MIT engineers designed an adhesive patch that produces ultrasound images of the body. The stamp-sized device sticks to skin and can provide continuous ultrasound imaging of internal organs for 48 hours. Ultrasound…
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New gel technology could form a new type of treatment to help hearts regenerate after injury.
University of Manchester researchers have developed a new biodegradable gel that can help to improve the delivery of cells directly into the living heart and could form a new generation of treatments…
World Premiere: Successful Transplant of Human Liver Treated in Machine
The multidisciplinary Zurich research team Liver4Life has succeeded in doing something during a treatment attempt that had never been achieved in the history of medicine until now: it treated an originally damaged…
New Type of Ultraviolet Light Makes Indoor Air as Safe as Outdoors
A new type of ultraviolet light that is safe for people took less than five minutes to reduce the level of indoor airborne microbes by more than 98%, a joint study by…
Achieving a milestone, scientists regrow frog’s lost leg
Frogs briefly treated with a five-drug cocktail administered by a wearable bioreactor were able to regrow a functional, nearly complete limb. For millions of patients who have lost limbs for reasons ranging…