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Medical
The medical end market refers to the application of engineering to medicine and biology in order to improve healthcare treatment such as diagnosis, monitoring, and therapy. Includes, but is not limited to, prostheses, robotics, implants, devices, and genetic engineering. A major part of this category is research and development.
Want to know how long you’ve got left to live? AI can tell you…
A study has shown that an AI has been developed that can tell you how long you have to live, and its results are…
Cancer prevention smart fashion accessory
A team led by bioengineers is developing an optical biosensing technology that transforms a Fitbit-style wearable…
Supplemental robotic arms controlled by your feet
To use MetaLimbs robotic arms, you strap tracking markers to your feet and knees, allowing you to control the wrist…
Paralyzed patients use their minds to control device
Patients were able to use their minds to open and close a device fitted over their hands, allowing them to get a…
No more balding at an early age
Researchers have found a type of immune cell that is associated with hair growth which need to be partnered to…
Gray matter density can increase during adolescence
Gray matter measures density, volume, mass, and cortical thickness, and show distinct age and sex effects and…
Bio-inspired electronics with circuits in living cells
A team of UW synthetic biology researchers have demonstrated a new method for digital information processing in…
Faster and more efficient safety tests for biologics
Biologics, drugs manufactured by living cells, are one of the fastest-growing segments of the pharmaceutical…
Organic plastic device detects disease markers in breath
Researchers have created a small, thin square of an organic plastic that can detect disease markers in breath.
28,000 species of plants yet to be fully understood
More than 28,000 species of plants around the world have a medical use but poor documentation means people are not…