POSTS TAGGED AS MDTMAG.com

Do Stem Cells Look Different?

RU High Resolution Stem Cell
Here’s an interesting proposition—stem cells, as those used for bone marrow transplantation—change shape depending on their [MORE]

Imaging that Distinguishes Dementia from Depression

Brain SPECT Scans
Single proton emission computed tomography (SPECT) relies on injected gamma ray-emitting radioisotopes which results in true 3-D images [MORE]

Stanford’s “Nanostraws” for Cell Sampling

Nicholas Melosh Developed Non-Destructive Cell Sampling System
To find out what chemical reactions are going on within a cell, the most [MORE]

Engineered Thyroid Cells

Thyroid Gland Cells
Hypo or hyperthyroidism, goiter or cancer are among the thyroid conditions that afflict about 10% of the US [MORE]

PET Imaging of Both Primary and Metastatic Prostate Cance

PET CT
Researchers at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, NIH (Bethesda, MD) have developed a new PET imaging [MORE]

Ultrasound in POC Devices

Acoustic Whirlpool Device
Engineers in the US (Duke University) and China have developed an acoustofluidic chip that can concentrate fluorescently-labeled biomarkers [MORE]

A Wearable Watch to Monitor Blood Pressure?

Wearable Blood Pressure Monitor
It seems like it ought to be easy—a wearable watch-like device that continuously monitors blood pressure. But [MORE]

Lens Free Microscope for Automated Diagnosis of Meningitis

Fluid Lens Free Microscopy for Meningitis
Quoting directly from this piece: “French researchers from Grenoble Alpes University and Aix-Marseille University have [MORE]

500+ Gene Liquid Biopsy

Blood Sample
Liquid biopsy isn’t yet the gold standard for tumor analysis, but it is moving rapidly in that direction. This [MORE]

Implantable Micromachines

Implantable Microrobots
Hydrogels have come a long way since Dutch chemist and physician Jacob Maarten van Bemmelen first described their nature [MORE]

High Resolution pH Imaging

Energy Transduction
This piece describes how researchers at Osaka University have used a fluorescent probe and microscopy to image the complex [MORE]

World’s First Portable Whole-Body CT Scanner

Body Tom Portable CT
As this piece describes it: “BodyTom, the world’s first portable, full-body, 32-slice CT scanner, is a multi-departmental [MORE]

InterAtrial Shunt Device

Corvia Medical Atrial Heart Device
About half of heart failure patients suffer from a stiffened heart muscle that causes blood to [MORE]

Biomaterials: Liquid Silk

Pure Liquid Silk – Fibroin
Silk Therapeutics Inc. (Medford, M.A.) is a skin care company at present, using pure fibroin (silk [MORE]