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Using Herpes to Kill Skin Cancers

Oncolytic Herpes Virus
In a multi-institutional study, European cancer researchers used a modified herpes virus, Talimogene Laherparepvec (T-VEC), to infect and [MORE]

Subconscious Control of Prosthetic Leg

Ossur Mind Control Limb
The Icelandic prosthetic company Ossur has announced what might be the next generation for artificial limbs. According [MORE]

Cosmetic Testing with 3D Printed Skin

NovoGen Bioprinter
The French cosmetic giant L’Oreal is working with San Diego-based Organovo to make human skin for testing beauty products. [MORE]

Fingerprinting Drug Use

Fingerprint
This is an interesting piece in itself—mass spec analysis of a fingerprint to detect cocaine intake. But it also suggests [MORE]

The Ultimate Wearable

3D Printed Photosynthetic Wearable
“Mushtari” is its name, from Arabic meaning “huge.” Maybe it should also mean “mindboggling.” This prototype of [MORE]

Sleep Monitoring Headphones

Kokoon EEG Head Phones
A person’s blood pressure drops to its lowest point during REM sleep and without three periods of [MORE]

Molecular Light Switch

Molecule Size Switch
The smallest possible electrical switch would be no more than a single molecule which could change its shape [MORE]

Using Cultured Skin Cells as Burn Bandages

Skin Cell Healing Burn Bandage
Biomaterials engineers in Mexico have created a biodegradable “bandage,” laced with lab cultured keratinocytes which can [MORE]

Bioink for Drawing Electrical Circuits on Skin

Bio-Ink that Senses Glucose
There’s nothing particularly new about pens with conductive ink for drawing electrical circuits. But applying that idea [MORE]

HD/3D Endoscope

Sony Surgical Headset
What Sony learned about 3-D television in home theaters now has a medical version—a head mounted image processing [MORE]

Singapore Nightclub’s Urinal Alcohol Sensor

Pee Analyzer
Imagine this: while using a nightclub urinal, a flashing message on the wall above tells a man that [MORE]

Soft “Exosuit” for Physical Rehab

Softexosuit
“Biologically inspired engineers” at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have developed a soft exosuit that functions to assist gait rehabilitation.  [MORE]

3-D Printed Exoskeletal Cast

Cortex
3-D printing continues to open new possibilities in health care—this one being a printed “exoskeleton” for setting broken bones.  [MORE]

Micro Vacuum Pumps

Microscale Vacuum Pump
DARPA let challenge grants for micro-scale vacuum pumps which could be used in micro-fluidics devices (among [MORE]