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MRI/PET Imaging Using Dual Agents with Time of Flight Capability

Dual Agent PET and MRI
Two injected radioagents– fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) and 18F-sodium fluoride (18F-NaF)—followed by quantitative MRI/PET scanning, produces better [MORE]

Guiding Therapeutic Angiogenesis

Blood Vessel Model
This piece reports that researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Stanford University have used 3-D printing to [MORE]

Pharmacoscopy

Scientist who Developed Pharmacoscopy High-Throughput Microscope
Quoting directly: “By combining state-of-the-art high-throughput fluorescent microscopy with single cell image analysis and novel [MORE]

3-D Printed Menisci

3D Printed Knee Implants
Natural menisci in the knee have firmer cartilage in the center and softer, on the outside, making [MORE]

A Smarter Bathroom Scale

Smart Bathroom Scale
In due course, measuring one’s arterial health could be as “everyday” an event as weigh in on a [MORE]

Device for Treating Skin Tumors

Lab Scale Prototype for Tumors
This piece leaves out two critical pieces of information: what kind of skin tumors are being [MORE]

Lab on a CD Disk-Like Device

MIT Makerspaces Microfluidics Devices
Makerspaces are publically accessed R&D facilities for which users pay a fee, like a health club membership. [MORE]

Rapid Protein Screening

Rapid Screening Machine
Biochemists at Penn State have developed a method for rapid screening of proteins (even in living cells) that [MORE]

Nanoparticles Reprogram Immune Cells

Nanoparticles Reprogram Immune Cells
Here’s a good question: can nanoparticle technology transform immunotherapy for cancer? From researchers at the Fred Hutchinson [MORE]

Adhesive Sensor Detects Leaking IV Drips

Wearable Sensor for IV Leakage
For elders, inserting a needle and cannula into a vein to deliver a liquid medication can [MORE]

Implant for Tissue Restoration in Rotator Cuff

Patch for Rotator Cuff with Staples
Four tendons hold shoulder muscles to the bone. Tears in one or more of those [MORE]

Dealing with Regulated Medical Waste

Sterilis Medical Waste Disposal
In most hospital situations where regulated medical waste is hauled away to be burned, the cost is [MORE]

Implantable 3D Printed Cartilage Cells

Formation of Blood Vessels
Using a 3-D printer, tissue engineers at Chalmers University (Gothenburg, Sweden) have constructed human cartilage cells on [MORE]

Single Cell Electroporation

A lab team at Rutgers has combined a microfluidics device with electroporation apparatus to open cells as they flow through [MORE]