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Spray-On Hydrogel to Protect Organs after Surgery

Spray-On Hydrogel to Prevent Post-Surgery Adhesions
“Researchers at University of California San Diego have developed a spray-on hydrogel that forms a [MORE]

Stretchable Biosensors for Surgery and Imaging

Poroelastic biosensor for epicardial recording and imaging
“[We; material scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Purdue University] report sponge-like poroelastic [MORE]

AI Outperforms Doctors in Predicting Heart Conditions

Echocardiogram
“In a human versus AI study, researchers found that the technology was much more effective at predicting which coronavirus patients [MORE]

mRNA Therapy for Neuronal Death

mRNA to treat neuronal death
“Ischemic neuronal death causes serious lifelong neurological deficits; however, there is no proven effective treatment that [MORE]

Exome-eluting Stent

Smart Stent coatings release drugs to help healing
Stent engineers at North Carolina State University have “ made a new kind [MORE]

Heart Patch for Therapeutic Angiogenesis

To address oxygen deprivation in the heart, chemical engineers in South Korea “. . .  developed a bioengineered mussel adhesive [MORE]

Artificial Pediatric Heart Valves that Grow

 
Lab-created heart valves can grow with the recipient
University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers show “for the first time that lab-created [MORE]

AI Assessment of Heart Function Based on QT Rate

Mayo ECG monitoring lab
Lub-dub goes the heart—72 beats per minute, 103,680 per day, or 2.5 billion times over a 70 [MORE]

The “Omics” of Exercise

Exercise – studying biologic changes
Fitness trackers are one genre of wearable sensors, and here is why they are important: “Understanding [MORE]

Fibronectin (FN)-Based Nanomechanical Biosensor

3D Printing a mini human heart
To 3D print an artificial heart, the material has to show elasticity as does a [MORE]

Bluetooth-Enabled Cardiac Defibrillator Implanted in First Patient

Abbott’s Gallant cardiac implants
Last July the FDA approved Abbott’s “Gallant” implantable defibrillator which has Bluetooth connectivity for distance monitoring.  St. [MORE]

Cell Map of the Adult Human Heart

Single cell reconstruction of adult human heart
From fourteen healthy adult hearts that were rejected after transplantation, a research team headed [MORE]

Flexible Heart Catheters

Electronic- cardiac catheter
“[R]esearchers [at George Washington and Northwestern Universities] have developed a new type of catheter that conforms well with [MORE]

Implantable Radio Frequency-Transmitter Chip

Implantable transmitter chip for wireless sensor nodes
“The Purdue team developed a fully implantable radio-frequency transmitter chip for wireless sensor nodes [MORE]