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March 2016

Efficient Cleaning of A Microfluidic Chip

March 28, 2016

David Fernandez Rivas Mesoscale Chemical Systems group, University of Twente, The Netherlands Why is this useful? Microfluidic chips and lab-on-a-chip devices are used at small scales where contamination has a significant impact on [more...]

FDA Approved 3D Printed Drug Available In The US

March 28, 2016

The first FDA approved 3D printed drug for epilepsy, Spritam is now available in the US (Photo credit: Aprecia Pharmaceuticals) A continued step forward in the treatment of epilepsy and the power of 3D printing. According to the Centers [more...]

Paper Diagnostic Tests Could Save Thousands of Lives

March 28, 2016

DFA Livertest: Postage stamp-sized paper tests developed by the non-profit Diagnostics for All can screen for drug toxicity by measuring enzymes produced by liver cells (Courtesy of Diagnostics for All, Inc.) When someone with a high fever [more...]

Google Glass Meets Organs-on-Chips

March 25, 2016

Brigham and Women’s Hospital investigators have developed hardware and software to remotely monitor and control devices that mimic the human physiological system. Devices known as organs-on-chips allow researchers to test drug [more...]

Micronit and iX-factory Have Merged

March 25, 2016

Micronit Microfluidics B.V. (Micronit) and iX-factory GmbH announced today they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Micronit has acquired iX-factory. Both companies are experts in the development and manufacturing [more...]

Ingestible Sensor Market to Reach $678M by 2022

March 21, 2016

Image Credit: Proteus Digital Health The ingestible sensor market is expected to grow from $198 million in 2015 to $678 million by 2022, at a CAGR of 20.2% between 2016 and 2022, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets. The [more...]

New Technique for Rapidly Killing Bacteria

March 20, 2016

An artist’s interpretation of how bacteria cells on a nanoporous gold disk array are killed after exposure to near-infrared light. (Credit: Greggy M. Santos and Wei-Chuan Shih) Researchers have developed a new technique for killing [more...]

Scaling Up Tissue Engineering

March 18, 2016

Confocal microscopy image showing a cross-section of a 3D-printed, 1-centimeter-thick vascularized tissue construct showing stem cell differentiation towards development of bone cells, following one month of active perfusion of fluids, [more...]

Pancreatic Cancer ‘Breakthrough’ Hailed

March 3, 2016

Pancreatic Cancer (Image Credit: University of Glasgow) Researchers in the U.K. have made what is described as a “breakthrough reclassification” of pancreatic cancer, which offers new opportunities to treat the often-fatal [more...]
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