Many treatments for cancer and cardiovascular disease struggle to deliver drugs to the right place without harming healthy tissue. A University of Central Florida researcher has created smart microbubbles that carry therapeutic agents directly to diseased areas and release them […]
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Inflammatory bowel disease remains difficult to study because its complex immune and microbial interactions cannot be replicated in traditional lab models. Researchers at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute have developed a microfluidic “gut‑on‑a‑chip” system that recreates the dynamic environment of the
Dry eye disease affects millions of people and is often treated with eye drops that must be applied repeatedly throughout the day. Researchers at the National University of Singapore have created a new light powered implant that offers a drug
Photosynthesising Eye Implant Uses Light to Treat Dry Eye Disease Without Drugs Read More »
Bone reconstruction remains difficult when large defects occur, because current implants often fail to match the mechanical behavior and biological complexity of natural bone. Researchers at Tampere University in Finland are working to solve this problem by developing 3D printed
Long term molecular health monitoring has been difficult to achieve because most wearable sensors lose accuracy as their sensing surfaces degrade. University of California, Irvine researchers have developed a new bioelectronic sweat sensor that solves this problem by regenerating its
Wearable Sweat Sensor Enables Long Term Molecular Health Monitoring Without Batteries Read More »
Patients with recurrent ovarian cancer often face limited treatment options because tumors become resistant to chemotherapy and spread throughout the abdominal cavity. Systemic immunotherapies can help some patients, but high dose cytokines such as interleukin 2 are too toxic when
Studying deep brain activity normally requires inserting rigid probes directly into neural tissue, a process that can cause inflammation, scarring, and long term disruption of the very circuits researchers hope to understand. Neuroscientists have long sought a way to record
Flexible Neural Sheet Reaches Deep Brain Regions Without Penetrating Tissue Read More »
Soft robots and biomedical devices often struggle to achieve the complex, coordinated motions that biological muscles perform with ease. Traditional synthetic actuators can contract or expand, but they rarely bend, twist, and coil in controlled ways. Researchers at Harvard University’s
3D Printed Artificial Muscles Bend and Twist on Demand Using Nature Inspired Design Read More »
Medical emergencies in space pose a serious challenge because the human body behaves differently in reduced gravity, and lifesaving procedures developed on Earth may not work the same way in orbit. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is one of the most critical interventions
Cancer surgeons often struggle to distinguish healthy tissue from malignant tissue during an operation, and this uncertainty can lead to incomplete tumor removal or unnecessary damage to surrounding structures. A team of researchers has developed a handheld optical probe that
Handheld Probe Maps Cancerous Tissue in Real Time to Guide More Precise Surgery Read More »
