Tag: heart disease
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Semiconductors Developed to Emulate Nerve Cells
Physicists and neuroscientists created semiconductors that in lab simulations and tests with animal models perform like nerve cells for biological functions.
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Update – Enrollment Opens in Apple Medical Studies
Three medical research studies using Apple iPhones and watches as data collection devices are now available for enrollment with the company’s Research app.
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NIH Funds Augmented-Reality Endovascular System
A grant from National Institutes of Health is funding a system using augmented reality and holography to improve minimally-invasive repair of blood vessels.
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Hydrogel Shown Safe to Repair Heart Damage
Results of a small-scale clinical trial show an experimental treatment using an injectable gel to repair damage from a heart attack is safe for patients.
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New App for Medical Research, Studies Revealed
Apple Inc. plans to release a new medical research app and announced a series of studies for its use in women’s health, hearing, and heart health.
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Math Model to Gauge Heart Attack Risk from Plaques
An academic-industry collaboration is creating a non-invasive technique to detect rupture-prone plaque build-ups in arteries and predict one’s risk of heart attack.
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Nanotube Fibers Configured for Heart Repair
Medical and engineering researchers developed fibers made with nanoscale carbon tubes that in lab animals conducted electrical signals and repaired heart damage.
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Spray-On Hydrogel Reduces Heart Surgery Scar Tissue
A biocompatible polymer gel, sprayed on the hearts of lab animals, reduces the severity of scar tissue that can build up after cardiac surgery.
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Algorithm Devised for Fast Heart Rhythm Screening
A machine-learning algorithm used with results from a standard electrocardiogram, is quickly able to detect irregular heart rhythms, a process that often takes much longer.
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Heart Components Produced with 3-D Printing
Researchers developed techniques for accurate three-dimensional printing of human heart elements with bio-inks containing the cellular framework on which tissue can grow.