Artificial Eye and Muscle Technology
Quoting directly: “Harvard has reported a breakthrough flat artificial eye just 30 microns in depth which [MORE]
Human Heart
Cardiomyocytes, like brain cells, stop regenerating after a brief window. But inducing them to cell cycle again is a [MORE]
Liquid Biopsy
According to Johns Hopkins University researchers: “Many commercial developers of liquid biopsy tests tout the accuracy and benefits of [MORE]
Sandia Theranostics
Sandia National Laboratories engineers have developed rare-earth “metal-organic framework” materials that have unusual properties such as different color fluorescence, [MORE]
Orthofix PhysioStim
Exactly how an electric field stimulates cell division isn’t completely known, but Orthofix (Lewisville, TX) has made and received [MORE]
MIT Organs Chip
Aimed at drug testing, MIT engineers have created a physiome chip, aka “body-on-a-chip,” that has one to two [MORE]
Photoreceptor for the Eye
Scientists at Fudan University in Shanghai have created an artificial photoreceptor that restored vision in blind mice. [MORE]
Vessel Damage Model
Chemical engineers at ITMO University (St. Petersburg, Russia) have developed intravenously injected nanoparticles that can be moved to [MORE]
Organs-on-Chips
Microengineers at Cedars Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute (Los Angeles, CA) have created an “intestine-on-a-chip” that simulates a [MORE]
Respiratory Pacemaker
Respicardia (Minnetonka, MN) has now implanted a breathing “pacemaker” in its first clinically approved patient. The device stimulates the [MORE]
Hair Follicle Germs
Yokohama National University scientists have shown how it is possible to mass produce “hair follicle germs” for implantation. [MORE]
Arthritic Knee
Thinking there might be an injectable therapy instead of joint replacement in some cases of arthritis, researchers at the [MORE]
Edible QR Code Medicine
QR (for Quick Release) codes are barcodes mainly used for keeping track of things. But researchers at [MORE]
Ultrathin Needle Delivers Medication to Brain
Quoting directly: “Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have devised a miniaturized system that can deliver [MORE]