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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.
Video: Patients receive first wirelessly powered heart pump
A new system for wireless control and powering of ventricular assist devices eliminates the use of an external driveline wire.
HIMSS19: MIB leverages Veradigm to facilitate secure EHR data exchange
MIB will access electronic health record (EHR) data via Veradigm's eChart Courier service for use in life insurance underwriting by MIB's 400 U.S. life insurance members.
Video: At HIMSS19, Kalibrate Blockchain to offer exclusive licenses to embed FormDrop SDK in hospital mobile apps
The FormDrop app allows patients to electronically fill out and submit forms to healthcare providers using their personal smartphones.
HIMSS19: Zynx Health debuts machine learning clinical support system
The system leverages the vendor’s machine learning engine to offer a retrospective analysis of order utilization.
HIMSS19: Cerner leverages AI solutions to combat physician burnout
The artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled workflow joins a suite of solutions designed to reduce physician burnout, enhance the clinician’s experience and increase productivity.
SAP to showcase intelligent enterprise for healthcare at HIMSS19
The enterprise software vendor will also be making the case for putting ERP in the cloud at the health IT conference.
At HIMSS19: Change Healthcare to provide free healthcare data interoperability services on Amazon Web Services
The initiative accelerates progress on the country’s interoperability goals by offering an array of data exchange services while removing cost barriers.