In ‘Synthesis, characterization and 3D printing of linear and star-shaped poly(propylene fumarate) for medical applications,’ Yuanyuan Luo offers a PhD dissertation for The University of Akron on the subject of additive manufacturing and new polymer synthetics for use in the medical realm. As materials science continues to expand, researchers are drawn to exploring the uses of 3D
Both digital and genomics biomarkers are important in diagnosing and treating disease. Apple is playing a key role in driving this revolution by crowdsourcing patient-level data through its Apple Watches. Apple’s Apple Research app will join with the Apple Watch and the iPhone to crowdsource health data for future research. Those with an Apple Watch will be able
If healthcare organizations want to succeed in an environment of digital transformation, they must bring about participatory health. That shift will require providers to be grounded in patient engagement and patient-centered care—by being “on-demand, connected and data-driven.” That’s the contention of a new report from the American Hospital Association’s Center for Health Innovation, and EY, which examines
Source Army.mil Doctors from 12 specialties taught 26 participants on required virtual health presentation skills at the eighth tri-service, inter-agency Virtual Health Patient Presenter course Sept. 9 – 13 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. The one-week course gave nurses, Army medics, Air Force medical technicians and Navy corpsmen hands-on instruction from specialty physicians and physician
The School of Engineering and Applied Science announced late last month that a mechanical and aerospace engineering professor received $300,000 from the American Heart Association to develop a device that can print tissue used for repairing heart damage. The AHA – a nonprofit organization that funds cardiovascular research – granted a three-year award to Lijie
Biofabrication holds great potential to revolutionize important industries in the health, food, and textile sectors, but its translation to market is still challenging. Pedro F. Costa in a paper newly published on Trends in Biotechnology analyzes the current state of innovation and commercialization in biofabrication and try to assess its limitations, strengths, and future progress.
Researchers have developed a neural network approach that can accurately identify congestive heart failure with 100% accuracy through analysis of just one raw electrocardiogram (ECG) heartbeat, a new study reports. Nearly 10 percent of adults over the age of 65 suffer from some kind of congestive heart failure (CHF). There are a variety of different
Source https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/ten.teb.2019.0047#utm_source=FastTrack&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=teb Bone regeneration procedures in clinics and bone tissue engineering stand on three pillars: osteoconduction, osteoinduction, and stem cells. In the last two decades, the focus in this field has been on osteoinduction, which is realized by the use of bone morphogenetic proteins and the application of mesenchymal stem cells to treat bone defects.
Source Euronews Euronews space correspondent and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano has been in space for a month now. His first mission was to “catch a Dragon” – a cargo vehicle which brings payloads for astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS). Once the dragon was “captured”, Luca and his team received new scientific equipment to start working on
Source Harvard University Twenty people die every day waiting for an organ transplant in the United States, and while more than 30,000 transplants are now performed annually, there are over 113,000 patients currently on organ waitlists. Artificially grown human organs are seen by many as the “holy grail” for resolving this organ shortage, and advances
