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Red blood cells recruited for targeted drug delivery
Modified cell constructs carrying a pharmaceutical payload can be injected into the body without triggering an immune response.
Ultra low carryover valve increases throughput, simplifies fluidic circuits for clinical diagnostic and analytical chemistry instrumentation
The valve is suitable for a variety of different liquids and can achieve a water flow rate of up to 395 ml/min at 45 psi (3 bar).
UK engineers prototype 3D-printed, sensor-operated prosthesis for toddlers
The device is lightweight, has soft grip fingers and a seven-channel pediatric armband fitted with motion sensors.
ResMed settles kickback lawsuits and false claims allegations
The company agreed to pay $37.5 million as settlement for five whistleblower lawsuits.
US Army developing glove-less device for cold hands
Researchers from the U.S. Army are attempting to develop a glove-less device for heating cold hands.
The ElectroPen, a lab device based on the humble household lighter
The common appliance inspired the design of a simple, inexpensive electroporator, a device used in laboratory experiments to open cell walls with controlled jolts of electricity.
Video: Living robots could unlock new drug delivery or toxic waste cleanup
Xenobots were formed from supercomputer designs and formed from stem cells of African frogs.
Liquid metals battle superbugs without drugs
Researchers have used liquid metals to develop new bacteria-destroying technology that could be the answer to the problem of antibiotic resistance.
Modeling corneal tissue repair with microfluidics
University of Texas researchers tapped microfluidics technology to examine the role of threadlike fibrils in guiding corneal keratocytes to areas of the eye requiring repair and healing.
Microfluidics and smartphone dial up fast diagnosis for urinary tract infection
The diagnostic engineered at University of Bath, U.K., returns results in 25 minutes and offers a portable, accurate assay for deployment in resource-limited areas.
MIT researchers propose injecting patients with medical records in vanishing ink
A team of researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are proposing a method for embedding vaccination records directly into the skin of patients using vanishing ink.
Video: ISS astronaut treated for blood clot
The onset of an illness typically prompts a visit to the emergency room or a doctor’s office, unless the patient happens to be two months into a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Implants deliver drugs through the blood-brain barrier
A biodegradable implant developed at University of Connecticut offers a simpler, repeatable route to ultrasonically deliver drugs into the brain.
AI lends a sharper eye to breast cancer screening
An artificial intelligence (AI) system has been demonstrated to outperform expert radiologists in accurately interpreting mammograms from screening programs.
Quick ID of viruses with portable platform
Its small size and low cost would render the device of value for rapid virus discovery and diagnosis in clinics as well as in the field when disease outbreaks occur.
Get physical to reduce risk for certain cancers
Recommended physical activity levels are associated with a range of potential benefits, from a 6-10% lower risk of breast cancer to an 18-27% lower risk of liver cancer.
Video: Assembling a stronger self-healing hydrogel
The materials development from MIT can be used to create new polymer classes with biomedical applications.
Tooth-on-a-chip is new dental development
The microfluidic device is designed to advance the understanding of biomaterial effects on live dental pulp cells.
New software helps create better drugs
Lemon, a new framework for data mining, improves machine learning models for the process of drug development.
Four of our favorite tributes to the 150th anniversary of the periodic table
2019 marked the 150th anniversary of work by Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev to develop what we know as the periodic table of the elements. Here are four of our favorite salutes to mark that achievement.