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Sustainable solution for wearable patches

Covestro has developed a concept for wearable smart patches in cooperation with its partner accensors.

CRISPR to cure sickle cell disease

University of Illinois Chicago is one of the U.S. sites participating in clinical trials to cure severe red blood congenital diseases such as sickle cell anemia or Thalassemia by safely modifying the DNA of patients’ blood cells.

Wearable Electronics for cardiac monitoring

An inexpensive yet highly sensitive wearable sensor holds promise for detecting early COVID-19 symptoms and monitoring heart disease.

Breath gas analysis detects cancer

Researchers are developing solutions designed to enable the analysis of breath gas to assist with the diagnosis of disease.

Wearable offers new option for monitoring heart health

An invention may turn one of the most widely used materials for biomedical applications into wearable devices to help monitor heart health.

'Organ-on-a-chip' finds out how COVID-19 invades our bodies

In order for a COVID-19 vaccine and antiviral drugs to be developed, scientists first need to understand why this virus spreads so easily and quickly, and why it invades our bodies with seemingly little resistance from our immune system.

AI helps predict heart attacks and stroke

In a new study, artificial intelligence has been used for the first time to instantly and accurately measure blood flow.

Artificial pericardial tissue from the 3D printer

In the PolyKARD project, biomimetic polymers are being developed that can imitate the mechanical properties of pericardial tissue.

Biosensor may help guide treatment of Alzheimer’s

Researchers have created biosensor technology that may help lead to safe stem cell therapies for treating Parkinson’s diseases.

Algorithm steers catheters to the right spot to treat atrial fibrillation

Researchers have demonstrated that their technique can stop the catheter at the right target and identify the source type with a 95.25 percent success rate.

AI used to detect fetal heart problems

Researchers have developed a novel system that can automatically detect abnormalities in fetal hearts in real-time using artificial intelligence (AI).

Digital transformation: From sick care to proactive health care

“The digital transformation will make healthcare even more human. It will enable us to provide preventive and personalized healthcare,” says Prof. Dr. Koen Kas, Professor of Oncology at Ghent University, Belgium.

Combining wearables and AI to predict the onset of health problems

A team found that applying artificial intelligence to the right combination of data retrieved from wearable technology may detect whether your health is failing.

Wearable devices for early disease monitoring and diagnosis

Researchers have developed an integrated system for early diagnosis of diseases using wearable monitors.

Big data opens door to big possibilities in healthcare

How University of Alberta health scientists are helping fulfil the promise of big data to revolutionize everything from prevention to diagnosis to treatment.

Sensor detects signs of burnout in sweat

Engineers have developed a wearable sensing chip that can measure the concentration of cortisol – the stress hormone – in human sweat.

More accurate measurements of wearables

Researchers are aiming to improve wearables for medical applications and to enable the portable minicomputers to make more accurate measurements.

Covid-19: wearables can detect symptoms

Wearable devices can identify COVID-19 cases earlier than traditional diagnostic methods and can help track and improve management of the disease.

AI makes strides in search for COVID-19 treatments

A deep learning model that can predict how human genes and medicines will interact has identified at least 10 compounds that may hold promise as treatments for COVID-19.

Using wearables to keep babies healthy

Researchers at the WVU School of Medicine explored how a wearable device called WHOOP could be used to monitor pregnant women’s resting heart rate and heart rate variability.

Cardivascular diseases: digital twin improves therapy

Using mathematical image processing, scientists have found a way to create digital twins from human hearts.

Lasers and molecular tethers enable tissue engineering

Researchers have used lasers and molecular tethers to create perfectly patterned platforms for tissue engineering.

World’s first intra-operative MRI-guided robot for neurosurgery

An engineer designed the first neurosurgical robotic system capable of performing bilateral stereotactic neurosurgery inside a MRI scanner.

Using AI to find new uses for existing medications

Scientists have developed a machine learning method that crunches massive amounts of data to help determine which existing medications could improve outcomes in diseases for which they are not prescribed.

Sense Glucose Earring for managing diabetes

A product design graduate has developed a discreet item of wearable technology that monitors blood sugar levels and delivers feedback in real-time.

