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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.
Lab-grown 'tumor-on-a-chip' improves cancer drug screening
Researchers in Japan have developed a device that may streamline the screening process for cancer drugs.
Glucose biosensor is powered by...glucose
The sensor combines an electron-transporting polymer with an enzyme that extracts electrons from its reaction with glucose to drive its circuitry.
Cool Idea Award: Healthcare grant from Protolabs spurs a pair of creative feeding tube inventions
The MedStar Health device improves NICU feeding while the Cleveland Clinic Innovations' feeding tube enhances quality of life for patients.
How the circular economy may save us from drowning in plastic
Top name brands, large manufacturers and startups are stepping up to solve the plastic waste problem.
New hydrogel self heals and shifts shape
A multifunctional shape-changing hydrogel has properties that mimic living tissue, making the self-healing material of potential value for medical and soft robotics applications.
Electrospun membranes improve brain cancer treatment
Multi-layered membranes composed of core-sheath fibers were formed as nanomesh discs, loaded with a chemotherapy drug and tested in rodent models.