Scientists grow full-sized, beating human hearts from stem cells
“Of the 4,000 Americans waiting for heart transplants, only 2,500 will receive new hearts in the next year. Even for those lucky enough to get […]
AI Is Rapidly Augmenting Healthcare and Longevity
“When it comes to the future of healthcare, perhaps the only technology more powerful than CRISPR is artificial intelligence. Over the past five years, healthcare […]
Can We Repair the Brain? The Promise of Stem Cell Technologies for Treating Parkinson’s Disease
“Cell replacement may play an increasing role in alleviating the motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD) in future. Writing in a special supplement to the […]
New Research: Bone Marrow Transplants Might Prevent Aging
“There’s new evidence to suggest that transfusions of young tissue can stave off health problems for the elderly. After a transplantation of a healthy young […]
CRISPR Could Make You Immune to the Flu
“Vaccines for bacterial and viral infections are extremely difficult to develop. But thanks to gene-editing, we could soon be able to make people immune to the […]
Shrinky Dinks Inspire Wearable That Predicts Oncoming Asthma Attacks
“If you never created and played with Shrinky Dinks as a kid, they’re basically thin sheets of malleable plastic that are drawn on and then […]
“Trojan Horse” Cancer Drug Sneaks Inside Tumor Cells to Kill Them
“A brand new type of cancer drug that acts as a ‘Trojan horse’ to get inside tumour cells has shown promise in patients with six […]
Newcastle University researchers 3D bioprint artificial cornea with self-assembling 4D biomaterials
“Corneal transplantation is one of the primary treatments for loss of corneal function, but only one in 70 people who need corneal transplants receive them, […]
Future pacemakers could be charged by our heartbeats rather than batteries
“A small device can modify pacemakers so that they use kinetic energy from the heart’s beating, converting it into electricity to keep the batteries charged. […]
Robots and AI to give doctors more time with patients, says report
“Robots, artificial intelligence and smart speakers will ease the burden on doctors and give them more time with patients, according to an NHS report on the […]
Gummy-like robots that could help prevent disease
“Human tissues experience a variety of mechanical stimuli that can affect their ability to carry out their physiological functions, such as protecting organs from injury. […]
MIT Invents Smart Pill That Injects Insulin Into Your Stomach
“Hundreds of millions of people worldwide suffer from diabetes. Their bodies either can’t produce or process insulin properly — so they have to regularly inject […]
Present & Future of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) in Healthcare Market
“International Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) in Healthcare Market research 2018 confers the complete estimation of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) in Healthcare […]
Bioprinting 101: Part 3 Industrial Printers
“Today we will look into bioprinters that are well known. One must understand biochemistry, and other important aspects within biology to fully do well with […]
Doctors Wired a Prosthetic Hand Directly To A Woman’s Nerves
“A female Swedish patient with hand amputation has become the first recipient of an osseo-neuromuscular implant to control a dexterous hand prosthesis. In a pioneering […]
Simple drug combination creates new neurons from neighboring cells
“A simple drug cocktail that converts cells neighboring damaged neurons into functional new neurons could potentially be used to treat stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, and brain […]
Doctors Reconstruct 13-Month-Old’s Airway with 3D Printed Implanted Splint
“A little girl in Susquehanna Valley, PA left Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital after spending her first 13 months there. The innovation of 3D printing played a […]
Jamie Carragher Uses Virtual Reality On MNF To Analyse The Game And It’s Incredible
“This may be the future of football as we know it. Sky Sports have decided to try Virtual Reality during tonight’s coverage of Liverpool against […]
The Massive Project That’s Building a ‘Google Earth for Human Health’
“Earlier this year, the mysterious company announced a collaboration with Duke and Stanford universities called Project Baseline, and it’s got a moonshot goal: stop cancer—and other killers—before […]
Stem cell breakthrough could help cure type 1 diabetes
“Scientists have edged one step closer to a major treatment for (and possibly cure for) type 1 diabetes. A UCSF team has claimed it’s the first to turn […]
Virtual Caregiver Technology to Reduce Long-Term Costs by 92 Percent by 2050
