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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.
The science of self-consciousness
Bodily self-consciousness allows us to be instinctively aware of where we are and how we move, and is an integral…
Ultraviolet light shines on target cells for gene editing
CRISPR, the genome-editing system, allows scientists to delete or replace any target gene in a living cell. MIT…
Blood barcodes enable stem cell research
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have made it possible to monitor large blood cell populations as well as…
Validated research on nanoparticles to aim blood clots
Saving lives often comes down to stopping the bleeding as quickly as possible. Many methods for controlling…
Hydrogel materials eliminate need for open-chest surgery
Clots or narrowed arteries block blood flow during a heart attack, harming or killing cells within the tissue. But…
Batteries made with melanin pigments
For diagnosing and treating disease, non-toxic, edible batteries could one day power ingestible devices. One team…
Bluetooth enables direct streaming between hearing aid & smartphones
Oticon has licensed and deployed the CEVA RivieraWaves Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology for use as part of the…
IR device could help to improve diagnosis of ear infections
A new device developed by researchers at MIT and a physician at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center could greatly…
Bio-active smart implants actively fight post-operative infection
Funding has been provided by Innovate UK supporting the next stage in development of a bio-active implant, Smart…
DNA programmed to store complex histories
A way to record complex histories in the DNA of human cells, allowing them to retrieve "memories” of past events,…