Groundbreaking discoveries and inventions in the Life Sciences advancing Evidence Based Medicine
A research team at Stanford University has developed a biosensor that allows real-time monitoring of blood chemicals. Not only is the device able to constantly monitor the presence of chemicals…
Researchers at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have developed a ‘neural tourniquet’ that can be used to stop bleeding. While many surgeons remain skeptical about the use of nerve…
In 1812, René Laennec invented an acoustic sensor capable of detecting the heart rate of patients. The stethoscope has seen considerable modification over the years, and while modern sensors have…
Terahertz radiation – or submillimeter radiation – scanners have tremendous potential for use in biomedical imaging. Terahertz radiation occupies a band of frequencies from 0.3 to 3 terahertz, falling between…
CRISPR-Cas9 gene therapy has been shown to be effective in vitro, although until now the gene editing technique has not been used in vivo in humans. However, a group of…
An HIV testing USB stick has been developed that can test viral levels in the blood without the need for expensive laboratory equipment. The single use device, which is about…
Hawaii-based company TruTag Technologies has developed optical microtags that could be used to authenticate drugs and tackle the growing problem of counterfeit pharmaceuticals. Counterfeit drugs are causing hundreds of deaths…
The speed that neurons communicate, approximately 10 milliseconds, has proved incredibly difficult to replicate with microfluidics and other fluid transport systems. It is possible to use these technologies to mimic…
Researchers at Cardiff University’s Systems Immunity Research Institute have developed a new method of predicting the risk of developing a severe form of fatty liver disease. The team hopes to…
A new method for 3D printing biomaterials for tissue engineering has been developed by researchers at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Current techniques for shaping biomaterials are limited to soft…