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Smart, Light-Sensing Polymer for Medical Devices

Researchers at the University of California-San Diego have developed what they call a “smart” polymer that can encapsulate medications [MORE]

Nerve-Specific Fluorescent Probes

One feature of patient individuality is that the person on the surgical table may not have his or her [MORE]

Cancer Markers In Toenail Tissue

Nicotine accumulates in toenail tissue whether or not the toes belong to a smoker or a nonsmoker who had [MORE]

Using Stem Cells to Test Autism Drugs

Researchers at the University of California-San Diego, and the Salk Institute, have taken skin cells from Rett syndrome mice, [MORE]

Convenient Biosensors for ECG and EEG Monitoring

With both electrocardiograms and electroencephalograms, patients have to have electrodes “stuck” on their skin to get good signals.  Bioengineers [MORE]

Smell Sensor for Cell Phones to Detect Airborne Toxins

Mimicking sensory cells in the human nose, Michael Sailor, professor of biochemistry at UC-San Diego, and engineers at a [MORE]

Ultrasound Clot Busting

With an apparatus resembling a Gamma Knife, University of California, San Diego professor Thilo Hoelscher is experimenting with high [MORE]