Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have long been associated with restoring movement in patients with spinal cord injuries or Parkinson’s disease. But a new study from Vanderbilt University suggests that BCIs could also serve as “electroceuticals”—devices that substitute pharmaceuticals by directly modulating
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Delivering drugs to the brain has always been a high-stakes challenge. The blood-brain barrier (BBB)—a tightly regulated shield of cells—blocks over 98% of small molecule drugs, making treatment of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s notoriously difficult. Now, researchers at
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MIT researchers have unveiled a new bionic knee system that could redefine prosthetic integration for people with above-the-knee amputations. Unlike traditional socket-based prostheses, which often feel like external tools, this system is anchored directly into the user’s bone and muscle
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Researchers at Penn State have developed a flexible, skin-like sensor that can monitor both physical movement and electrical signals—internally and externally. Designed to mimic the properties of human skin, the device combines electrical and ionic conductivity, allowing it to interface
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For people with type 1 diabetes, dangerously low blood sugar—hypoglycemia—can strike without warning, especially during sleep or in children who can’t self-administer treatment. To address this, MIT engineers have developed a quarter-sized implantable device that stores powdered glucagon and can
Implant Delivers Emergency Glucagon for Type I Diabetics Read More »
At-home diagnostic tests surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, but their convenience often came at the cost of sensitivity. Now, engineers at UC Berkeley have developed a low-cost biosensing platform that could dramatically improve the accuracy of rapid at-home tests—not just
For millions of people with diabetes and other chronic conditions, daily injections are a painful, inconvenient reality. That’s because many protein-based drugs—like insulin, semaglutide (Ozempic), and monoclonal antibodies—can’t survive the harsh environment of the gastrointestinal tract. But engineers at Georgia
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Joint health is notoriously difficult to track outside of clinical settings. Traditional methods for measuring joint torque—how much force a joint exerts—are often bulky, lab-bound, or too imprecise for real-world use. Now, researchers from the University of Oxford and University
AI-Enabled Piezoelectric Wearable Monitors Joint Torque Read More »
For over a century, surgical microscopes have relied on a simple trick: mimic human binocular vision to create depth perception. But while this stereoscopic approach helps surgeons navigate delicate anatomy, it falls short when it comes to precision measurement, automation,
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Artificial blood has long been a biomedical moonshot—promising a scalable, donor-free solution to global shortages, but consistently stalling at the cellular level. Now, researchers at the University of Konstanz and Queen Mary University of London have uncovered a key molecular
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