
Biomaterials for virus-fighting surfaces
Scientists are working toward advances that, using nanotechnology, could lead to a hospital bed or doorknob that naturally destroys viruses.
Scientists are working toward advances that, using nanotechnology, could lead to a hospital bed or doorknob that naturally destroys viruses.
Surgeons will soon have a powerful new tool for planning and practice with the creation of the first full-sized 3D bioprinted model of the human heart.
A dose of artificial intelligence can speed the development of 3D-printed bioscaffolds that help injuries heal.
3D printing: Researchers from across disciplines are developing new approaches and new materials for creating soft tissues.
Researchers have developed a highly elastic biodegradable hydrogel for bioprinting of materials that mimic natural human soft tissues.
Bioengineering students program smartphone to guide patients who ‘freeze’ while walking.
Researchers have developed a wearable, non-invasive system to monitor electrical activity in the stomach — essentially an electrocardiogram but for the gastro-intestinal tract.
MIT engineers have developed new technology that could be used to evaluate new drugs and detect possible side effects before the drugs are tested in humans.
3D printing and machine learning unite in new research to improve cochlear implants for users.
Wearables are becoming a trend in respiratory care and many products are being developed to monitor patients remotely. But how much can these tools really help clinicians?
Wearable device could reduce racial disparities in blood measurements.
Bioengineers have invented a novel soft and flexible self-powered bioelectronic device that converts human body motions into electricity.
To detect the symptoms that herald the development of psychotic illnesses, scientists have applied longitudinal network analysis to children.
A new sensor material suitable for developing a rehabilitation glove.
Robotic cane with 3D camera can accurately guide user to chosen location, avoiding obstacles.
A convection-enhanced macroencapsulation device offers the potential of faster and more effective treatment for people with type 1 diabetes.
Bioengineers have developed biocompatible generators that create electrical pulses when compressed by body motions.
Researchers at Northeastern University have developed a robot that uses tactile sign language to help deaf-blind people communicate independently.
Bioengineers are using 3D printing and smart biomaterials to create an insulin-producing implant for type 1 diabetes patients.
Bioprinted 3D cardiac patches could reverse scar formation and promote myocardial regeneration after heart attacks.
A wearable brain-machine interface system could improve the quality of life for people with motor dysfunction or paralysis, even those struggling with locked-in syndrome.
Researchers warn of the potential social, ethical, and legal consequences of technologies interacting heavily with human brains.
Researchers have 3D printed a soft robotic hand that is agile enough to play Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. - and win!
Engineers have unveiled an air-powered computer memory that can be used to control soft robots. It overcomes the problem of the mismatch between pneumatics and electronics.
Researchers have developed a "speech neuroprosthesis" that has enabled a man with severe paralysis to communicate in sentences.
With a ‘liquid assembly line,’ researchers produce mRNA-delivering-nanoparticles a hundred times faster than standard microfluidic technologies.
Scientists have created flexible, metal-free electrode arrays that conform to the body - avoiding damage to organs.
3D models of bone formation provide a tool for tissue engineering, biomedical research and drug testing.
Researchers have designed a device to safely and accurately spray the hydrogel inside the area where open heart surgery is being performed.
Researchers at University of Pittsburgh have developed a revolutionary scalable material that senses and powers itself.
Researchers have developed a 3D printing technique that allows them to create incredibly small and complex biomedical implants.
A new 3D printing technique that extends the possibilities of lateral flow testing. With the printing technique, advanced diagnostic tests can be produced that are quick, cheap, and easy to use.
Researchers look to a future someday in which doctors can hit a button to print out a scaffold on their 3D printers and create custom-made replacement skin, cartilage, or other tissue for their patients.
People who compulsively pull their hair – suffering from an affliction known as trichotillomania – could find relief with a new device.
In-cell nano-3D printer: Scientists have developed a promising approach for synthesizing protein assemblies from protein crystals.
Mechanical engineers have developed a new high-performance artificial muscle technology that enables robots to motion more human-like.
Artificial intelligence could help to optimise the development of antibody drugs. This leads to active substances with improved properties, also with regard to tolerability in the body.
Scientists have developed algorithms that, combined with wearable sensors, could help clinicians to monitor the progression of Parkinson’s disease.
Researchers have proposed that wearable devices could be used to develop a network of health data about a patient, allowing for early diagnosis of COVID-19, even when the patient is asymptomatic.
