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Cotton candy machines may hold key for making artificial organs
Feb 09, 2016 (SPX)
Cotton candy machines may hold the key for making life-sized artificial livers, kidneys, bones and other essential organs. For several years, Leon Bellan, assis...
The physics of pancakes informs glaucoma treatments
Feb 08, 2016 (UPI)
What do pancakes and eyeballs have in common? Enough for researchers to glean valuable insights into the nature of glaucoma. Researchers at University College L...
Tech sector tackles America's concussion epidemic
Feb 03, 2016 (AFP)
A number technology startups are devising creative new ways of detecting concussions in pro and amateur athletes, using apps, tablets and sensors to monitor the...
Health care startup Theranos hit with dose of doubt
Feb 03, 2016 (AFP)
Was the story too good to be true? Born in the US capital, Elizabeth Holmes took the crown of youngest "self-made" woman billionaire thanks to revolutionary blo...
New fiber-optic technology could heal wounds, target tumors
Jan 29, 2016 (UPI)
Light has healing properties, and a new fiber-optics technology developed by scientists at the University of St. Andrews promises to deliver those properties to...
Ancient medicinal clay shows promise against today's worst bacterial infections
Jan 27, 2016 (SPX)
Naturally occurring clay from British Columbia, Canada - long used by the region's Heiltsuk First Nation for its healing potential - exhibits potent antibacteri...
Cancer kills 7,500 daily in China: study
Jan 26, 2016 (AFP)
Chronic infections, smoking and pollution have contributed to skyrocketing cases of cancer in China, with an estimated 4.3 million new diagnoses last year and 2...
Catching heartbeats with millimeter-wave radar
Jan 25, 2016 (SPX)
Heartbeats can now be measured without placing sensors on the body, thanks to a new technology developed in Japan. Researchers at the Kyoto University Center of...
Glass-based ultraviolet absorbers act as 'biological shields'
Jan 25, 2016 (SPX)
If you've ever experienced a bad sunburn, you know the damage that ultraviolet (UV) light can cause to living cells (like your skin). Out in space, where the le...
Italian group to build five hospitals in Iran
Jan 20, 2016 (AFP)
Italian group BTP said Tuesday it had signed a preliminary agreement with Iran to build five hospitals, just after the lifting of economic sanctions against Teh...
Tiny electronic implants monitor brain injury, then melt away
Jan 19, 2016 (SPX)
A new class of small, thin electronic sensors can monitor temperature and pressure within the skull - crucial health parameters after a brain injury or surgery ...
Team develops wireless, dissolvable sensors to monitor brain
Jan 19, 2016 (SPX)
A team of neurosurgeons and engineers has developed wireless brain sensors that monitor intracranial pressure and temperature and then are absorbed by the body,...
New technology puts health care in palm of your hand
Jan 07, 2016 (AFP)
Managing your health care is moving increasingly to the palm of your hand -- with new smartphone-enabled technology and wearable sensors that examine, diagnose ...
China's Wanda plans $2.3 bn investment in hospitals
Jan 06, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese conglomerate Wanda is venturing into healthcare, it said Wednesday, with a $2.3 billion investment in three hospitals in China, to be managed by a Briti...
Exeter scientists call for reduction in plastic lab waste
Dec 30, 2015 (SPX)
Three researchers at the University of Exeter are calling for action to cut down on the five and a half million tonnes of plastic being generated globally in th...
Researchers develop new method for looking into the lungs
Dec 28, 2015 (SPX)
For the first time, researchers have succeeded in producing 3D images showing oxygen and CO2 transport in the lungs. The new method provides hope for better tre...
Vessel discovery a major step toward growing kidneys
Dec 19, 2015 (SPX)
In a significant step toward growing replacement kidneys, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified the cells that give rise ...
Using unused human pancreata to build new organs
Dec 14, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers have been working for years to develop an artificial pancreas in the lab to help the millions of people with type 1 diabetes. But what if the answer...
FDA OKs use of transgenic chicken for drug production
Dec 09, 2015 (UPI)
Most drugs are synthesized in the lab, but scientists are now finding ways to pass off some of the synthesis work to farm animals. This week, the U.S. Food and ...
A cheap, disposable device for diagnosing disease
Dec 08, 2015 (SPX)
The development of a reusable microfluidic device for sorting and manipulating cells and other micro/nano meter scale objects will make biomedical diagnosis of ...
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