New technique means patients can regrow healthy skin in as little as four days First, a small patch of healthy skin the size of a postage stamp is removed Stem cells are then taken out and put into solution that is sprayed on to wound Man, 45, with horrific hot-water burns was sprayed with 17...
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Stroke patients take the lead in their rehabilitation
With Intento’s device, patients self-administer the electrical stimulation. Every year, 17 million people worldwide suffer strokes, and a third are left paralyzed on one side of their body. But current rehabilitation solutions are not always effective in improving mobility declines after the first few months. This is where EPFL startup Intento comes in with...
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Smartphone ‘orders’ body to treat diabetes
Scientists have used a smartphone to control the activity of the living cells inside an animal. The fusion of biology and technology was used to control blood sugar levels in mice with diabetes. The idea, described in Science Translational Medicine, could be applied to a wide range of diseases and drug treatments. And the Chinese researchers...
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Smart glove measures muscle stiffness
Harinath Garudadri and his team, with the spasticity-measuring glove When it comes to assessing the chronic muscle stiffness of patients with conditions such as cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis, doctors pretty much just go by feel. They bend the affected limbs back and forth, then assign them a rating on a six-point scale. The...
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Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy: How It Can Curb Cluster Headaches, Other Health Woes
The Food and Drug Administration approved on April 18 a handheld vagus nerve stimulation device for treating episodic cluster headaches. These “suicide headaches,” however, are only one among different chronic conditions that experts seek to address through the use of vagus nerve stimulation, which consists of sending a low electric pulse through the vagus nerve situated...
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Researchers use smartphones and machine learning to measure sleep patterns
Figure: Comparison between sleep pattern visualization by AI method (above) and sleep stage by PSG (below), showing correlation between sleep-related sounds and sleep stages. Despite spending at least one quarter to one third a day sleeping, good sleep can elude many people, and the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders remains primitive. Osaka University...
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Improving social skills in kids with autism
Waving goodbye and blowing kisses—no parent wants to miss out on those special moments. Among the 1 percent of the population of the United States who are diagnosed with autism, however, these small but important gestures often are missing from their behavior. Researchers at the Autism Assessment, Research, Treatment and Services Center (AARTS) Center...
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Drug based on malaria protein shows promise against treatment-resistant bladder cancer
A new study shows that a drug derived from a protein found in the malaria parasite stopped chemotherapy-resistant bladder cancer tumors growing in mice. The researchers say that the finding could lead to much-needed new treatments for cases of bladder cancer that do not respond to standard therapy. Researchers believe that the study findings could...
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Apple is working on the ‘holy grail’ of diabetes by creating a wearable sensor that tracks blood sugar levels
Apple has hired a team of biomedical engineers as part of the secret initiative They hope to develop a non-invasive monitor for diabetes and blood-sugar levels Up to 30 people are working on the project which has be running for five years Apple is known more for trend setting technology than for advances in medicine. But...
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Direct 4D printing via active composite materials
Abstract We describe an approach to print composite polymers in high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) architectures that can be rapidly transformed to a new permanent configuration directly by heating. The permanent shape of a component results from the programmed time evolution of the printed shape upon heating via the design of the architecture and process parameters of...