by Alfred Poor | November 17, 2015 | General News, Medical
One of the many miracles of modern dentistry is the use of dental implants to replace teeth lost to injury or disease. These permanent replacements get colonized by the body’s own cells, incorporating them into the patients’ jaws. The problem is that...
by Alfred Poor | November 13, 2015 | General News, Medical
When I hear “nanotechnology,” I tend to think of microscopic components that have been designed and fabricated by people for some purpose or another. Scientists at the University of South Australia have taken a different approach to engineering their...
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by Alfred Poor | October 30, 2015 | General News, Medical
More than 1.5 million people in the U.S. have lost a limb. Amazing progress has been made in both passive and powered prosthetic devices, but they still are not the equivalent of the original body part. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have...
by Alfred Poor | May 15, 2015 | Enabling Tech
Obtaining biometric data from tissue samples is a key part of medical treatment, from accurate diagnosis of disease and other conditions, to the development of new drugs. Researchers at the Semiconductor Synthetic Biology (SSB) program at Georgia Tech have developed a...
by Alfred Poor | April 9, 2015 | Medical
When we think of wearable health technology, we often think of digital electronics and other complicated gizmos. But the technology can be much simpler and passive, and yet have a profound impact on the lives of people. For example, consider a new material developed...
