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Tiny Monitor for Cardiac Physiology

Soft, bioresorbable, transparent microelectrode arrays for multimodal spatiotemporal mapping and modulation of cardiac physiology
From a collaboration between Northwestern University and [MORE]

A Dissolvable Pacemaker

Transient pacemaker dissolves in the body after use
“In a breakthrough that could greatly ease the burden for patients recovering from [MORE]

Flexible Heart Catheters

Electronic- cardiac catheter
“[R]esearchers [at George Washington and Northwestern Universities] have developed a new type of catheter that conforms well with [MORE]

Death by Salt

Mazza Salt Beds Sicily
Heart attack, stroke and kidney failure collectively make up the greatest cause of human deaths.  Hypertension is a [MORE]

Death by Salt

Mazza Salt Beds Sicily
Heart attack, stroke and kidney failure collectively make up the greatest cause of human deaths.  Hypertension is [MORE]

3-D Bioprinted Placenta for Research on Pre-Eclampsia

Placenta Anatomy
Pre-eclampsia, also known as pregnancy- induced hypertension, can be life threatening to the mother and its only known treatment [MORE]

Mini Heart Implants to Improve Circulation

Mini Heart
Much of regenerative medicine-thinking has focused on using stem cells to grow new organs—hearts, bladders, livers, lungs, etc.  This [MORE]

Careers in Biomedical Engineering

New knowledge has long provided economic liberation, and despite so much business uncertainty today, a convergence of biological and [MORE]

Simulation Lab at GWU’s New School of Nursing

George Washington University has spun out a nursing school from its existing School of Medicine & Health Sciences, and located [MORE]