Biotechnology & Biomedical

Microneedle Glucose Sensors Keep Monitoring Skin-Deep

June 11, 2024
Biotechnology & Biomedical

For people with diabetes, glucose monitors are a valuable tool to monitor their blood sugar. The current generation of these biosensors detect glucose levels with thin, metallic filaments inserted in subcutaneous tissue, the deepest layer of the skin where most body fat is stored.Medical technology company Biolinq is developing a…

May 21, 2024
Biotechnology & Biomedical

The future of an innovative retinal implant and dozens of its users just got brighter, after Science, a bioelectronics start-up run by Neuralink’s co-founder, Max Hodak, acquired Pixium’s technology at the last minute. Pixium Vision, whose Prima system to tackle vision loss is implanted in 47 people across Europe and…

May 20, 2024
Biotechnology & Biomedical

In 2010, Melanie Reid fell off a horse and was paralyzed below the shoulders. “You think, ‘I am where I am; nothing’s going to change,’” she said, but many years after her accident, she participated in a medical trial of a new, non-invasive rehabilitative device that can deliver more electrical…

May 19, 2024
Biotechnology & Biomedical

Nearly every day since she was a child, Alex Leow, a psychiatrist and computer scientist at the University of Illinois Chicago, has played the piano. Some days she plays well, and other days her tempo lags and her fingers hit the wrong keys. Over the years, she noticed a pattern:…

May 15, 2024
Biotechnology & Biomedical

Neurosurgeon Vitor Mendes Pereira has grown accustomed to treating brain aneurysms with only blurry images for guidance.Equipped with a rough picture of the labyrinthine network of arteries in the brain, he does his best to insert mesh stents or coils of platinum wire—interventions intended to promote clotting and to seal…

May 15, 2024
Biotechnology & Biomedical

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revolutionized healthcare by providing radiation-free, non-invasive 3-D medical images. However, MRI scanners often consume 25 kilowatts or more to power magnets producing magnetic fields up to 1.5 tesla. These requirements typically limits scanners’ use to specialized centers and departments in hospitals.A University of Hong Kong…

May 2, 2024
Biotechnology & Biomedical

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.Sea turtles are remarkable creatures for a number of reasons, including the way they hear underwater—not through openings in the form of ears, but by detecting vibrations directly through the skin covering their auditory system.…

April 24, 2024
Biotechnology & Biomedical

Sweat: We all do it. It plays an essential role in controlling body temperature by cooling the skin through evaporation. But it can also carry salts and other molecules out of the body in the process. In medieval Europe, people would lick babies; if the skin was salty, they knew…

23 Oct 23

A Shapeshifting Molecule Leads to a Tiny Piezoresistor

Biotechnology & Biomedical

Electronic sensors that use piezoresistance—that is, a change in the electric resistance of a material due to mechanical activity—are common in many devices, including cars, medical wearables, and smartphones. Now, researchers in Australia have developed a tiny version of a piezoresistor, as small as a single molecule, that could enable…

13 Jun 23

The Harvard Drug Group, LLC Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Dronabinol Capsules, USP, 2.5 mg and Ziprasidone Hydrochloride Capsules, 20 mg Due to Label Mix-up

Biotechnology & Biomedical

Audience: Consumers June 13, 2023 – La Vergne, TN, The Harvard Drug Group, LLC d/b/a Major Pharmaceutical and Rugby Laboratories is initiating a voluntary recall of a single lot of Dronabinol Capsules, USP, 2.5 mg and Ziprasidone Hydrochloride...

Microneedle Glucose Sensors Keep Monitoring Skin-Deep

Bionic Eye Gets a New Lease of Life

Non-Invasive Spinal Stimulation Gets a (Current) Boost

Apps Put a Psychiatrist in Your Pocket

“Snake-like” Probe Images Arteries from Within

MRI Sheds Its Shielding and Superconducting Magnets

Sea Turtle Ears Inspire a New Heart Monitor Design

Tiny Biosensor Unlocks the Secrets of Sweat

A Shapeshifting Molecule Leads to a Tiny Piezoresistor

The Harvard Drug Group, LLC Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Dronabinol Capsules, USP, 2.5 mg and Ziprasidone Hydrochloride Capsules, 20 mg Due to Label Mix-up

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