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Monitoring Blood Pressure with a Smart Watch
Biobeats
Biobeat Technologies (Tel Aviv, Israel) has received FDA approval for its wrist-wearable blood pressure monitor. Using light to measure physical [MORE]
The “MasSpec Pen”
Mass spec pen detects cancer
This isn’t what first comes to mind—a mass spectrometer reduced to the size of a pen. [MORE]
Optical Tomography Bioprinting
Volumetric bioprinting process
Bioprinting today is performed as an additive manufacturing process—layer by layer. Researchers at EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland) now show [MORE]
Using CRISPR for Diagnostic Devices
CRISPR to edit DNA gels
MIT and Harvard researchers have used CRISPR to edit DNA in gels making new types of [MORE]
Growing Neurons on Nanotube Films
Neurons on carbon nanotubes
In trying to mimic natural neuron networks, Italian researchers found that the size of the spaces between [MORE]
Preventative Genomics Clinics
DNA sequencing clinics
Most major medical centers have some capability of sequencing DNA when a medical condition advises it. But now [MORE]
“Theranostic” Isotopes, Scandium 43 and 47
Creating ultra short lived medical isotopes
Several dozen radioisotopes are used in medicine for imaging and therapy. Their value depends on [MORE]
New Light in Neuroimaging
Optical functional imaging of brain oxygen
Collaborators at the University of Birmingham (UK) and the University of Washington medical school have [MORE]
Implantable Device Controls Heartbeat and Blood Pressure
Barostim Neo in body drawing
A pacemaker-like implantable device stimulates the carotid artery in a way that reduces risk of heart [MORE]
Millions and Millions of Genes in the Microbiome
Human microbiome project
“Early estimates as to exactly how many unique genes [in the human microbiome] there may be range from [MORE]
Artificial Intelligence in Oncology so far, not so Good
Watson computer
“In 2018, the team at MD Anderson published a paper in The Oncologist outlining their experiences with Watson and [MORE]
A “Channelpedia” of Potassium Ion Channels
Ion channel data base
Researchers in the “Blue Brain Project” at EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland) have created a rough draft map of [MORE]
Smartphone to Brain Implant to Neural Circuits
Tiny implant in brain can control neural circuits
In a step toward automated animal studies, engineers at the Korean Advanced Institute [MORE]
Perspective on “Collaborative Robots”
HighRes robotic system
This piece has an interview with the CEO of HighRes Biosolutions (Beverly, MA) about robotics in laboratory automation [MORE]