A groundbreaking new wearable designed to be worn on the throat could be a game changer in the field of stroke rehabilitation. Developed in the lab of Northwestern University engineering professor John…
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Engineers create miniature self-sealing ‘wound’
Biomedical engineers have developed a miniature self-sealing model system for studying bleeding and the clotting of wounds. The researchers envision the device as a drug discovery platform and potential diagnostic tool. Lead…
5 Children get 3D-printed Lab-Made Ears Grown From Their Own Cells
Scientists in China have used a breakthrough technology to grow new ears for five children born with an ear defect called microtia. Cartilage-forming cells were taken from the children’s ears and used…
Startup’s needle-free drug injector gets commercialization deal
Certain treatments for patients suffering from chronic diseases, such as inflammatory bowel diseases, require multiple intravenous or subcutaneous injections of specific drugs. Because of the pain and anxiety associated with needles, some…
Why Head and Face Pain Causes More Suffering
People consistently rate pain of the head, face, eyeballs, ears and teeth as more disruptive, and more emotionally draining, than pain elsewhere in the body. Duke University scientists have discovered how the…