Artificial Intelligence
The Machines Are Getting Ready to Play Doctor
(MIT Technology Review) –
An algorithm that spots heart arrhythmia shows how AI will revolutionize medicine—but patients must trust machines with their lives. […]
medical research
Arthritis
Nanotechnology hits the spot in arthritis treatment
Research Features – Dr Christine Pham, a rheumatologist at the Washington University School of Medicine, is designing strategies to safely deliver nanomedicine in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, such as arthritis. […]
Medical Research
Scientists turn bones transparent to let them see into marrow
STAT – Now you see it, now you don’t: Scientists have used a chemical technique to make mouse bones turn transparent. The technique has been used in the past to make brains and kidneys see-through, but this marks the first time it’s been used in hard tissues. […]
Health
Robot completes delicate eye surgery in first
Fox News – In a medical first, surgeons have used a robot to operate inside the human eye, greatly improving the accuracy of a delicate surgery to remove fine membrane growth on the retina. Such growth distorts vision and, if left unchecked, can lead to blindness in the affected eye. […]
3D Printing
Success in the 3D Bioprinting of Cartilage
University of Gothenburg – A team of researchers has managed to generate cartilage tissue by printing stem cells using a 3D-bioprinter. The fact that the stem cells survived being printed in this manner is a success in itself. In addition, the research team was able to influence the cells to multiply and differentiate to form chondrocytes in the printed structure. […]
Medical Research
Nontoxic, biodegradable orthopedic implant could provide superior support to damaged bones, be safely absorbed by the body
Purdue University – Researchers are developing a biodegradable metal orthopedic implant that could be safely absorbed by the body. […]