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Vibration as a Protein Property

Terahertz Near Field Microscope
Considering a cell as analogous to a factory, because of all the motions that go on inside, [MORE]

Biomarker/Sensor for Brain Injury During Heart Surgery

Schematic of an OTFT Device
Organic thin film transistors are dramatically changing the design and development of medical devices, and [MORE]

Micro-Endoscopy

Normal human vision can see things as small as 125 microns (i.e. 125 thousands of a millimeter); today’s best [MORE]

First Fully Automated Liver Perfusion Device

Liver Organ Device
Until now, liver transplantation was a race against time—i.e. the time a liver “on ice” remained viable, [MORE]

Autonomous Screening of C.elegans Genes

Using artificial intelligence and a microscopic camera, researchers at Georgia Tech have been able to demonstrate how tens of [MORE]

Synthetic Pores

Relying on the self-assembly propensity of abnormally large red blood cells (usually associated with pernicious anemia), Chinese chemists have created [MORE]

Nanolithography for Biosensors

Several developments have come forward recently in designing parallel channel microfluidic chips that can be used as biosensors.  This [MORE]

Stem Cell Trial for Stroke

Though the patient base is small (only a half dozen so far) neuroscientists at the University of Glasgow in [MORE]

Device Controls Overactive Bladder

“VERV” is the trademarked name for Johnson and Johnson’s neurostimulation device to treat incontinence.  It is a small patch [MORE]

Individuality of Concussions

About 30% of mild concussions cause permanent impairment, but which patients are likely to have that outcome at the [MORE]

Predicting Male Fertility

Using RNA microarrays, researchers at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (Barcelona, Spain) identified 85 gene expressions associated with low [MORE]

A New Mystery Written in RNA

N6-methyladenosine
For some time, biochemists have known about DNA and protein modifications—i.e. chemical changes that alter the function of genes [MORE]

Minimally Invasive, Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement

Using a replacement aortic valve that opens like an umbrella and anchors itself to the vessel’s walls, surgeons at [MORE]

Photoacoustic Imaging

Photoacoustic imaging involves using a nano-second pulsed laser to penetrate tissue to a depth of up to 3 inches and [MORE]