Tag: Medicine

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Kirigami adhesives: from medical bandages to wearable electronics

– Researchers at MIT have developed a kirigami-inspired adhesive film designed to stick to highly deformable...
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Could a robot replace your doctor in the near future?

– The contribution of modern robotics in healthcare is undisputed. Over the past decade, robots have...
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Metabolomics: A potential tool for more personalized medicine

– The past decade has seen remarkable advances in the fields of early disease detection and...
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How pharma and medtech collaborations fuel progress

– Collaboration between medical device and pharmaceutical companies is one of the top five trends influencing...
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Novel Microneedle Patch Could Reduce Obesity

– Singaporean researchers have developed a novel approach to reduce bulging tummy fats, providing a new...
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Could virtual reality become a non-addictive painkiller?

– The applications of virtual reality (VR) range from enhanced gaming experience to improved retail and...
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The Successes and Failures of 3D Printed Prosthetics

– The 3D printing industry has expanded rapidly over the last few years, with one of...
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3D Printing in Healthcare

– 3D printing has generated huge interest in recent years. The most well-known uses are  in...
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Pharmaceutical R&D Global Spending Trends

– Pharmaceutical industries dedicate a large percent of their budget for internal research and development processes. R&D...
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Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) and Cancer Detection

– In 2012, cancer caused about 8.2 million deaths and it is the second major cause...
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Technological Advances in the Healthcare Sector

– The healthcare sector is advancing by leaps and bounds thanks to the latest technological developments....
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New Mutation-Specific Targeted Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis

– Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening, genetic disease caused by genetic mutations that induce protein...
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The Promise of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell Therapies for Cancer Treatment

– Cancer is a collection of related diseases characterized by the abnormal proliferation of cells and...
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Cell Therapy: An Old Therapeutic Strategy Recently Gaining Traction

– Modern medicine relies on the statistical evaluation of new therapies versus placebo or the current...
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Polymorphism: Phase Change in Pharmaceutical Compounds

– The word polymorphism is derived from Greek words “poly” meaning many, and “morph” meaning shape....
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Could a Pig Save a Human Life?

– The idea of overcoming the limited availability of transplantation organs by using non-human donors is...
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Vampires Zapped: Orally Administered Drug Suggests New Approach in Malaria Prevention

– Malaria prevention in under-developed regions, such as Sub-Saharan Africa, has been demonstrated to be both...
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Pharmaceutical Excipients: Just how “Inactive” are they?

– A classical pharmaceutical formulation consists of an active pharmaceutical ingredient as well as a number...
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The Nobel Prize 2015: A Resurgence of Neglected Tropical Diseases Research

– In the early hours of October the 5th, Professor Urban Lendahl, secretary of the Nobel...
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A Breakthrough in the Potential Treatment of Obesity

– It should not come as a surprise that there has been a global increase in...

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