Innovation Spotlight
January 16, 2020
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A new cardiac tissue chip created with engineered heart tissue could help speed medical research by identifying harmful drugs before they reach human trials.
April 17, 2019
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Researchers have developed an approach to 3D print multiple materials at once, allowing for the creation of prosthetics and medical wearables with embedded sensors.
August 16, 2017
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Suffering a stroke instantly changes a life, and it’s even more challenging when complications such as motor impairment occur. Researchers with backgrounds in neural plasticity and mixed realities recently came together to develop a low-cost, virtual reality motor rehabilitation solution, and early results look promising.
Their idea? Leveraging neurofeedback in...
June 27, 2016
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Ballistocardiography—or, the graphical representation of the body’s movements in response to the heartbeat—is a promising, newly revived technique that may soon make it to the masses as a wearable medical device. At least if things bode well for the engineers designing the world’s first prototype of a patch that can ...
October 26, 2015
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Researchers from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute have created a first-of-its-kind system that combines MRI imaging and robotics through a special motor-control technology – and the results could mean a more-effective way to treat conditions such as Parkinson’s, severe depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Stereotactic neurosurgery enables surgeons to target and treat...