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Anemia Screening? There’s an App for That
The app uses smartphone photos of a user’s fingernails to accurately measure how much hemoglobin is in their blood with accuracy on par with point-of-care protocols.
GE Unveils New CT Scanner at RSNA
The Revolution Apex CT scanner is the newest addition to the GE Revolution family of computed tomography (CT) scanners.
Hip Replacement Approach Goes to Great Lengths
A three-tiered solution from German researchers is designed to even up the leg length results of this surgical procedure.
Video: A Simpler Approach to 3D Bioprinting Vascular Networks
Biomedical scientists and students need not have expertise in 3D printing technology in order to produce organ tissue models for drug screening or other applications.
Study: Modern Workers Not Equipped to Tackle 21st Century Problems
The number of concerns plaguing the 21st century, chief among them being catastrophes caused by climate change as well as rapidly escalating cybersecurity threats, are likely to worsen as, according to new research, humans are not equipped to battle these issues.
Injectable Hydrogel Could Speed Wound Healing
The low-cost injectable hydrogel could help wounds heal faster for patients with compromised health issues.
Eye Patch Uses Microneedles for Ocular Drug Delivery
An eye patch equipped with microneedles could provide a painless, efficient alternative to current methods of treating eye diseases such as glaucoma and macular degeneration.
Video: First Full-Body Medical Imaging in 3D
The world’s first full-body medical scanner can capture a 3D picture of the entire human body in 20 to 30 seconds.
A Hybrid Biofuel Cell Designed to Power Implantable Medical Devices
A glucose-powered biofuel cell equipped with cotton fiber-based electrodes is under development as a power source for pacemakers and other implantable medical devices.
Video: Cloud-Based Tool Speeds Analysis of RNA Sequencing Data
Biojupies relies on cloud technologies to analyze and visualize large amounts of data, such as that acquired by genome sequencing.
Domestic Supply of Iodine-131 Secured in the U.S.
The first supplier to be based in the U.S. since the 1980s is expected to help guarantee the availability of the radioisotope for medical use.
Pacemaker Size Shrinks for Use in Infants
The diminutive device, measuring only one cubic centimeter, can be implanted with a minimally invasive procedure that promises faster recovery times and shorter surgeries.
Glaucoma Drainage Device Uses Magnetic Fields for Self-Cleaning
Microactuators incorporated into the device vibrate and shake biomaterials loose when a magnetic field is externally introduced.
Video: Print and AR Medical Exam Study Resources
The books and augmented reality application help the user efficiently study and learn with an integrated print-mobile approach.
AI Opens New Possibilities for Heart Medicine
In a first-of-its-kind study, artificial intelligence is opening new possibilities for heart medicine: both in terms of providing better images of the heart, and in interpreting those images to catch heart disease earlier.
Wearable Bioreactor Promises a Leap for Regenerative Medicine
Delivering progesterone to an amputation injury site via a wearable bioreactor can induce limb regeneration in non-regenerative adult frogs — and potentially in humans.
Six Things You Need to Know About Group Term Life Insurance (and How to Get it Fast)
The most flexible type of insurance to protect the goals and dreams of your family, should your untimely death occur, is group term life insurance.
Designing Proteins That Snap Together Like Legos
Newly developed, self-assembling protein filaments could lead to the construction of entirely novel materials unlike any found in nature.
Watch: Nanobots Designed to Propel Through the Eye
Nanobots have been designed to penetrate dense tissue — specifically the vitreous body of the eye.
'Bionic' Mushroom Merges Biology, Nanotechnology
Researchers have supercharged an ordinary white button mushroom with 3D-printed clusters of cyanobacteria that generate electricity, plus swirls of graphene nanoribbons that collect the current.