MSU LANDS $1.8M NIH GRANT TO IMPROVE BRAIN IMPLANTS
Michigan State University has landed a $1.8 million National Institutes for Health R01 grant to improve brain implants – “electroceuticals” used to treat Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s,...
Month : March 2019
Virtual reality tool gives viewers the vision of a nocturnal primate
Researchers teamed up with a student-based tech lab to develop an interactive virtual reality tool that gives users entry into the vision of another species–a...
Contact lens-based antihistamine delivery effective
A contact lens (CL)-based drug delivery system is effective for therapeutic delivery of the antihistamine ketotifen, according to a study published online March 19 in Cornea....
Scientists develop way to perform supercomputer simulations of the heart on cellphones
You can now perform supercomputer simulations of the heart’s electrophysiology in real time on desktop computers and even cellphones. A team of scientists from Rochester...
THESE SCIENTISTS ARE 3D-PRINTING NEW BODY PARTS FOR ATHLETES
Injuries Out A team of bioengineers has successfully 3D-printed tissues they believe doctors could one day implant into patients to help heal the knee, ankle,...
Stanford’s Artificial Intelligence Institute Aims to Put Humans at the Center of this Field
The term ‘Artificial Intelligence’ was coined by a Stanford University scientist, while others at the university created some of the most significant applications of it....
Long term study finds engineered blood vessels turned to living tissue
The team says that at the time the faux blood vessels were implanted into humans, they were devoid of any cells. However, the fake vessels...
Can a computer tell you when you’re going to die?
Everyone is faced with the prospect of death, though not knowing when the time will come can be unsettling for many. Now, researchers have uncovered...
Wearable Biosensors Help Wound Healing Process by Mimicking Skin
Biosensors are devices that combine a biological component with a physiochemical detector to observe and analyze how a chemical substance reacts to the body. Despite...