Researchers have designed a new bioink which allows small human-sized airways to be 3D bioprinted with the help of patient cells for the first time.
Using a special dye, cells are colored according to their pH, and a machine learning algorithm can detect changes in the color spectrum due to cancer.
New hydrogel-based materials that can change shape in response to psychological stimuli, such as water, could be the next generation of materials used to bioengineer tissues and organs.
Scientists have developed a new preparation technique that could reduce the redness and itching caused by the trapped sweat beneath them.
Researchers have developed an antiviral material made from copper, silver and tungsten which can be 3D printed and kills the Covid-19 virus.
A bioprinting method enables advanced tissue fabrication by using a yield-stress support bath that holds bioinks in place until they are cured and works with a wide array of bioinks.
Wearable devices can identify COVID-19 cases earlier than traditional diagnostic methods and can help track and improve management of the disease.
Researchers are developing a color-changing test strip that can be stuck on a mask and used to detect SARS-CoV-2 in a user’s breath or saliva.
Researchers have used lasers and molecular tethers to create perfectly patterned platforms for tissue engineering.
A microrobotic opto-electro-mechanical device able to steer a laser beam with high speed and a large range of motion could enhance the possibilities of minimally invasive surgeries.
Revealing details of the internal structure of 'mini-brains' could help accelerate drug studies and may offer alternatives to some animal testing.
An AI platform derives an optimal combination of available therapies against SARS-CoV-2 - the optimal drug therapy was a combination of the drugs remdesivir, ritonavir, and lopinavir at specific doses.
A smart ring that generates continuous temperature data may foreshadow COVID-19, even in cases when infection is not suspected.
A potential new treatment for the eye disease glaucoma could replace daily eyedrops and surgery with a twice-a-year injection to control the buildup of pressure in the eye.
A tiny new silicon-based lab-on-chip test could pave the way for cheap handheld infectious disease testing.
Radiator-like fluid systems adjust the genetic wiring inside human liver cells in preliminary work toward artificial organ-tissue engineering.
Researchers have developed a new tool that adapts machine learning algorithms to the needs of synthetic biology to guide development systematically.
Researchers have designed a wearable device that monitors sweat for biomarkers that could signal flare-ups of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Researchers have developed an approach to print tiny tissues that look and function almost like their full-sized counterpart.
Loss of strength and muscle wastage is currently an unavoidable part of getting older and has a significant impact on health and quality of life.
Researchers have developed a wearable solution that allows a patient to receive treatment of antibiotic-resistant infections and woundswithout leaving home.
The new 3D hydrogels provide high rates of cell proliferation, as they mimic lymph nodes, where T-cells reproduce in vivo.
Scientists have paired 3D-printed, living human brain vasculature with advanced computational flow simulations to better understand tumor cell attachment to blood vessels.
Researchers have developed a surgical robot that improves precision and control of teleoperated surgical procedures.
Researchers used AI and genetic analyses to examine the structure of the inner surface of the heart using 25 000 MRI scans.
Research has shown a robot with built-in humanoid jaws could provide opportunities for pharmaceutical companies to develop medicated chewing gum.
Bioengineers have designed a glove-like device that can translate American Sign Language into English speech in real time through a smartphone app.
A new smart fabric that can be inflated and deflated by temperature-dependent liquid-vapor phase changes could enable a range of medical therapeutics.
Scientists have developed a way of using laser-sintering of powdered sugars to produce highly detailed structures that mimick the body’s intricate, branching blood vessels in lab-grown tissues.
Using soft robotic materials, scientists created a high-fidelity respiratory simulator that represents the interplay between between the diaphragm, abdomen and lungs.
A new AI approach classifies a common type of brain tumour into low or high grades with almost 98% accuracy, researchers report.
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany have developed powerful nanopropellers that can be steered into the interior of cells to deliver gene therapy.
Researchers are developing a new high-precision radiology system for coronavirus pulmonary involvement.
Researchers have developed a wireless monitoring system for newborn babies that can easily be implemented to provide clinical-grade care in nearly any setting.
Researchers demonstrated a methodology that combines the bioprinting and imaging of glioblastoma cells in a way that more closely models what happens inside the human body.
Scientists have improved upon the bioprinting technique they developed to engineer skeletal muscle as a potential therapy for replacing diseased or damaged muscle tissue.
