September 11, 2024 by Wolters Kluwer Health Break Wave device. A, The imaging probe (left) and therapy probe (right). B, The imaging probe clicks into the center of therapy probe for treatment. C, The therapy probe and foot pedal are plugged into the therapy generator. D, The entire device required for treatment. E, An optional...
Story by Rahel Collyer-Hoar Silver nanoparticles, combined with a conventional antibiotic drug and stabilized by a polymer, work together to damage the cell walls of bacteria within biofilms. Credit: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)From safeguarding our food supply to preventing hospital infections, the battle against antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a growing challenge....
News Release 10-Sep-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationAston University image: Professor Richard Martin Credit: Aston University Bioactive glasses, doped with gallium developed to create a potential treatment for bone cancerLab tests have a 99 percent success rate of killing cancerous cellsMethod could also regenerate diseased bones. Bioactive glasses, a filling material which can bond to tissue and improve...
September 10, 2024 by Klick Applied Science Overview of the proposed ML-based acoustic model for hypertension screening. Abbreviations: BP-blood pressure; SBP-systolic blood pressure; DBP-diastolic blood pressure; LLD-low-level descriptor; LASSO-Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator; SMOTE-Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique. The subscripts I and F refer to initial and final measurements, respectively. Credit: IEEE Access (2024). DOI:...
Sep 6 2024 Researchers have created nanoscale robots which could be used to manage bleeds in the brain caused by aneurysms. Engineered magnetic nanorobots about 300nm in diameter. Image credit- Jian Wu The development could enable precise, relatively low-risk treatment of brain aneurysms, which cause around 500,000 deaths globally each year. The medical condition –...
September 5, 2024 by Eddy Duryea, University of Central Florida Description of plasmonic biosensor platform. (A) Schematic of integrated plasmonic biosensor platform. Top inset shows specificity of surface-functionalized DNA aptamer in presence of other interfering species, where the aptamer binds selectively to dopamine. Bottom inset shows a cartoon representation of the plasmonic biosensor. (B and...
September 3, 2024. by Krishna Ramanujan, Cornell University Microcarrier-microbioreactor setup and protocol. Credit: Journal of Translational Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1186/s12967-024-05373-7A new approach to manufacturing cells that secrete and deliver therapies to specific parts of the body has taken a big step toward one day repairing joints and damage after heart attacks, countering transplant rejection and...
University of California – San Diego Sep 3 2024 A sweat-powered wearable has the potential to make continuous, personalized health monitoring as effortless as wearing a Band-Aid. Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed an electronic finger wrap that monitors vital chemical levels-;such as glucose, vitamins, and even drugs-;present in the same...
September 2, 2024 by Kompetenznetz Vorhofflimmern e.V. (AFNET) Graphical Abstract. Credit: European Heart Journal (2024). DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehae611Low concentrations of three selected biomarkers in the blood of patients with atrial fibrillation identify patients with a high chance of attaining sinus rhythm. This is the main result of this analysis of the EAST—AFNET 4 biomolecule study. The...
September 3, 2024 by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress Antibody-mediated targeted lubricating hydrogel microspheres. Credit: CASA team of material engineers and orthopedic specialists affiliated with several institutions in China has developed a hydrogel for slowing or stopping the progression of osteoarthritis. Their research is published in the journal Advanced Materials. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint...