“The cost of caregiving has been overwhelming for patients with chronic illnesses, the aging and associated families and caregivers. According to financial demographics, as little […]
Researchers Develop Treatment for Bone Infection with Copper-Rich Glass Implant
“A team of researchers led by RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), have developed a new treatment for the particularly difficult-to-treat bone infection, osteomyelitis. […]
Graphene Implant Can Hear Your Brain Whisper
“The body of knowledge about the human brain is keeps growing, but many questions remain unanswered. Researchers have been using electrode arrays to record the […]
ROSA Knee System Receives FDA Clearance for Robotically-Assisted Surgeries
“Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., a company focused on musculoskeletal healthcare, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance of the ROSA Knee System for robotically-assisted total knee […]
Drug Sponge Could Minimize Side Effects of Cancer Treatment
“With the help of sponges inserted in the bloodstream to absorb excess drugs, doctors are hoping to prevent the dangerous side effects of toxic chemotherapy […]
Bio-Printers are churning out living fixes to broken spines
“For doctors and medical researchers repairing the human body, a 3D printer has become almost as valuable as an x-ray machine, microscope, or a sharp […]
Sweat-Drinking Biosensor Patch Helps Monitor Your Health
“Monitoring your health can sometimes be thirsty work the stress of which might leave you sweating bullets, but that may be more beneficial than you […]
Machine Learning Could Reduce Testing, Improve Treatment for Intensive Care Patients
“Doctors in intensive care units face a continual dilemma: Every blood test they order could yield critical information, but also adds costs and risks for […]
Artificial Intelligence Can Dramatically Cut Time Needed to Process Abnormal Chest X-Rays
“New research has found that a novel Artificial Intelligence (AI) system can dramatically reduce the time needed to ensure that abnormal chest X-rays with critical […]
How 3D technology is revolutionizing face transplants
“From modeling to printing, it’s all about seeing inside someone’s head. Face transplants are an ideal setting to fuse medicine with the growing world of […]
CRISPR Just Got More Powerful With an “On” Switch
“Earlier this month, a team from UC Berkeley took a stab at taming the CRISPR beast. Using a technique called circular permutation, the team reorganized […]
New Research Could Reverse Memory Loss In Alzheimer’s Patients
“Your DNA sequence never changes. But the expression of your genes changes throughout your life, and the elements affecting these changes are known as epigenetic factors. Now, scientists believe they […]
Researchers 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 […]
Stem Cell Dental Implants Grow New Teeth in 2 Months
“Apparently, the newest scientific discovery can possibly leave dentures and implants in the past, and make millions of people extremely happy. These two methods for […]
Scientists Mapped Entire Brains at Nanoscale For This Psychadelic Visualization
Scientists Mapped Entire Brains at Nanoscale For This Psychadelic Visualization
The world’s first “artificial pancreas” already hit the market in 2017
The world’s first “artificial pancreas” already hit the market in 2017
5 Discoveries That Made 2018 a Huge Year for Neuroscience
5 Discoveries That Made 2018 a Huge Year for Neuroscience
We Can Now Grow Perfect Human Blood Vessels in a Lab
We Can Now Grow Perfect Human Blood Vessels in a Lab
Researchers Successfully Turn Breast Cancer Cells Into Fat to Stop Them From Spreading
Researchers Successfully Turn Breast Cancer Cells Into Fat to Stop Them From Spreading
Experts Want to Give Robot Surgeons a Sense of Touch
Experts Want to Give Robot Surgeons a Sense of Touch
Synthetic organisms are about to challenge what ‘alive’ really means
Synthetic organisms are about to challenge what ‘alive’ really means
Use Drones to Deliver Organs for Transplant? Surgeon Says it Would Save Precious Time
Use Drones to Deliver Organs for Transplant? Surgeon Says it Would Save Precious Time
Virtual Reality Gets Real In the Operating Room
Virtual Reality Gets Real In the Operating Room
Scientists find a way to 3D print one pill for all that ails you
Scientists find a way to 3D print one pill for all that ails you
New Drug Trial Could Halt Alzheimer’s Memory Loss
New Drug Trial Could Halt Alzheimer’s Memory Loss
New materials could ‘drive wound healing’ by harnessing natural healing methods
New materials could ‘drive wound healing’ by harnessing natural healing methods
Clearing Old Cells from Mouse Brains Lowered Signs of Anxiety
Clearing Old Cells from Mouse Brains Lowered Signs of Anxiety
