Sonography
Telerobotic Ultrasound System – Patient Site
This piece describes a technology “in progress:” telerobotic ultrasound. Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan [MORE]
Gene Therapy for Adrenoleukodystrophy
ABCD1 Gene Defect in ALD
You may remember Lorenzo Odono and the 1992 movie, “Lorenzo’s Oil,” about his and his family’s [MORE]
Antibiotics with Light Activated Nanoparticles
CU Boulder Researcher at Boulder at the BioFrontiers Institute
Drug resistance in several pathogenic species have raised alarms and stimulated a [MORE]
Spray Drying for Personalized Drugs
Medications
This piece describes work at the Fraunhofer Institute in Stutgart, Germany, where chemical engineers have developed an improved method of [MORE]
Microneedle Patch for Drawing Interstitial Fluid
Microneedle Patch
Average size adults carry about two and a half gallons of interstitial fluid which bathes every cell in the [MORE]
“Labyrinth” Chip Sorts Circulating Tumor Cells
Labyrinth Chip
Quoting directly from the University of Michigan researchers: “We present “Labyrinth,” a label-free microfluidic device to isolate circulating tumor [MORE]
Electro-Spinning Collagen for Organ Scaffolds
Biological Scaffolds
The process known as electrospinning, whereby a high voltage drives a liquid polymer through a small orifice causing it [MORE]
The Role of Retail Clinics
Retail Health Clinics
Retail clinics represent a kind of medical populism challenging the healthcare establishment. Typically retail clinics, located in grocery [MORE]
A Wearable Language Translator
Fujitsu Speech Translator
Fujitsu Laboratories announces that it has produced the “world’s first, wearable, hands free, speech translation device,” in the [MORE]
Smart Prosthetics
Smart Prosthetics (MOIP)
To address the needs of military amputees, the Naval Research Lab and collaborators have created a smart artificial [MORE]