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 […]
Optimists For The Win: Finding The Bright Side Might Help You Live Longer
“Good news for the cheery: A Boston study published this month suggests people who tend to be optimistic are likelier than others to live to […]
Blind Engineer Invents A ‘Smart Cane’ That Uses Google Maps To Help Blind People Navigate
” Recently, a revolutionizing smart cane called WeWalk has been introduced to help blind people navigate their surroundings much more efficiently when they are on […]
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 […]
3 Ways 3D Printing is Revolutionizing Digital Dentistry
“3D printing has had a huge impact on digital dentistry. From increased efficiency and cost savings, to faster production speeds and improved quality, all due […]
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 […]
Going From Fat to Fit Using Virtual Reality
“I’ll be 47 this month. By all accounts, I’m the very picture of success. I participated in a $63 million IPO, co-founded a wildly successful […]
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 […]
These AR swimming goggles can display multiple performance metrics while you swim.
“The goggles automatically detect the type of stroke, stroke rate, and split times (the times for each lap in a multi-lap interval), while the see-through […]
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 […]
Five Companies Using Virtual Reality To Improve The Lives Of Senior Citizens
“Virtual reality is emerging as a useful tool to bring about positive change for many, including the elderly. From reducing loneliness to transporting the infirm […]
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 […]
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 […]
This Futuristic Hospital Is Using Greenery As Medicine
“Communal gardens, landscaped rooftops, and wide-open windows aren’t features of your typical hospital—but maybe they should be. Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in Singapore is a case study […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
How do we design buildings that enable occupants to thrive?
“Americans spend 87 percent of their time indoors, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Unfortunately, many buildings contribute to depression, stress, poor health and absenteeism, say […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nanotech ‘Epipen’ May Prevent Paralysis After Spinal Cord Injury
“An injection of nanoparticles can prevent the body’s immune system from overreacting to trauma, which could potentially prevent paralysis following a spinal cord injury, according […]
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 […]
Researchers say they’re closer to finding cure for HIV after using CRISPR technology to eliminate disease in live mice for the first time
“Researchers say they’re one step closer to finding a potential cure for HIV after successfully eliminating the virus in living mice for the first time. […]
Why the Future Is Happening Faster Than You Think
“People have no idea how fast the world is changing. So said Peter Diamandis to the audience at Singularity University’s Global Summit, taking place this week […]
How virtual reality can help people with autism practice social interaction
“The Lightbulb asks innovators and entrepreneurs how they turned their ideas into reality. This week we talk to Socius VR’s Anzel Singh who’s working to create […]
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 […]