Device helps doctors select lungs for transplant
The Xvivo Perfusion System has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to help doctors determine whether lungs are suitable for transplant, the...
Month : April 2019
Squid skin inspires creation of next-generation space blanket
Drawing design inspiration from the skin of stealthy sea creatures, engineers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a next-generation, adaptive space blanket that...
SCIENTISTS PLAN TO 3D PRINT MUSCULAR TISSUE ON THE SPACE STATION
Space Medicine The International Space Station is rapidly becoming a hotbed of biomedical research. One example: a 3D printer that scientists have been using to manufacture biological tissue...
Gatorade’s GX Sweat Patch Helps Athletes Keep Track of Hydration and Lost Nutrients
Gatorade, a company that offers sports drinks for athletes to keep them hydrated, has developed a sweat patch that will help them refuel more effectively,...
DARPA: This Smart Contact Lens Could Give Soldiers Superpowers
Is this the smart contact lens DARPA has been looking for for at least a decade? Contact High French engineering school IMT Atlantique revealed what it calls...
Tiny robots powered by magnetic fields could help drug-delivery nanoparticles reach their targets
MIT engineers have designed tiny robots that can help drug-delivery nanoparticles push their way out of the bloodstream and into a tumor or another disease...
Flytta Smartwatch: A New Approach to Parkinson’s Care
Parkinson’s is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, characterized by both motor (tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia, postural instability) and non-motor symptoms such as depression, sleep disorder, dementia, anxiety,...
SURGEONS JUST SENT A TINY, AUTONOMOUS BOT INTO A HEART VALVE
Self-Guiding In a world first, surgeons just used a self-navigating surgery robot in an experimental surgery — training a robotic catheter to find its way to a...
Engineers make injectable tissues a reality
New device encases delicate cells into protective microgels A simple injection that can help regrow damaged tissue has long been the dream of physicians and...
THIS VIDEO GAME DETECTS ALZHEIMER’S EARLIER THAN LAB TESTS
Memory Loss Although memory problems are the strongest indicators of Alzheimer’s disease, they’re a late-stage symptom. A much earlier sign of dementia is poor spatial...