by Marie-Morgane Le Moel with Daniel Lawler in Paris The cells of an “artificial skin” being developed by French company Urgo. Far from the humble sticking plaster, medical firms and researchers are seeking to create the “ultimate dressing”—artificial skin they hope will revolutionize the treatment of severe burns. For the last 18 months, researchers from the French firm Urgo...
by Bob Shepard, University of Alabama at Birmingham It was a pretty simple e-mail. Just a couple of lines. “It looks like low-dose ketamine is an up-regulator for ADNP. Do you think this makes sense for ADNP patients?” Matt Might sent that e-mail to Matt Davis on Feb. 18, 2019. Might is the director of...
October 1, 2019 by Kyle Melnick According to an article published last week to the journal of Soft Robotics, scientists based out of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland, have developed a skin-like material that, when worn over a users’ body, simulates a far more realistic sense of touch than that of...
Laser-based tattoo removal is typically a long process, often requiring 10 or more treatment sessions spread several weeks apart from one another. A new acoustic system, however, could reportedly allow for complete tattoo removal in as little as two to three closely-spaced sessions. The business end of the RAP system is a handheld device which is used...
Groundbreaking technology could help soldiers on the battlefield and people with skin disorders In a groundbreaking new study, researchers at the University of Minnesota used a customized, low-cost 3D printer to print electronics on a real hand for the first time. The technology could be used by soldiers on the battlefield to print temporary sensors on their...
