Healthcare Technology

Cleveland, OH ­— Biomedical researchers at Case Western Reserve University report that their latest innovation in developing synthetic platelets could help save lives by rapidly stabilizing clots to reduce blood loss from traumatic injuries. This new effort centres on the creation of next-generation, platelet-mimicking nanoparticles that help generate a protein mesh that acts as a natural […]

Washington, DC – George Washington University researchers have developed a blood test that quickly detects if someone has COVID-19 and predicts how severely the immune system will react to the infection, according to a new study published on Janurary 26 in PLOS One. The findings could one day lead to a powerful tool to help […]

Seattle, WA — Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a new test for COVID-19 that combines the speed of over-the-counter antigen tests with the accuracy of PCR tests that are processed in medical labs and hospitals. The Harmony COVID-19 test is a diagnostic test that, like PCR tests for COVID-19, detects genetic material […]

Ideal algorithms in healthcare have 6 desirable characteristics: explainable, dynamic, precise, autonomous, fair, and reproducible. Image Link: https://plos.io/3t05pMv Image: Loftus et al., 2022

Urbana, IL — As health and research institutions continue to rapidly develop new methodologies for detecting SARS-CoV-2, researchers from the Holonyak Micro & Nanotechnology Laboratory have found themselves at both forefronts of discovery and featured on the cover of the Journal of the American Chemical Society with their paper: Label-free Digital Detection of Intact Virions by […]

Linköping, Sweden — Inspired by the growth of bones in the skeleton, researchers at the universities of Linköping in Sweden and Okayama in Japan have developed a combination of materials that can morph into various shapes before hardening. The material is initially soft, but later hardens through a bone development process that uses the same […]

Burnaby, Canada — Sweating it out through exercise may be a New Year’s resolution but it could also help to provide new insights into the state of your health, according to new sensing technology being developed at Simon Fraser University. SFU researcher Woo Soo Kim is part of an international research team that is developing […]

Leesburg, VA — According to an article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), brain volume measurements in memory-impaired patients show significant differences and systematic biases between conventional and ultrafast 3D T1-weighted (T1W) MRI sequences. “In patients for whom severe motion artifact precludes use of the conventional sequence, the ultrafast sequence may be useful to […]

Amherst, MA — Mobile sensor expert Tauhidur Rahman, assistant professor in the College of Information and Computer Sciences, is collaborating with colleagues at Syracuse University and SUNY Upstate Medical University on the project, funded by the National Science Foundation’s Smart and Connected Health program. “We have the technology to detect these craving moments and incorporate an intervention to […]

Washington, DC — Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a deadly and rapidly progressing disease with no cure. The disease involves abnormal interactions between lung cells, including fibroblasts, and their surrounding environment. Because of this, standard 2D cell culture models used for drug screening tend to perform poorly when predicting response to potential therapies. Amid the […]

Pullman, WA — A technique that measures the metabolic activity of bacteria with an electric probe can identify antibiotic resistance in less than 90 minutes, a dramatic improvement from the one to two days required by current techniques.  This discovery means that doctors could quickly know which antibiotics will or won’t work for a patient’s […]

Oak Brook, IL – A commonly available imaging technique can identify stroke patients most likely to benefit from a procedure to restore blood flow, a potential breakthrough in care that could save thousands of lives every year, according to a study in Radiology. Large vessel occlusion strokes occur when a clot travels up from the […]