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Placenta-on-a-Chip

Placenta-on-a-Chip
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have created a “placenta-on-a-chip” device that mimics the functions of this complex and little [MORE]

A Patch of Nanorods and Spheres to Treat Tumors

Triple Attack Hydrogel Cancer Patch
MIT bioengineers have developed a patch of nanoparticles that can be attached to a tumor or [MORE]

Device for Minimally Invasive Mitral Regurgitation Repair

Harpoon Heart Device
Through a small hole in the chest, a new tool allows cardiac surgeons to replace the cords that [MORE]

Camera Inside a Syringe

Imaging System Fits Inside a Syringe Needle
For the first time, physicists have used 3-D printing to make a complex lens [MORE]

Custom Bioreactor for Growing Bones

Lab-Grown Living Bone
Jawbone defects have been corrected using bone tissue taken from elsewhere in the patient’s body and implanted where [MORE]

Video Enabled Toothbrush

ONVI Prophix Video Toothbrush
Chicago-based startup ONVI has announced that its video enabled toothbrush, “Prophix,” will go on sale next year [MORE]

Highly Accurate Blood Test for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Multiple Sclerosis

Blood Test
Screening more than 9,000 proteins with protein microarrays, researchers at the Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine (Glassboro, NJ) have [MORE]

Monitoring Glucose with Microwave

Diabetes Glucose Monitor Microwaves
It has been known for a few years that a microwave biosensor—i.e. a dielectric resonator attached to [MORE]

Test Results for Lab-Grown Blood Vessels

Bioengineered Blood Vessels Duke
Bioengineers at Duke and Yale universities have created blood vessels in tissue culture by allowing human vascular [MORE]

Terahertz Radiation through a 3-D Printed Lens for Medical Imaging

Terahertz Lens
Terahertz radiation exists in the EM spectrum between microwave and infrared. It has several advantages in imaging such as [MORE]

University of Washington’s “Spiro Call” for Lung Assessment

Testing SpiroSmart
Over the years we’ve seen a few smartphone applications for measuring lung function as a spirometer does. But in [MORE]

World’s Smallest Thermometer

DNA Thermometers
Does a person’s constant body temperature of 37 degrees C mean that temperature remains constant with the body’s cells? [MORE]

Engineering New Insulin Producing Cells

Insulin Producing Mini Stomachs
Scientists at Harvard’s Stem Cell Institute have induced pluripotency in stomach cells of diabetic mice and caused [MORE]

Optical Data Transfer at 1.124 Terabytes Per Second

Comcast cable subscribers supposedly receive internet transmission speeds of between 105 and 150 mbps (i.e. megabites/second). Verizon Fios has the [MORE]