Although today’s pacemakers are lifesaving electronic devices, they are limited by their artificial nature. For example, their parts can fail or they can become infected. In addition,... Read more
“It becomes difficult to determine where the tissue ends and the electronics begin.” Harvard scientists have created a type of “cyborg” tissue for the first time by embedding a three-d... Read more
“remarkable electronic properties” The Jell-O-like material, from the labs of Stanford professors Yi Cui and Zhenan Bao, may have applications in areas as widespread as energy st... Read more
Imagine if doctors could perform surgery without ever having to cut through your skin. Or if they could diagnose cancer by seeing tumors inside the body with a procedure that is as simple as... Read more
New Material May Find Use in Reconstructive Surgery, Cosmetics, Tissue Engineering. In a significant advance for cosmetic and reconstructive medicine, scientists at Rice University have unve... Read more
Image via Wikipedia An amazing example of tissue regeneration in mice might lead to treatments that promote wound healing in humans–but it almost went unnoticed Ellen Heber-Katz, a sci... Read more