Category: New products
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Robo-Bacteria Engineered for Cancer Drug Delivery
A biomedical engineering team designed a technology for precise deployment of drugs to tumors with bacteria modified to deliver their cargoes.
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Gene Editing Negates Sickle Cell to Create Healthy Blood
Medical researchers developed a technique with genome editing to negate the effects of a mutation that causes inherited blood disorders like sickle cell disease.
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New System Measures Oxygen Levels in ICU Patients
Researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K. designed a device that measures oxygen consumption in critically ill patients, to prevent occurrence of shock.
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Chip Device Simulates Blood Vessels in Clotting
Researchers at a Harvard University bioengineering center developed a plastic chip that simulates critical interactions between tissue lining blood vessels and platelets that affect the flow of blood.
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Cocaine Vaccine Trial Recruitment Underway
An early-stage clinical trial testing a vaccine designed to prevent cocaine from reaching the brain started recruiting participants in New York.
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University Spin-Off Developing Chemical ID Devices
A start-up company is licensing research from labs at Harvard University to make portable devices that quickly identify the chemistry of liquids.
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Virtual Reality Added to Microscope in Brain Surgery
Neurosurgeons at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York used virtual reality technology for the first time in a delicate procedure on a patient’s brain.
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Electronic Tattoo Measures Blood Alcohol Level
A flexible electronic device worn on the skin like a tattoo can assess blood alcohol level and transmit the results to a nearby mobile phone.
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Commercial Data Yield Genetic Links to Depression
An analysis of data from commercial genetic tests identified 15 regions in the genome and 17 specific variations associated with depression among people of European descent.
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Trial to Assess Anti-Gravity Treadmill for Stress Test
Researchers at University of Cincinnati Medical Center plan to evaluate an anti-gravity treadmill for cardiac stress tests that check for heart disease.