Telemedicine consult
Hypertension is the reason for about 39 million doctor’s visits a year in the US. During a visit, the [MORE]
Prostate Cancer
Elevated levels of prostate specific antigen followed by prostate biopsies have long been the standard for determining prostate cancer, [MORE]
Microfluidics
Circulating tumor cells, captured in microfluidic devices, die off in a few hours; so means of preserving them is a [MORE]
Small Intestine Cellular Composition
Quoting directly: “The lining or epithelium of the gut is one of the body’s most diverse and [MORE]
ctDNA Liquid Biopsy
Most interest in liquid biopsies has focused on less invasive disease diagnosis. This piece, however, draws attention to [MORE]
Polarization Anisotropy Diagnostics
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have built a point-of-care device that can diagnose five different bacteria—the major germs [MORE]
PAD Device
In proof-of-principle research, bioengineers at Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a point-of-care device that can interface with a table [MORE]
MIT Gastric Devices
Relying on a novel elastic polymer gel, biomedical engineers at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a [MORE]
Decellularization
The technique of taking an animal organ, washing cells out of the extracellular matrix, and then seeding in new cells [MORE]
Liver Drug Analysis
Anticancer drugs are metabolized in the liver before they reach the tumor target—thus a need for a means [MORE]
APPRAISE System
Internal hemorrhaging is a life-threatening risk for trauma patients, and every moment toward a correct assessment saves live. To [MORE]
Cancer Diagnosis Using SmartPhone
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center has been testing a small imaging device that is attached to a [MORE]
Laser Speckle Rheology
Laser speckle rheology is a technique of beaming a laser through an organic material, revealing a light scattering [MORE]
Nanostructured Xray of Soft Tissue
X-ray machines require contrasting agents to image soft tissue, but engineers from MIT and Mass [MORE]