Category: New products
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Computer Vision, Deep Learning Aid Prosthetic Hands
A built-in camera and artificial intelligence can improve the speed and grasping ability of a prosthetic hand, as shown in tests with people missing a hand.
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Stem Cell Parkinson’s Model Devised for Drug Screening
A team from University at Buffalo created brain cells from adult stem cells that in lab tests display the same nerve misfirings seen in people with Parkinson’s disease.
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Paper-Metal Antimicrobial Layers Designed
A lab at Rutgers University devised a method for sending an electric current through inexpensive paper and metal layered surfaces, which in lab tests kills harmful microbes.
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NSF Supports Chip Enabling Low-Power Electronics
An engineering lab at University of Texas in San Antonio received a grant to assess the commercial potential for a chip that lets electronic devices work with much less power.
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Crispr, Stem Cells Produce Precise Arthritis Therapy
Editing the genes in stem cells is shown to produce cartilage that in lab tests releases therapeutic proteins only when needed to relieve joint inflammation in arthritis.
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Muscle Supplement Shown Safe, Active in Elderly
A clinical trial testing a dietary supplement to improve muscle function in older persons shows the derivative from pomegranates is safe and produces desired biological actions.
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Smartphone-Controlled Cells Produce Insulin on Demand
A system designed by researchers in China and Switzerland and controlled by a smartphone app was shown in lab mice to produce insulin on demand from engineered pancreas cells.
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Algorithms Simplify, Improve Robot Grasping
Computer scientists at Georgia Institute of Technology developed a process that simplifies remote-controlled robotic grasping movements for end users.
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Nanoparticle Vaccine Stops Tumor Growth
Researchers in Texas designed a cancer vaccine with nanoscale particles that in lab mice stimulates the immune system and stops the growth of several types of tumors.
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Plant-Based Drug Shown to Cure Drug-Resistant Malaria
An experimental drug made from dried Artemisia annua plant leaves cured patients in Africa with malaria infections that became resistant to current drugs.