First Long-Distance Heart Surgery Performed Through a Robot
“A surgeon in India has performed a series of five percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures on patients who were on operating tables 32 kilometers (20 […]
Say goodbye to temporary fillings: scientists successfully use a gel to regrow tooth enamel
“We currently use resins and ceramics to fill in deteriorated enamel, but these fillings can often become loose within just a few years of their […]
Doctors Are Using AI and VR to Improve People’s Prosthetic Limbs
“With virtual reality and AI, doctors can now take a lot of the guesswork out of fitting patients with new prosthetic limbs. Though it’s still early […]
A swifter way towards 3D-printed organs
“Artificially grown human organs are seen by many as the “holy grail” for resolving organ shortage. A new sacrificial ink-writing technique from Harvard allows 3D […]
Doctors Are Using Virtual Reality To Treat People With Dementia
“Around 50 million people currently suffer from dementia. It’s a condition that ruins lives, taking away not only a person’s independence and dignity, but also some […]
Scientists Find Evidence The Human Brain Can Create Structures in Up to 11 Dimensions
“Back in 2017, neuroscientists used a classic branch of maths in a totally new way to peer into the structure of our brains. What they […]
Doctors To Test Fringe Theory That Zero Gravity Kills Cancer Cells
“A team of doctors has a new idea in the fight against cancer: ship tumors up into space. That’s based on a recent finding that most cancer […]
Here’s How Blockchain, Sports And Science Are Disrupting The Healthcare Game
” The massive fervor around blockchain technology has quelled a bit due to a number of challenges facing the emerging industry ranging from speed and […]
Stretchable wireless sensor could monitor healing of cerebral aneurysms
” A wireless sensor small enough to be implanted in the blood vessels of the human brain could help clinicians evaluate the healing of aneurysms—bulges […]
Wireless sensors stick to skin and track health
“We tend to take our skin’s protective function for granted, ignoring its other roles in signaling subtleties like a fluttering heart or a flush of […]
Scientists Built A Working “Quantum Radar” Device
“A new “quantum radar” device uses entangled microwaves to overcome some of the limitations of traditional radar systems. The device, built by a team from the […]
Deep learning enables scientists to identify cancer cells in blood in milliseconds
“Researchers at UCLA and NantWorks have developed an artificial intelligence-powered device that detects cancer cells in a few milliseconds—hundreds of times faster than previous methods. […]
These Are the Meta-Trends Shaping the Future (at Breakneck Speed)
“Life is pretty different now than it was 20 years ago, or even 10 years ago. It’s sort of exciting, and sort of scary. And […]
Blockchain May Be Used in FDA Medical Reviews and Recalls
“The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may incorporate blockchain to improve drug and medical products reviews and recalls. In a speech at the Office of the National […]
UK Heart Patient Undergoes Rare Surgery for 3D Printed Titanium Sternum
“A Fleetwood, Lancashire woman in the UK is enjoying better health today, able to perform daily tasks at home, not flinching when she coughs or […]
Neuroscientists decode brain speech signals into written text
“When Stephen Hawking wanted to speak, he chose letters and words from a synthesiser screen controlled by twitches of a muscle in his cheek. But […]
Versatile, portable exosuit assists with both walking and running
” As reported today in Science, a team of researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and John A. Paulson School of Engineering and […]
In a 1st, doctors in U.S. use CRISPR tool to treat patient with genetic disorder
“For the first time, doctors in the U.S. have used the powerful gene-editing technique CRISPR to try to treat a patient with a genetic disorder. […]
3D-printing organs moves a few more steps closer to commercialization
“New successes in printing vascular tissue from living cells point to the accelerating pace of development of 3D-printing tissue — and eventually the ability to […]
Bionic eye technology, 2000-2050
“This graph shows the progress in bionic eye technology from 2000 to 2050. The y-axis indicates the number of pixels generated by electrode arrays for […]
Scientists Successfully Turn Breast Cancer Cells Into Fat to Stop Them From Spreading
“Researchers have been able to coax human breast cancer cells to turn into fat cells in a new proof-of-concept study in mice. To achieve this […]
New Blood Test Could Detect Alzheimer’s 20 Years Before Symptoms
“Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri claim they have made significant progress toward developing a blood test that can […]
This Startup Wants To 3D Print One Pill With All Your Prescriptions
Personalized pharmaceutical products company Multiply Labs envisions a future in which patients can finally say goodbye to swallowing a cocktail of different pills organized in […]
FluidForm & Carnegie Mellon: Closer Than Ever to Bioprinting a Human Heart
” While the realm of bioprinting has continued to expand significantly in the past few years, allowing for better sustainability of cells in the lab—and […]
Scientists Just Released a New Playbook for Engineering Longer, Healthier Lives
“This month, as part of Nature’s 150 Anniversary Collection, several of geroscience’s brightest minds penned a playbook to guide this new era of aging research. Covering […]
Scientists create contact lenses that zoom on command
” Nosebleed seats may soon be a thing of the past. Scientists at the University of California San Diego have created a prototype contact lens […]