A touch-free vital signs monitor

Scientists have developed a technique that monitors a patient’s vital signs completely touch free.

Wearable may signal you're developing COVID-19

A smart ring that generates continuous temperature data may foreshadow COVID-19, even in cases when infection is not suspected.

VR helps measure vulnerability to stress

Behavioral scientists have developed a virtual reality test that assesses a person’s vulnerability to stress while exploring immersive environments.

Stethee – an AI powered wireless stethoscope

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Implantable sensor could safely biodegrade

Researchers reported they designed a flexible and implantable sensor that can monitor various forms of nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) gas in the body.

Graphene – the versatile wonder material

Graphene has a vast variety of practical applications in the creation of new materials. But what exactly is graphene and what makes it so special?

Cardiac patch treats heart disease

Researchers have developed rubbery a bioelectronic implantable device that can monitor and treat heart diseases.

A heart-breast cancer-on-a-chip monitoring system

A dual-organ system enables the measurement of cardiac toxicity arising from breast cancer chemotherapy.

‘Smart stent‘ detects narrowing of arteries

Engineers have developed a so-called smart stent that detects changes in blood flow through an artery.

VR training improves physical and cognitive functions

Researchers have developed an innovative training protocol that, utilizing immersive virtual reality (IVR), leads to real physical and cognitive benefits.

“Medical 3D printing is a game changer”

Interview with Andreas Giannopoulos, MD and PhD, a Deputy Attending Physician in the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University Hospital Zurich.

AI offers clues to a 500-year old mystery

Researchers used AI and genetic analyses to examine the structure of the inner surface of the heart using 25 000 MRI scans.

Catching Z’s, capturing data: DIY wearable

Researchers are creating a wearable electronics device that can read brain waves while allowing the wearer to easily drift off into the various stages of sleep.

Using 3D printing to study common heart defect

Researchers have combined machine learning, 3D printing and high performance computing simulations to accurately model blood flow in the aorta.

Neural network helps doctors explain relapses of heart failure

Researchers have developed an algorithm that not only predicts hospital readmissions of heart failure patients, but also tells you why these occur.

Fitness tracker: useful, but increase anxiety

Self-quantifying may better the understanding of our individual health, but also gives rise to anxiety.

3D printed artery monitors blockages from the inside

Engineers are developing a 3D printed artificial blood vessel that allows doctors and patients to keep tabs on its health remotely.

World’s smallest 3D printed endoscope

Researchers have used 3D micro-printing to develop the world’s smallest, flexible scope for looking inside blood vessels.

Scientists 3D print a working heart pump

Researchers have 3D printed a functioning centimeter-scale heart pump with real human cells in the lab.

Wearables offer continuous monitoring for COVID-19

Researchers caution that consumer wearables are not sophisticated enough to monitor the complicated illness.

High-tech clothing: Wearable health

Thanks to a variety of smart technologies, high-tech clothing today is capable of analyzing body functions or actively optimizing the microclimate.

3D printing sensors on expanding organs

Scientists have developed a 3D printing technique that could have future applications in diagnosing and monitoring the lungs of patients with COVID-19.

World first in 3D printed self-expandable stents

Researchers from CSIRO have made it possible to 3D print tailor-made stents, a critical biomedical device used to treat narrow or blocked arteries.

Wearable devices set to diagnose preeclampsia or epilepsy

Transforming how common health conditions are diagnosed using point-of-care and wearable bio diagnostic devices is the goal of a new University of South Australia project.

Wearable sensor tracks Vitamin C levels in sweat

Researchers have developed a wearable, non invasive Vitamin C sensor that could provide a new, highly personalized option for users to track their daily nutritional intake and dietary adherence.

Wearable tracks COVID-19 key symptoms

Researchers have developed a wearable device to catch early signs and symptoms associated with COVID-19 and to monitor patients as the illness progresses.

Nutrition smart patch reduced diabetes risk

A wearable smart patch will deliver precision data to help people personalise their diets and reduce their risk of developing lifestyle-related chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes.

'CovIdentify' pits smartphones and wearables against coronavirus

A research study seeks volunteers to provide data from smartphones, smartwatches and health surveys to help detect COVID-19.

