ETH researchers have developed a technology platform that allows them to systematically modify and customise bacteriophages. This technology is a step towards making phage therapies a powerful tool for combating dangerous pathogens.
Electronic skin can display a heartbeat on your hand
You’d know someone’s health just by looking at them.
Electronic skins might not only detect health troubles in the near future, but display them for the world to see. University of Tokyo researchers have developed an e-skin that can measure vital signs like your heartbeat and display them in real time on a skin display. The design blends a breathable nanomesh electrode and stretchable wiring with an array of micro LEDs that can output basic images bending with your body. Others know right away if you need help — they’d just have to look at your hand (or anywhere else the sensor works) to get an idea of what’s wrong. The sensor can pair with a smartphone and transmit its info to the cloud, too.
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Celularity placental stem cell treatments for cancer, longevity
A startup that wants to use stem cells to keep us living longer just raised $250 million
Celularity is a New Jersey-based startup co-founded by X-Prize founder Dr. Peter Diamandis and ex-Celgene executive Dr. Bob Hariri.
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Edible electronics tattooed on your food could help track your health
The development of organic circuits that can be transferred onto food and pills paves the way for a new era of biomonitoring.
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Biomedicine: Self-Healing, Recyclable Electronic Skin
A section of the electronic skin developed by scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Biomedicine just took another leap forward. University of Colorado Boulder scientists created so-called electronic skin—e-skin for short. The e-skin is a thin, semi-transparent material that can act like your skin through measuring temperature, pressure, humidity and air flow. The new material, which was detailed in a study published Friday in Science Advances,could make better prosthetics, improve the safety of robots in the future and aid development of other biomedical devices.
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Where do you go when you die? The increasing signs that human consciousness remains after death
Clinically, we understand death to mean the state that takes hold after our hearts stop beating. Blood circulation comes to a halt, we don’t breathe, our brains shut down—and that’s what divides the states we occupy from one moment (alive) to the next (dead).
35 amazing real world examples of how blockchain is changing our world
It’s quickly becoming apparent that blockchain technology is about far more than just Bitcoin. Across finance, healthcare, media, government and other sectors, innovative uses are appearing every day.
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Almost half of retirees spend more than expected on 2 common expenses
Make sure your planning prevents sticker shock in these major spending categories.
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Study: Women treated differently after heart attack
‘The findings from this study suggest that there are clear and simple ways to improve the outcomes of women who have a heart attack’
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Fed up with drug companies, hospitals decide to start their own
Generic drugs at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah. Intermountain Healthcare is spearheading an effort by a group of hospitals to create a nonprofit generic drug company.
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Cancer jab that eliminates tumours from body even after they’ve spread to start human trials
Stanford University said the drug combination worked ‘startlingly well’
Newly FDA-approved platform will rapidly “manufacture” stem cells to repair our bodies
Doctors at the Mayo Clinic have received FDA approval for a platform that can manufacture stem cells by the billions in just days, in contrast to previous methods of making stem cells that took months.