Scientists Use 3D Printed Models to Further Congenital Heart Disease Studies
“In the recently published ‘Accurate Congenital Heart Disease Model Generation for 3D Printing,’ researchers explore 3D printing for diagnosis, treatment, and planning in congenital heart […]
Poietis: Bioprinting With Their Innovative Laser-Assisted Technology
” In 2014, French startup Poietis developed a unique technology for the bioprinting of living tissue. Unlike conventional approaches to tissue engineering or extrusion bioprinting, their promising 4D […]
Brain-Machine Interfaces Are Getting Better and Better—and Neuralink’s New Brain Implant Pushes the Pace
“Elon Musk grabbed a lot of attention with his July 16 announcement that his company Neuralink plans to implant electrodes into the brains of people with paralysis by next year. […]
First Human CRISPR Trial in the US Aims to Cure Inherited Blindness
“Gene editing is advancing at a faster pace than most of us can keep up with. One significant recent announcement was gene editing tool CRISPR’s […]
A nanodrone able to detect toxic gases in emergencies
” Detecting dangerous gases in collapsed buildings due earthquakes or explosions and locating victims in hard-to-access places are among use scenarios of the Smelling Nano […]
Five Ways Buildings of the Future Will Use Biotech to Become Living Things
“What if our homes were alive? I don’t mean smart homes with the disembodied voice of Alexa deciding the setting for your living room spotlights. I mean […]
Bionic vision system works with augmented reality glasses
“A company focused on a bionic vision system sees hope for improvements in patients by means of a wireless sub-retinal implant together with augmented reality […]
Artificial throat could someday help mute people ‘speak’
“Most people take speech for granted, but it’s actually a complex process that involves both motions of the mouth and vibrations of folded tissues, called […]
Editing RNA Expands CRISPR’s Use Far Beyond Genetic Diseases
“CRISPR advances have been coming so frequently that it’s hard to keep track. In just a few years, it’s evolved from a nifty genome word […]
IBM Just Made Its Cancer Fighting AI Projects Open-Source
“IBM recently developed three artificial intelligence tools that could help medical researchers fight cancer. Now, the company has decided to make all three tools open-source, meaning […]
This spray-on nanofiber ‘skin’ may revolutionize burn and wound care
“Imagine if bandaging looked a little more like, well, a water gun? Israeli startup Nanomedic Technologies Ltd., a subsidiary of medical device company Nicast, has […]
Chinese Scientists Say They’ve Found A Safer Alternative To CRISPR
“Researchers from China’s Peking University have developed a new gene-editing technology — and they think it shows promise as a CRISPR alternative for fighting human […]
The First Complete Brain Wiring Diagram of Any Species Is Here
“…Aided by modern computer algorithms, the team mapped roughly 7,000 neural connections of both sexes of C. elegans, while landmarking all synaptic locations. All the wiring […]
IBM Unveils New “Electronic Tongue” To Taste & Identify Liquids
“Electronic tongues” are devices that can analyze materials just by coming in contact with them — and they have near-infinite applications, from testing water quality to […]
Microscopy and VR Illuminate New Ways to Prevent and Treat Disease
“A combined research team from Carnegie Mellon University and Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason is pairing a nanoscale imaging technique with virtual reality technology […]
3D-Printed Human Skin and Bone Could Save Astronauts on Mars
“Scientists from the University Hospital of Dresden Technical University (TUD) in Germany just 3D printedskin and bone samples to see if astronauts on Mars could use […]
Gene Therapy Restores Vision In Blind Mice
“Thanks to a new gene therapy targeting specific cells in the eye, blind mice haveregained the ability to see. A team of neuroscientists developed a […]
This robot arm for a wheelchair does everything from open doors to apply makeup
“When it comes to the real life-changing technologies, many are found in the accessibility market. These technologies may never appear on the radar of many of the […]
These Researchers Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Make a ‘Turbocharged’ Flu Vaccine
“An Australian anti-flu drug thought to be the first in the world to be fully developed using artificial intelligence is about to begin human trials, […]
New way to direct stem cells to heart tissue
“Researchers from the University of Bristol have reported a new way to direct stem cells to heart tissue, using a designer adhesin protein. The breakthrough, […]
Breakthrough achieved with non-invasive brain-computer interface
“Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with the University of Minnesota, have made a breakthrough in the field of non-invasive robotic device control. Using […]
This Lab-grown patch could repair your heart after a heart attack
“…Heart attack survivors are left with a heart that’s weaker, making everyday tasks like lifting objects or climbing stairs exhausting or even dangerous. Restoring damaged […]
China: Researchers Improve Rib Fracture Surgeries with 3D Printing
” In ‘Analysis of the advantages of 3D printing in the surgical treatment of multiple rib fractures: 5 cases report,’ Chinese researchers from Shijiazhuang Third […]
MIT AI tool can predict breast cancer up to 5 years early, works equally well for white and black patients
” MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab has developed a new deep learning-based AI prediction model that can anticipate the development of breast cancer […]