Parkinson’s disease, a progressive brain disorder, is often tough to treat effectively because symptoms, such as tremors and walking difficulties, can vary dramatically over a period of days, or even hours. To address this challenge, Johns Hopkins University computer scientists, working with an interdisciplinary team of experts from two other institutions, have developed a new...
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Stretchable Stick-On Ultrasound Patches Image Even on Curved Surfaces
Conventional ultrasound transducers are rigid devices that have to be held against the skin when imaging inside the body. The best results are achieved on smooth surfaces where contact between the transducer and the skin is the greatest. On curvy, moving surfaces, such as the knees, ultrasound visualizations are difficult. A team at the University...
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It’s the PROTEIN plaster! Bandage made with fibronectin found in baby skin speeds up wound healing and doesn’t leave any scarring
The material contains fibronectin, the protein that helps assembly skin tissue in youth Harvard University study found mice healed on average three days faster Foetal skin is rich in fibronectin but it disappears soon after birth A plaster made with a protein found in the very young skin has been found to speed up wound...
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A medical-grade smartwatch is helping people live with epilepsy
The Embrace watch is an approved medical device and monitors subtle changes in sweat levels to detect when the wearer is having an epileptic seizure. Next? Predicting when they will happen By MATT REYNOLDS Friday 30 March 2018 For years, Patti Long worked as a surgical nurse, performing elective cosmetic operations for a clinic that served military veterans...
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New needle device to revolutionize biopsies and reduce scarring
With at least two in three Australians diagnosed with skin cancer before the age of 70, monitoring moles and skin is vital in detecting skin cancer early for a generation of people who spent much of their upbringing in the sun (often with little to no protection). To meet the massive unmet need in this...
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Bee venom blasts through blood brain barrier to bring medicine
Bee venom could be the key to delivering drugs across the blood brain barrier Getting medication to the brain can be tricky because of the blood brain barrier, which acts like a semipermeable wall between the circulatory system and the fluid surrounding the brain to restrict access to the all-important organ. Certain peptides in...
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New appetite-suppressing mechanism discovered – in your bones
A recent discovery by researchers from the Columbia University Medical Centre revealed a previously unknown appetite-regulating mechanism that is secreted by bone cells There has been plenty of recent research focusing on how your gut bacteria can send messages to your brain controlling appetite and feelings of satiation, but a recent discovery by researchers from the Columbia...
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3D printed casts
Plaster Casts On A Broken Limb In 2017? Please Print Out Mine! Almost everyone has broken a bone at some point. We all know what it is like living with a plaster cast for weeks. The skin under the plaster itches all the time, the cast is heavy and taking a simple shower without damaging...
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Profusa’s Tiny Implantable Sensors Keep Working in Patients Even After Four Years
Tiny, flexible, and biocompatible implantable sensors that are smaller than a grain of rice have been successfully worn for over four years now by human subjects, as was reported by Profusa, a South San Francisco firm, at the just concluded American Chemical Society’s 254th National Meeting. The wireless and battery-free implants are designed to measure different metabolites,...
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No more secrets! New mind-reading machine can translate your thoughts and display them as text INSTANTLY
Researchers say they have developed a machine that can translate our thoughts The astonishing machine will analyse what you are thinking and display it as text Scientists hope that the machine can be used by people who are unable to speak By DANYAL HUSSAIN FOR MAILONLINE Scientists have developed an astonishing mind-reading machine which can translate...