Technology assessment: Artificial Intelligence in the medical sector
Decoding of the human genome still poses puzzles that might be solved with the help of artificial intelligence. New therapeutic approaches to treating severe diseases...
Month : February 2019
Pioneering trial offers hope for restoring brain cells damaged in Parkinson’s
Results from a pioneering clinical trials programme that delivered an experimental treatment directly to the brain offer hope that it may be possible to restore...
MD&M West 2019: Medical Devices, 3D Printing and Staying Compliant
Between February 5 – 7 2019, the Anaheim Convention Center in Southern California hosted the annual MD&M West medical manufacturing conference. This year, MD&M organizers...
Google and Apple Can Help Learn How Phones Affect Kids’ Brains
Scientists have questions, tech giants have data. Rotting Brains No matter what your mother tells you about your smartphone frying your brain, there’s not a...
Prototype prosthesis proffers proper proprioceptive properties
Researchers have created a prosthetic hand that offers its users the ability to feel where it is and how the fingers are positioned — a...
What are the current limitations associated with fluorescence microscopy for biomedical applications?
An interview with Dr Wei Min, describing his work involving the development of new chemical imaging techniques for studying small molecules, which led to him...
New brain implants disguise as neurons, offering a potentially safer way to study and treat the brain
Like a well-guarded fortress, the human brain attacks intruders on sight. Foreign objects, including neural probes used to study and treat the brain, do not...
Researchers Invent a Needle that Knows Where to Go
Resistance-sensing injector allows researchers to more safely and effectively deliver drugs to the body Syringes and hollow needles have been used to deliver medication for...
ALZHEIMER’S TRIAL WILL “BATHE” PATIENTS’ BRAINS IN HELPFUL GENES
Brain Bath Roughly 25 years ago, the hunt for a cause of Alzheimer’s disease led researchers to the gene APOE. This gene comes in three...