Scientists model heart attack on a chip

The chip is capable of precisely controlling oxygen and nutrient levels, and allowing observation of cell behavior in real time.

Researchers are developing a ‘pandemic drone’ to detect coronavirus

A ‘pandemic drone’ to remotely monitor and detect people with infectious respiratory conditions is being developed.

“Body-on-a-chip” could improve drug evaluation

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.

Transparent human organs allow 3D maps at the cellular level

For the first time, researchers managed to make intact human organs transparent. Using microscopic imaging they could revealed underlying complex structures of the see-through organs at the cellular level.

Lensless microscopy chip for diagnostic applications

Researchers at the University of Connecticut have developed a lensless microscope that allows an observer to enjoy an enormous field of view.

A step towards mending a broken heart

Bioengineers have developed a prototype patch that does the same job as crucial aspects of heart tissue.

A wearable monitor provides continuous blood pressure data

Researchers are developing a revolutionary, portable blood pressure monitoring device that provides data continuously to patients.

A bionic “heart” for testing prosthetic valves

Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a biorobotic hybrid heart for testing prosthetic valves and other cardiac devices.

Bioengineering living heart valves

Reserchers have made progress developing living heart valves that can grow with the body and integrate with the patient's native tissue.

Human ‘check engine’ lights not far away

A scientist thinks the future of health care looks like the blinking check engine light on the dashboard of your car.

Photonic pH sensor tracks tissue with light

In a proof-of-concept work, scientists demonstrated their photonics-based sensors using fibers and liquid-filled petri dishes.

First successful robotic coronary angioplasties in Africa

Robocath announced it has successfully completed six robotic coronary angioplasties with R-One, a first for the continent of Africa.

Artificial neurons developed to cure chronic diseases

For the first time researchers successfully reproduced the electrical properties of biological neurons onto semiconductor chips.

Wearable sweat sensor detects Gout-causing compounds

Researchers describe a mass-producible wearable sensor that can monitor levels of metabolites and nutrients in a person's blood by analyzing their sweat.

Big Data helps preventing misdiagnosis’

Johns Hopkins researcher and his team describe a method to measure diagnostic errors from big data could be key to prevent disability and death from misdiagnosis and transform the field of diagnostic quality and safety.

Wireless oxygen sensor monitors sick infants

Researchers have created a mobile, wearable device the size of a Band-Aid could allow babies to leave the hospital and be monitored from home.

Can ‘smart toilets’ be the next

Wearables are transforming the ability to monitor and improve health, but a decidedly low-tech commodity—the humble toilet—may have potential to outperform them all.

Wearables link insufficient sleep to biological aging

Study using wearable trackers links insufficient sleep to increased rate of biological aging and cardiovascular disease risk.

ELSAH – A ‘Smart Patch’ to determine biomarkers

At the start of 2019 the EU project ELSAH began with the objective of designing a wearable within four years that enables the continuous determination of biomarker concentrations.

Activity trackers provide key predictors of mortality

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine show that wearable activity trackers are a reliable tool for predicting death risk in older adults.

‘Smart shirt’ proving itself on monitoring lung disease

A smart shirt that measures lung function by sensing movements in the chest has proven to be accurate when compared to traditional testing equipment.

Icaros: Flight simulator home trainer

Researchers tested whether full-body exergaming in virtual reality can be appropriately applied for training and therapy purposes.

mhealth: WeChat helps recovery of heart disease patients

Patients recovering from coronary heart disease who received rehabilitation through WeChat experienced a better recovery than those having standard care.

Self-rolling sensors take heart cell readings in 3D

Researchers have developed an organ-on-an-electronic-chip platform, which uses bioelectrical sensors to measure the electrophysiology of the heart cells in three dimensions.

mhealth: blood pressure monitoring as easy as taking a selfie

Transdermal optical imaging measures blood pressure by detecting blood flow changes in smartphone-captured facial videos.

A wearable and stretchable health monitor

A wearable monitor built with stretchable electronics could allow long-term health monitoring of adults, babies and small children without concern for skin injury or allergic reactions.

Sound waves could bring us smarter medical implants

A scientist is working to develop miniature implantable medical devices that sense and communicate wirelessly via sound waves.

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