'Uber' drug delivery for cancer patients
Cancer remains one of the major causes of death in Australia and around the world, despite improved treatments and rates of survival.
Polymers
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Researchers glimpse elusive stem cell in the early embryo
Stem cell researchers at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital have, for the first time, profiled a highly elusive kind of stem cell in the early embryo—a cell so fleeting that it makes its entrance and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 6, 2018
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Synchronizing cochlear signals stimulates brain to 'hear' in stereo
Using both ears to hear increases speech recognition and improves sound localization. In essence, it helps you to identify a friend's voice so you can follow her amusing anecdote over the din of a cocktail party. Ruth Litovsky, ...
Engineering
May 8, 2018
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Butterfly wings inspire light-manipulating surface for medical implants
Inspired by tiny nanostructures on transparent butterfly wings, engineers at Caltech have developed a synthetic analogue for eye implants that makes them more effective and longer-lasting. A paper about the research was published ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 30, 2018
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Enhanced human body response to implants
UPM researchers have developed a new surface treatment to reduce metallic biomaterial implant rejection. This will extend the prosthesis life and thus increase the quality of life for patients.
Materials Science
Apr 30, 2018
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Study examines how early embryonic development can go awry
A new study in the journal Nature Cell Biology has uncovered information about a key stage that human embryonic cells must pass through just before an embryo implants. The research, led by UCLA biologist Amander Clark, could ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 26, 2018
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World's smallest optical implantable biodevice
Japanese researchers have described a new implantable device no bigger than the width of a coin that can be used to control brain patterns. The device, reported in AIP Advances, converts infrared light into blue light to ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 26, 2018
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Spikes of graphene can kill bacteria on implants
A tiny layer of graphene flakes on a surface kills bacteria, stopping infections during procedures such as implant surgery. This is the finding of new research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, recently published ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 16, 2018
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Engineers build smallest volume, most efficient wireless nerve stimulator
In 2016, University of California, Berkeley, engineers demonstrated the first implanted, ultrasonic neural dust sensors, bringing closer the day when a Fitbit-like device could monitor internal nerves, muscles or organs in ...
Engineering
Apr 10, 2018
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Investigation of metal deposition in organs after joint replacement
The hip replacement is considered to be one of the most successful orthopaedic interventions, with 75,000 performed each year by the NHS alone. However, the implants used to replace hips contain metals, such as chromium and ...
Materials Science
Mar 20, 2018
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