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Conventional Suture Materials May Change Forever: Next Generation Surgical Sutures Inspired by Human Tendons
Surgical Sutures Surgical Sutures are indispensable for closing wounds, having the capacity to exert larger force than tissue adhesives and…
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New ‘Sweat Sticker’ Changes Color to Detect Cystic Fibrosis in Newborns’ Sweat
A Northwestern University-led research team has developed a novel skin-mounted sticker that absorbs sweat and then changes color to provide…
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Innovative Vesicovaginal Fistula (VVF) Treatment with Regenerative Bio Glue
A Korean research team has recently developed an innovative vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) treatment method using the mussel adhesive protein (MAP)…
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HARPOON Beating Heart Mitral Valve Repair System May Improve Quality and Frequency of Mitral Repair
Edwards Lifesciences has announced that the first patient has been treated in the RESTORE clinical trial, which will evaluate the…
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WheezeScan: First at Home Device Could Help Parents Detect Asthmatic Wheeze in Under-Fives
Every ten seconds, someone in the UK has a potentially life-threatening asthma attack, according to Asthma UK. Research suggests that globally children…
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Gold Nanocomposite Contact Lenses Correct Color Blindness
Imagine seeing the world in muted shades gray sky, gray grass. Some people with color blindness see everything this way,…
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Novel Urine Based Test for the Detection of Kidney Transplant Rejection
Patients can spend up to six years waiting for a kidney transplant. Even when they do receive a transplant, up…
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Chip Simplifies COVID-19 Testing, Delivers Results on a Phone
COVID-19 can be diagnosed in 55 minutes or less with the help of programmed magnetic nanobeads and a diagnostic tool…
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Top 3 Questions to Ask Your Team Before Developing Software As A Medical Device (SaMD)
Health and life science organizations are constantly striving to improve patient centricity and to optimize their product development lifecycle in…
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ENLIGHT Project to Develop a 3D Living Model of Pancreatic Tissue for Drug Testing
A multidisciplinary consortium of European academic centres and companies has formed to develop a living model of the pancreas to…
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