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Parasite-Inspired Device for Delivering Drugs to the Gut

Parasite-Inspired Device for Delivering Drugs
From Johns Hopkins engineers:  “The parasite-inspired devices, which the researchers call “theragrippers,” each come equipped with [MORE]

Ultra-Miniaturized Endoscope

Images from lensless computational microendoscope
A collaboration between optical engineers in Boston and Baltimore have designed a minimally invasive, lens-free, computational [MORE]

Vitals Monitoring from 4’ away with a Smartphone

Video Vitals
Engineers at Penn State and Johns Hopkins are collaborating in the development of a heart rate monitor that relies [MORE]

Variance in Liquid Biopsy Test Results

Liquid Biopsy
According to Johns Hopkins University researchers: “Many commercial developers of liquid biopsy tests tout the accuracy and benefits of [MORE]

Hopkins Pathologists Set New Record for Medical Delivery Drone

Delivery Distance Record for Medical Drones
Will flying drones become the best delivery system for pathology specimens in the 21st century? [MORE]

Brain Implant Moves Individual Prosthetic Fingers

Brain Implant
This story is both fascinating and unsettling. Researchers at Johns Hopkins conducted a brain mapping experiment on a young [MORE]

Sugar as a Contrast Agent for Imaging

Like the observation that a tumor’s microenvironment is more acidic than surrounding tissue, researcher at Lund University and Johns Hopkins [MORE]

Inexpensive Brain Cooling Device for Neonate Hypoxia

Using a clay pot, burlap basket, sand filling, an instant ice pack, a microprocessor, two temperature sensors, and two [MORE]

Anemia Check via Cell Phone

JHU Hemoglobe
As part of Johns Hopkins Medicine’s “10 Cent Medical Checkup Using Cell Phones” project, students have developed “Hemo [MORE]

Photo Tour of Hopkins’ “Sim Center”

Johns Hopkins’ School of Medicine, and Hospital have ranked first among American health care providers for many years (according [MORE]

Hydrogel Scaffold for Burn Healing

Hydrogel
Johns Hopkins University researchers intended to design a hydrogel loaded with stem cells to promote wound healing, but their [MORE]

Business in Companion Diagnostics

As an indication of things to come, Qiagen (Venlo, The Netherlands) signed an exclusive agreement with Johns Hopkins [MORE]