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Duke researchers have developed a gel-based cartilage substitute to relieve achy knees that’s even stronger and more durable than the real thing. Clinical trials to start next year.
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Lab-Made Cartilage Gel Outperforms the Real Thing
It can be pressed and pulled with more force than natural cartilage, and it's three times more resistant to wear and tear.
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J&J Vaccine Factory Forced to Trash More Doses
About 135 million more doses will have to be destroyed due to quality problems at the troubled plant.
August 12, 2022
The tiny tool closely replicates short sections of human blood vessels, allowing researchers to create variable flow conditions which are very close to those found in the body.
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Where Do Clots Begin?
Researchers created a device to replicate conditions in blood vessels after grafts.
August 11, 2022
Cornea implant made of collagen protein from pig’s skin.
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Bioengineered Cornea Can Restore Sight
To the blind and visually impaired.
August 11, 2022
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Joby Expands Partnership With U.S. Department of Defense
It bolsters the eVTOL aircraft company’s primary goal of launching a commercial passenger service.
August 10, 2022
With a new approach, the scar tissue (pictured) that usually develops around medical implants has a more aligned architecture that allows drugs to pass through more easily.
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Design Prevents Buildup of Scar Tissue Around Medical Implants
This phenomenon, known as the foreign body response, can interfere with many other types of implantable medical devices.
August 8, 2022
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Cohen Children’s unveils $110M Pediatric Surgical Operating Complex
August 9, 2022
A man receives the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at Jabra Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, March 11, 2021. A new philanthropic project hopes to invest $100 million in up to 10 countries mostly in Africa by 2030 to support up to 200,000 community health workers.
Nonprofits Launch $100M Plan to Support Local Health Workers
August 8, 2022
The wearable neuromorphic chip, made of stretchy semiconductors, can implement artificial intelligence (AI) to process massive amounts of health information in real time. Above, Asst. Prof. Sihong Wang shows a single neuromorphic device with three electrodes.
Stretchy Computing Device Feels Like Skin, Analyzes Health Data
August 5, 2022
Daniel Rofin, 41, receives a vaccine against Monkeypox from a health professional in medical center in Barcelona, Spain, July 26, 2022. The U.S. will declare a public health emergency to bolster the federal response to the outbreak of monkeypox that already has infected more than 6,600 Americans. That's according to two people familiar with the matter said.
U.S. Declares Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox Outbreak
August 4, 2022
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August 4, 2022
Netherlands Cancer Institute carried out first successful operation with custom 3D-printed titanium lower jaw.
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First Successful Operation with Custom 3D-Printed Titanium Lower Jaw
The jaw was completely reconstructed based on the patient's 3D MRI & CT scans.
August 4, 2022
Biomotum’s Wearable Robotic Ankle Assist Device is an on-demand mobility assistance device to aid at-home functional gait training for individuals with a walking disability.
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8 Wearable Projects Net $1.6M for Product Development
The new projects include tech to help those with walking disabilities, a fetal monitor to detect compromising issues and a wearable phototherapy device for treating thrush.
August 2, 2022
A syringe is prepared at a clinic in Norristown, Pa., Dec. 7, 2021. The Environmental Protection Agency is warning residents in 13 states and Puerto Rico about potential health risks from emissions of ethylene oxide, a chemical widely used to sterilize medical equipment and decontaminate spices.
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EPA: Chemical in Medical-Device Cleanser Poses Cancer Risk
The agency has notified 23 commercial sterilizers — 19 in the continental U.S. and four in Puerto Rico.
August 3, 2022
Nebraska Engineering Professor Shane Farritor invented 'MIRA,' a miniaturized robot for remote surgery.
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Remote Surgery Robot to Be Tested Aboard International Space Station
In previous tests, surgeons have successfully used the device to perform colon resections.
August 2, 2022
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Robotic Sensors Could Help Transform Prosthetics
When the material is put under pressure it dynamically changes its electric resistance.
August 1, 2022
Insulin is displayed at Pucci's Pharmacy in Sacramento, Calif., on Friday, July 8, 2022. Hoping to reduce the rising cost of insulin, California plans to make its own insulin brand.The state Budget includes $100 million to develop three types of insulin products and invest in a manufacturing facility.
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California Aims to Make Its Own Insulin Brand to Lower Price
“It’s as essential as water."
July 29, 2022
MIT engineers designed an adhesive patch that produces ultrasound images of the body. The stamp-sized device sticks to skin and can provide continuous ultrasound imaging of internal organs for 48 hours.
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MIT Engineers Develop Stickers that Can See Inside the Body
A stamp-sized device that sticks to skin and can provide continuous ultrasound imaging of internal organs for 48 hours.
July 29, 2022
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Open Lab Plans New Manufacturing Division for Medical Plastics
A site selection process was started earlier this year to determine a suitable location.
July 27, 2022
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3M to Spin Off its Health Care Business
The company expects to complete the transaction by year-end 2023.
July 26, 2022
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The Opioid Crisis Isn’t Just the Sacklers' Fault
And making Purdue Pharma pay isn’t enough on its own to fix the pharmaceutical industry’s deeper problems.
July 26, 2022
The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a media conference at an EU Africa summit in Brussels on Feb. 18, 2022. The World Health Organization says monkeypox still does not warrant being declared a global emergency even though it's spreading in more than 70 countries. The decision announced on Saturday was the second time within weeks that WHO’s emergency committee declined to classify the unprecedented outbreak of the once-rare disease as an emergency.
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UN Health Agency Chief Declares Monkeypox a Global Emergency
A global emergency is WHO’s highest level of alert.
July 25, 2022
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Prosthetics Maker Hanger Acquired for $1.25B
Upon completion of the transaction, Hanger will become a privately held company.
July 22, 2022
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DocGo Shows Off Flying Ambulance with Tank Treads Concept
DocGo will also display an all-electric, zero-emissions ambulance.
July 22, 2022
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Study Suggests AI May Soon Predict Occurrence of Atrial Fibrillation
The extension of AI capabilities towards predictions and digital biomarkers has the potential to bring improved health outcomes.
July 22, 2022