Category: Technology & Devices
Electronic blood vessels replace damaged ones, boosts healing, and more
Electronic blood vessels have been bioengineered by a group of scientists from China and Switzerland to facilitate the flow of blood. These blood vessels could also assist in drug delivery, wound healing and even gene therapy to play an active […]
Cell-loaded bandage “considerably” boosts bone healing
Scientists at King’s College London (KCL), UK, have developed a flexible “bone bandage” that is coated in a protein that naturally prompts growth and repair of damaged bones in the body. The bandage boosts the healing time considerably when surgically […]
World’s smallest ultrasound detector chances at “super-resolution imaging”
An unconventional, new ultrasound detector – smaller than a red blood cell – has been developed by scientists at the German Research Center for Environmental Health (HMGU) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The groundbreaking device can capture minute […]
Paper microneedle patch effortlessly monitors glucose levels in real-time
A microneedle patch consists of a small polymer square studded with an array of tiny needles on its underside. It painlessly pierces the top layer of skin to analyse interstitial fluid, whose contents typically correspond to those in the bloodstream. […]
Developers create world’s first portable MRI machine
US-based healthcare technology manufacturer Hyperfine have developed a new point-of-care (POC) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, claimed to be 20 times less costly, uses 35 times less power, and is 10 times lighter that current MRI machines.The groundbreaking machine effectively […]
Ozone therapy in compact, wearable device offers patients treatment on-the-go
A team of innovators at Purdue University in Indiana, US, have created an experimental, wearable setup that uses ozone gas as an antimicrobial treatment solution for chronic wounds. It also allows patients in remote areas or with limited mobility to […]
PPEs: biodegradable/nonplastic alternatives sought
To contain the “other epidemic” of plastic materials, PPEs made of non-plastic and alternative materials are being developed as counter measures to the environmental impact of PPEs being discarded and littering the environment, says Angelica Buan in this report. Demand […]
New UV-reacting surgical glue could reduce surgery time by 25%
A new type of rubbery bioadhesive could reduce the need for sutures, especially within delicate tissues of the body, thanks to a group of scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Unlike regular adhesives, the experimental material known as “CaproGlu” […]
Small robot “bioprints” new cells onto stomach wall as injury scaffold
Scientists at Tsinghua University in China have developed a prototype snake-like robot that could be endoscopically inserted into a patient’s stomach to treat wounds on the stomach wall. Wounds of this nature can leak gastric juices into the surrounding organs […]
