Category: New products
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Polymer-Coated Microparticles Boost Food Nutrition
An engineering team designed a process for adding and protecting tiny particles of nutrients in foods, boosting their nutritional value even when cooked.
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Spray Fiber Process Designed for Wound Bandages
An engineering team created a portable device that in lab tests sprays bio-compatible fibers on simulated wound surfaces to promote healing.
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Digital Meds Boost Hepatitis C Drug Adherence
A system with electronic sensors added to pills helps people known to skip taking medications stick with their drugs prescribed for hepatitis C.
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Liquid Injectable Electrodes Designed for Nerve Stimulation
In lab animal tests, an injectable silicon-metal material performs as well as conventional electrodes for electrical nerve stimulation, an emerging therapy for pain.
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Phone-Based Infectious Disease Diagnostics Being Developed
An engineering lab is building a system for diagnosing viral infectious diseases with blood samples analyzed by a smartphone add-on.
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Artificial Kidney Component Passes Preclinical Test
A miniaturized bio-electronic device implanted in a pig can process filtered blood like a real kidney without triggering an immune response or blood clots.
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Chip Device More Accurate for Drug Toxicity Than Animals
A plastic chip device lined with liver cells is shown to better predict drug toxicity in humans than lab animals, including drugs that progressed to failed clinical trials.
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Small Biz Grants Fund Simpler Aneurysm Tests
Two recent federal small business grants are supporting development of simple tests to screen for unruptured brain aneurysms in asymptomatic patients.
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Gene Therapy Combo Treats Multiple Age-Related Diseases
A bio-engineering team shows a single experimental gene therapy cocktail can reduce or reverse four age-related diseases in lab mice.
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Smart Robotic Leg Prosthesis Being Developed
A project is underway to develop a smarter and lighter-weight motorized leg prosthetic device that gives the wearer better balance and control.