Researchers at UC San Diego have developed a nano-scale retinal implant that could restore sight with higher resolution than other bionic eye systems Advances in bionic eyes over the past few decades have given blind and visually impaired people new hope of restoring some of their vision. Now engineers have tested a new nano-scale system that could...
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Can sweat patches revolutionise diabetes?
Scientists have developed a sensor that can monitor blood sugar levels by analysing sweaty skin. But rather than a gym-soaked t-shirt, it needs just one millionth of a litre of sweat to do the testing. The team – in South Korea – showed the sensor was accurate and think it could eventually help patients...
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Light scattering spectroscopy helps doctors identify early pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate among all major cancers, largely because physicians lack diagnostic tools to detect the disease in its early, treatable stages. Now, a team of investigators led by Lev T. Perelman, PhD, Director of the Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging and Photonics at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), has...
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Could antidepressants stop prostate cancer from spreading?
In almost all cases where prostate cancer spreads to other areas of the body, the disease spreads to the bone first. In a new study, researchers reveal the discovery of an enzyme that helps prostate cancer cells to invade bone. Furthermore, certain antidepressant medications may have the potential to block this enzyme. Researchers suggest that...
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New treatment for fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes burns up fat in liver
A new treatment for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes is being developed for clinical trial in Sweden. Researchers in Sweden are planning the clinical trial of a new treatment for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes which harnesses liver cells’ own ability to burn accumulated fats. In a study involving...
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Prospect for more effective treatment of nerve pain
Trigeminal neuralgia: A glimmer of hope for patients — thanks to a newly tested substance. Trigeminal neuralgia is characterized by sharp, lancinating pain in the teeth or facial area. The standard treatment for this chronic nerve pain can cause burdening side effects. A novel substance inhibits the pain effectively and is well tolerated, as documented...
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Diabetes patch ends the pain of finger-prick tests: Sensor inside reads blood sugar levels from cells before transmitting data to a smartphone
Sensor the size of a £2 coin measures sugar levels from cells just below the skin £96-a-month Freestyle Libre is available privately and use by 20,000 diabetics Manufacturer Abbott is in negotiations to make it available on the NHS for free An arm patch could change the lives of tens of thousands of diabetes patients...
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DARPA: We’re Moving to Merge Humans and Machines
IN BRIEF The U.S. Department of Defense is researching several ways to enhance humans using technology, from strength-enhancing exoskeletons to quick-processing brain implants. With AI already proving more adept than humans at a number of tasks, merging biological and machine intelligence might be humanity’s only hope of keeping up. IF YOU CAN’T BEAT THEM… Without...
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The age of the BIONIC BODY: From robot hands controlled by your mind to electronic eyeballs, experts reveal 6 medical marvels introduced by new technology
While bionic limbs once belonged in science fiction, today it is less extraordinary Last week, paralysed former policewoman Nicki Donnelly walked on robotic legs Today, experts reveal six other robotic limbs that may change medicine for ever When The Six Million Dollar Man first aired in the Seventies, with its badly injured astronaut being rebuilt...
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Roam Robotics' lightweight, inexpensive exoskeleton for the masses
Roam Robotics hopes to use pneumatics and lightweight materials to bring exoskeletons to the masses If the vision of San Francisco startup Roam Robotics and its co-founder Tim Swift are fully realized, we could be buying commercial lightweight exoskeletons to run faster, hike further and lift more with less effort in the coming years. While still in early...