Carnegie Mellon Develops Low-cost 3D Bioprinter [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 10, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News

In less than a decade, 3D printing technology has leaped forward from printing crude, inch-high plastic game pieces to much larger scale projects such as components for yachts, aircraft, and race cars. Biomedical 3D printed applications now range from assistive...

Mobile Brain Scanner Lets Patients Move

by Alfred Poor | May 10, 2018 | General News, Medical

“If I could read your mind.” Scientists seek better and better tools to help them understand what’s going on in a person’s brain under different conditions. The problem is that most brain scanning technologies require that the subject remain...

Self-Monitoring Imager for Diabetic Neuropathy [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 9, 2018 | General News, Medical

Diabetes can lead to nerve damage in the feet, an unwelcome but not uncommon related condition called diabetic neuropathy. Significant complications can result from having no feeling in your feet; the worst and most dreaded of which is lower limb amputation....

Lab-on-a-Chip Quickly Identifies Legionnaire’s

by Alfred Poor | May 9, 2018 | General News, Medical

When an infectious disease outbreak occurs, time is of the essence. Health officials need to trace the vectors of the infection and take measures to contain the spread of the contagion. One disease that falls into this category is the infamous Legionnaire’s,...

Non-Invasive Wearables Detect Hypoglycemia

by Alfred Poor | May 8, 2018 | General News, Medical

The holy grail for some wearable developers is a non-invasive and reliable means of measuring blood glucose levels. Researchers are working on optical sensors and other systems to achieve this. In the meantime, an intermediate solution may be readily available....

Wearable Continuously Monitors Neonatal Vital Signs [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 7, 2018 | General News, Medical

Help the most vulnerable where the need is greatest. In 2016, 5.6 million children under the age of five died, 46% during the neonatal period, according to the World Health Organization. Worldwide, the highest concentration of under-five deaths — 48% of the...