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Video: Microfluidic device measures platelet health in minutes
The rapid return of results can help clinicians quickly determine the need for platelet transfusions.
Study: Centrifugal-flow heart pump improves patient outcomes
A two-year trial documented a reduced incidence of pump thrombosis associated with a new centrifugal-flow left-ventricular assist device.
New ISO standard calculates product lifecycle environmental costs
The researchers say that many different aspects are taken into consideration and can include energy consumption, climate impact, material use and emissions into water, air and soil.
Video: Smartwatch or pacemaker users could see their bodies hacked
Researchers develop a method to prevent criminals from hacking the “internet of body.”
Wearable diagnostic fashioned to improve breast cancer detection
A wearable form of MRI device with flexible imaging coils is under development to improve precision and patient comfort during examinations.
Researchers reveal how electraceutical bandages work
Electrical bandages can accelerate wound healing when antibiotics can't. Here's why.
More robots being shipped to non-automotive companies
The automotive industry, long a leader in robotics implementation, has seen shipments slowing down; non-automotive companies, by contrast, have seen a 41% increase since 2017.
Laser probe uses optical polarization to pinpoint melanoma
The inexpensive tool provides the required measurements without needing complex lenses or cameras, and generates an easily interpreted numerical result similar to that of a thermometer.
Watch: Smart house for a smart mouse; team creates smart home to study mice behavior
The house, called Autonomouse, was created to help the researchers study how the mice react to living in a smart home.
A safer vehicle for vaccine delivery
The self-sterilizing and dissolving nanosilver-loaded microneedle patch inhibits microbial pathogen growth at the insertion site.
Beating hospital-acquired bacterial infections with bioactive glass
A new type of antimicrobial material is synthesized using a process similar to centuries-old stained glass techniques.
Mobile bioprinter speeds wound healing
A mobile skin printing system offers a new tool for on-site management of extensive wounds.
Shape memory materials for medical use are enzyme-activated
The biocompatible material responds directly to enzymatic activity and can do so under isothermal cell culture conditions.
Optical fiber sensors make for a smarter wound dressing
Embedded sensors remotely monitor multiple biomarkers associated with wound management, including temperature, humidity and pH.
Cancer-curing gene therapies present unique manufacturing challenges
As adoptive immunotherapies graduate from research trials to commercial treatments, manufacturing processes will need to scale out to improve quality, boost yields, reduce costs and expand patient access.
Microfluidic diagnostic sizes up cancer cells
The microfluidic device isolates individual cancer cells based on cell size from patient blood samples.
Video: Portable paper-based device detects infectious diseases
The battery-powered handheld tool is designed for inexpensive and rapid diagnostics and can be deployed in the home.
A wearable solution for monitoring lung disease
An inexpensive wearable, disposable respiration monitor provides high-fidelity readings on a continuous basis.
Introduce a girl to engineering
Key to reversing underrepresentation in STEM fields is introducing young girls to engineering earlier in life. There are a number of ways to do so, some of which parents and teachers may already be doing.
Watch how a tumor monorail lures brain tumor cells
Aligned nanofibers guide cancer cells away from the primary tumor site to a sink placed on top of the skull under the scalp.