Medical Engineering

Medical Engineering

Scanpy Software Enhances Analysis of Single-Cell Data

“It’s about analyzing gene-expression data* of a large number of individual cells,” explains lead author Alex Wolf of the Institute of Computational Biology…

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Edible QR Codes: The Future of Medicine Unveiled

This production might soon be in the past. In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen together with colleagues from Åbo Akademi University…

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New Chip-Based Tool Analyzes RNA Gene Expression Fast

According to Illinois Bioengineering Professor Rashid Bashir, existing gene expression methods have limitations. “They are cumbersome and slow, taking hours or…

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New Wearable Health Monitor for Sick Babies by Sussex Physicists

Sick babies in remote parts of the world could be monitored from afar thanks to new wearable technology designed by physicists at the University of Sussex. And…

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€2 Million Funding for MR-Compatible Brain Implants

Professor Klaus Scheffler, physicist at the University of Tübingen, Germany, received funding for innovative science from the Federal Ministry of Education and…

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PET Scans Identify Prostate Cancer Patients for Targeted Radiation

For prostate cancer patients who have rising levels of PSA (a cancer indicator) even after radical prostatectomy, early treatment makes a difference. In a…

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3D-Printed Prosthetic Implants Enhance Hearing Loss Treatment

Hearing works partly through the transmission of vibrations from the ear drum to the cochlea, the sensory organ of hearing, via three tiny bones in the middle…

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Golden Nanopills: Navigating Bloodstream with Laser Precision

These minute capsules can navigate the bloodstream, and, when hit with a quick pulse of laser light, change shape to release their contents. It can then exit…

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New Method Maps Skin Chemicals for Better Health Insights

More and more chemicals are being released into our environment. For example, parabens and phthalates are under discussion as two types of chemicals that can…

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UCLA Engineers Enhance Optical Microscopy with Deep Learning

A form of machine learning called deep learning is one of the key technologies behind recent advances in applications like real-time speech recognition and…

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Successful Transcatheter Implant for Diastolic Heart Failure

Diastolic heart failure (DHF) occurs when the heart muscle becomes stiff and doesn't relax enough to allow blood to flow from the lungs into the heart. This…

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Theranostic nanoparticles for tracking and monitoring disease state

The review is organized into theranostic nanoparticles of specific imaging and diagnostic modalities, including optical imaging, magnetic resonance imaging…

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Wireless Handheld Spectrometer Connects to Your Smartphone

Spectral images, which contain more color information than is obtainable with a typical camera, reveal characteristics of tissue and other biological samples…

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Bio Stents Linked to Higher Heart Attack Risk: New Findings

Since the first successful use of a balloon catheter in 1977, researchers worldwide have been searching for the ideal stent for treatment of constricted…

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World’s Smallest Jet Engine Crafted in Stuttgart’s Lab

Dr. Samuel Sánchez is thrilled, just like last time he received a Guinness World Record for the smallest jet engine ever created. Sánchez is a Research Group…

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Novel PET Tracer Detects Majority of Bacterial Infections

Stanford University medical scientists have developed a novel imaging agent that could be used to identify most bacterial infections. The study is the featured…

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