Medical News

Spanish scientists have developed a 3D bio-printer capable of generating human skin, which is being hailed as the first living human organ created by bioprinting. The development has pushed bioprinting into the limelight...

Doctors in India discovered a 6-foot-long tapeworm in a man's gut and extracted it through the patient's mouth. An endoscopy revealed a long tapeworm curled up inside the man's intestines.

A potential tumor-suppressing protein was linked to the development of a series of common types of cancer. The results of the research could be employed in creating less invasive treatment methods for cancer patients who...

News Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have performed the cleanest separation to date of synthetic nanoparticles from a living organism ... Contributed Author: National Institute of...

Product Announcement Manufactured by MTC Bio, they are used for oil-free operations and help to reduce reaction time when used in thermocyclers; ultra-thin polypropylene tubes efficiently transfer heat to speed reactions...

News When the human-derived heart muscle patch was surgically placed onto a mouse heart after a heart attack, it significantly improved heart function and decreased the amount of dead heart tissue ... Contributed Author:...

News The study looked at five changes seen in a tumor's environment as it develops, grows and spreads ... Contributed Author: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Topics: Oncology

News The innovation could gather proteins and other biological structures from blood, urine or saliva samples for future diagnostic devices ... Contributed Author: Duke University Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News The JAZZ Frame is a system of connectors, part of the JAZZ Band technological platform. Contributed Author: IMPLANET Topics: Implantables

By aligning both natural and man-made bases in the genetic code of single-celled bacteria, biologists at the Scripps Research Institute led by Floyd Romesberg developed the first ever stable semi-synthetic organism.

New research underlined a connection between women whose periods started early and entering menopause prematurely. This connection was observed to be more powerful when women don't have children.

News A new high-tech medical device to make brain surgery safer has now been developed ... Contributed Author: University of Adelaide Topics: Surgical

News The technology opens new opportunities to design "textile muscles" that could, for example, be incorporated into clothes, making it easier for people with disabilities to move ... Contributed Author: Phys.org

News The IDE allows Medtronic to begin a randomized study for the device that will evaluate it as a treatment compared to balloon angioplasty, for failing arteriovenous (AV) ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Surgic...

News Now, a researcher at the University of Missouri has discovered an entirely new class of materials based on boranes ... Contributed Author: University of Missouri-Colombia Topics: STEM

News This solution improves treatment accuracy and reduces patient positioning uncertainties ... Contributed Author: Business Wire Topics: Medical Diagnostics

Baltimore mother Shanda Flemming was furious when her 9-year-old son Michael came home from school in tears, with a swollen mouth, and with three of his teeth missing.

News To compel hospitals to do better, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) program ... Contributed Author: Brown University Topics: Implantable...

Computer scientists from Stanford University set out to produce an AI-driven algorithm for skin cancer, making a database of almost 130,000 skin disease images. They trained the algorithm to visually diagnose cancers lik...

Vagus nerve stimulation, an FDA-approved therapy for a series of diseases such as epilepsy and depression, could be efficient against drug abuse. New research has shown positive results in interchanging drug craving beha...

Latest evidence suggest fecal transplants may be effective in treating autism after researchers found substantial improvement in both behavioral symptoms and stomach-related problems in autistic kids who have gone throug...

Using stem cells, researchers grew mouse pancreas in bodies of rats and later transplanted the organ into diabetic mouse. The technique offers hope of reversing diabetes and alleviating shortage of donated organs for tra...