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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.
Converting mouse cells into other cells
New mouse blood and immune cells have been artificially generated from skin cells by researchers in Singapore. This…
Developing vaccine inhibits HIV from replicating
For the first time, researchers have shown that a combined approach – using a common cold virus to introduce a…
Neutralizing cancer through freeze-framed cells
Scientists from Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions are using synthetic biology to…
Go to sleep with one, wake up with another
Author: Daisy Stapley-Bunten
According to the National Institutes of Health, more than 40 million Americans…
Hepatitis C virus plays tricks on liver cells
According to the researchers at the University of Washington, the virus that causes hepatitis C protects itself by…
App designed to help people understand dementia
Approximately 2.4 million people around the world have downloaded and played a new mobile phone app called Sea Hero…
Wearable electronic device monitors heart and recognizes speech
A tiny, soft wearable acoustic sensor has been developed to measure vibrations in the human body, allowing them to…
The calculator that can predict your pregnancy
A calculator has been developed, that can estimate individualized chances of couples having a baby, both before and…
The three blind mice may be blind no more
The holy grail of gene editing has been discovered- the ability to, for the first time, insert DNA at a target…
Long-lasting drug has potential to end malaria
A new drug capsule can remain in the stomach for up to two weeks after being swallowed. The researchers at MIT…