Artificial lymph node activates immune cells and boosts cancer treatment in mice
Johns Hopkins Medicine - 06-Jun-2024This approach is a simpler alternative to existing cell therapies for cancer
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Artificial cornea successfully restores sight in a 91-year-old man
Independent - 04-Jun-2024This eliminates the need for human donors and reduces waiting times
Artificial pancreas technology approved to improve type 1 diabetes management in England
BBC - 02-Apr-2024Technology automates insulin delivery, offering better blood sugar control
French artificial heart maker CARMAT receives a financial boost
Longevity Technology - 16-Oct-2023Aims to reach an annual production capacity of 500 artificial hearts
CARMAT raised €40.5 million - set to resume the artificial heart production
Longevity Technology - 21-Apr-2022Aeson could prolong lives of patients awaiting a human heart transplant
Clinical experience in artificial heart with autoregulation of blood flow
pharmaphorum - 15-Jul-2021New heart replacement therapy for patients with end-stage biventricular failure
New way to rebuild cartilage tissue for fixing injuries
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) - 19-Oct-2020Cartilage tissue engineered using magnetic field and hydrogels
Electronic blood vessels could replace damaged arteries
IEEE Spectrum - 06-Oct-2020Not just replacing, but enhancing - could include sensors and drug reservoirs
The first hydrogel that has mechanical properties of cartilage
ScienceAlert - 05-Jul-2020Could someday replace just the damaged cartilage, instead of having to remove entire knee joint
Experts create nephron-like device that mimics kidney ion transport
Singularity Hub - 03-Jun-2020Implantable artificial kidneys brought one step closer with this tech
Synthetic red blood cells function similarly to natural ones
ACS Publications - 03-Jun-2020Did not seem to cause any toxicity in mouse model
"Cruelty-free" preclinical drug testing is possible
Wyss Institute - 27-Jan-2020Body-on-Chips platform is created by connecting 10 organ-chips to mimic normal human blood flow
Clinical trials to test a dual-hormone artificial pancreas system
Verdict - 23-May-2019Fully automated diabetes care for people living with type 1 diabetes in the future
FDA approves bionic pancreas for home-use study
Diabetes.co.uk - 22-May-2018iLet uses an algorithm to known when to deliver insulin, glucagon or a combination of both
Bionic sphincter controller close to human trial phase
Sun Sentinel - 09-Apr-2018Precision Medical Devices have developed the Flow Control Device.
Artificial eye mimics blinking
Science News - 20-Feb-2018University of Pennsylvania used human cells to build a model of the surface of the eye.
Flocks of nanorobots could form artificial muscles
Chemistry World - 07-Feb-2018DNA nanobots can already perform complex tasks.
Woman with artificial heart carries pump in backpack
Metro - 31-Dec-2017Selwa Hussain is a second-ever person in Britain to be given an artificial heart.
Engineers Hack Cell Biology to Create 3-D Shapes from Living Tissue
UCSF - 28-Dec-2017Many of the complex folded shapes of mammalian body plans can be recreated with simple instructions.
Soft Gel Could Keep Artificial Organs Alive
Popular Mechanics - 13-Dec-2017University of Fribourg report a new bio-inspired power source.
DIY artificial pancreas gains JDRF support
MobiHealthNews - 18-Oct-2017JDRF has announced a new initiative to provide funds for o build artificial pancreas (AP) systems under open protocols.
3D-printed synthetic soft muscle can lift 1000x its weight
Kurzweil Network - 20-Sep-2017Artificial muscle is three times stronger than natural muscle.
3D-printed silicone heart beats like the real thing
Engadget - 14-Jul-2017Single solid silicone structure using a 3D-printing, lost-wax casting technique.
Artificial lungs in a backpack may free people with lung failure
New Scientist - 21-Mar-2017Usual treatment is a large machine that pumps their blood through a gas exchanger to provide oxygen and remove carbon dioxide.
Artificial robotic heart muscles keep pigs alive after heart attacks
WIRED - 18-Jan-2017Existing mechanical pumps come with significant health risks including infections and causing blood clotting.
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