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Artificial Intelligence for Wellness

Human Microbiome
The interaction of some three billion bacterial genes and twenty thousand human genes in the human microbiome is the [MORE]

Regenerating Insulin-Producing Cells

Pancreas Insulin Beta Cells
As bodies age, the regenerative capacity of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas diminishes. This partly explains [MORE]

A Physician’s E-Glove for Physical Exams

Sensor Glove
Many things in a physical exam are based on the physician’s subjective judgements. Muscle stiffness is one of those [MORE]

3-D Printing for Complex Blood Vessel Formations

3D Printing Blood Vessels
“Nanoengineers have 3-D printed a lifelike, functional blood vessel network that could pave the way toward artificial [MORE]

Detecting Infections in Prostheses

Hip Prosthesis
Last summer, D. A. Henderson, who led WHO’s Smallpox Eradication Campaign, died from a MRSA infection following a prosthetic [MORE]

Finding Small Chromosome Abnormalities with DNA Sequencing

DNA Sequencing
In July 2012, researchers at Stanford University announced that they had sequenced the entire genome of a fetus using [MORE]

Bioink for Drawing Electrical Circuits on Skin

Bio-Ink that Senses Glucose
There’s nothing particularly new about pens with conductive ink for drawing electrical circuits. But applying that idea [MORE]

Maintaining Pluripotency in hESC’s

hESCs
Since 2001, when the USFDA approved “Gleevec” for clinical use, scientists, oncologists and cancer patients alike have understood “signal induction [MORE]

Nanosponges for Blood Cleansing

Nanosponge
Engineers at the University of California at San Diego have fabricated “nanosponges,” made of a biocompatible polymer wrapped in [MORE]