Bioengineers have developed a prototype patch that does the same job as crucial aspects of heart tissue.
Engineers have developed a “bio-ink” for 3D printed materials that could serve as scaffolds for growing human tissues to repair or replace damaged ones in the body.
By adding infrared capability to the ubiquitous, standard optical microscope, researchers hope to bring cancer diagnosis into the digital era.
Researchers have developed a smart insulin-delivery patch that could one day monitor and manage glucose levels in people with diabetes and deliver the necessary insulin dosage.
Reserchers have made progress developing living heart valves that can grow with the body and integrate with the patient's native tissue.
Researchers used a microfluidic devices to fabricate tiny strands of collagen called fibrils to help further his team’s research on the eye’s repair process.
Bioengineers have found a way to create stretchy and squeezy soft sensing devices by bonding rubber to electrical components.
A new 3D printing platform is able to fabricate multi-component scaffolds that “steal from nature” to engineer tissues organized like native tissues.
Researchers have constructed an artificial human eye replica for improve their understanding and treatment of dry eye disease.
Researchers have developed a technique to 3D bioprint collagen, allowing them to fabricate fully functional components of the human heart.
The active adhesive dressings speed up wound healing based on heat-responsive hydrogels that are mechanically active and antimicrobial.
Researchers have successfully implanted sensors in three male patients following nerve transfers, to transmit biosignals for wireless control of robotic arms.
Pancreas-on-a-chip allowes scientists to identify the possible cause of a frequent and deadly complication of cystic fibrosis called CF-Related Diabetes, or CFRD.
Researchers have announced a collaboration to 3D bioprint stem-cell tissue that could one day be used to treat end-stage kidney disease.
Children with autism improved measurably on a test of socialization and learning when their therapy included an at-home intervention with Google Glass.
Bioengineers have cleared a major hurdle on the path to 3D printing replacement organs with a breakthrough technique for bioprinting tissues.
The robotic catheter, using a novel sensor informed by AI and image processing, makes its own way to a leaky heart valve.
Students created a seemingly simple but sophisticated system to monitor high intracranial pressure within the skulls of infants.
Engineers have taught a assistive robot the strategies needed to pick up food with a fork and gingerly deliver it to a person’s mouth.
Scientists hope we will soon be using 3D-printed biologically functional tissue to replace irreparably damaged tissue in the body.
A state-of-the-art brain-machine interface created by UC San Francisco neuroscientists can generate natural-sounding synthetic speech by using brain activity to control a virtual vocal tract – an anatomically detailed computer simulation including the lips, jaw, tongue and larynx.
The small, foldable epinephrine delivery device meant to be worn on a wrist, like a watch, or elsewhere on the body by a person at risk of an allergic reaction.
Bioscientists are moving closer to 3D printed artificial tissues to help heal bone and cartilage typically damaged in sports-related injuries to knees, ankles and elbows.
Engineers have combined CRISPR with electronic transistors made from graphene to create a new hand-held device that can detect specific genetic mutations in a matter of minutes.
Engineers have developed a technique to grow live bone to repair craniofacial injuries by attaching a 3D-printed bioreactor.
Researchers have developed a next-generation bionic hand that allows amputees to regain their proprioception.
Researchers have created a new robot controller using game theory, allowing the robot to learn when to assist a human.
Research from the BrainGate consortium shows that a brain-computer interface (BCI) can enable people with paralysis to directly operate an off-the-shelf tablet device just by thinking about making cursor movements and clicks.
Sossena Wood 3D, Pitt bioengineering grad student, prints a phantom head for testing 7T MRI imaging in the Radiofrequency Research Facility.
Engineers and medical researchers have teamed up to create a groundbreaking 3D printed device that could someday help patients with long-term spinal cord injuries regain some function.
Scientists have developed new nanotube biosensors using synthetic biology, which improves their sensing capabilities in complex biofluids, such as blood and urine.
A wide range of fetal genetic abnormalities could soon be detected in early pregnancy thanks to researchers using lab-on-a-chip, non-invasive technology.
Scientists have used machine learning to improve the performance of prosthetic hands. The researchers said the findings, could spark a "new generation of prosthetic limbs.
Engineers built a 3D printer that produces a delicate network of thin ribbons of hardened isomalt, the type of sugar alcohol used to make throat lozenges.