Medicine

02 Nov 23

Magnetic Gel Can Help Wounds Heal Faster

Computer & Information Technology

Researchers have developed a magnetic gel that can help diabetic wounds heal roughly three times as fast as they would with a conventional wound dressing. The magnetic gel, in combination with an external device to generate a dynamic magnetic field gives the skin cells around the wound a gentle workout.In…

29 May 23

Machine Learning Hunts for Chronic Pain’s Signature

Computer & Information Technology

Scientists and clinicians at the University of California, San Francisco are developing new methods of studying—and potentially treating—chronic pain. In a recent paper published in Nature Neuroscience, Dr. Prasad Shirvalkar and his team of doctors and researchers studied how types of chronic pain are represented in recordings of brain activity.Shirvalkar,…

24 Jan 23

Portable Life-Support Device Provides Critical Care in Conflict and Disaster Zones

Biotechnology & Biomedical

This is a sponsored article brought to you by LEMO.A bomb explodes — medical devices set to action.It is only in war that both sides of human ingenuity coexist so brutally. On the one side, it innovates to wound and kill, on the other it heals and saves lives. Side…

12 Dec 22

Self-Powered Electronic Pill Monitors Gut Chemistry

Biotechnology & Biomedical

A battery-free electronic pill that can help doctors wirelessly analyze molecules generated during vital bodily chemical reactions in the gut has been demonstrated for the first time, say the researchers behind a new study. The team of engineers, from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), detailed their findings…