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
Artificial Organs News Archive
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.
$160 million to develop artificial organs
Engadget - 13-Jun-2016Limited number of donors and organs have to be used within a matter of hours.
Man lives 555 days without a heart
CNN - 10-Jun-20169 years ago 25-year-old Stan Larkin suddenly collapsed with undiagnosed arrhythmogenic dysplasia.
New generation of artificial heart
Jerusalem Post - 20-Jan-2016Heart Mate 3 gives recipient a pulse and blood pressure.
Development of an artificial kidney
Today's Medical Developments - 11-Nov-2015National Institutes of Health has awarded a four-year, $6 million grant to investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) to develop an implantable artificial kidney.
Artificial Foam Heart Pumps Fluid
Medical Daily - 15-Oct-2015Researchers at Cornell University have designed a new type of stretchable “foam” material.
UAE’s first artificial heart operation
The National - 25-Jun-2015Battery-powered bionic heart fitted to left ventricular. Pump can last up to 10 years but may suffer complications such as anti-coagulation and infection.
