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Medical
The medical end market refers to the application of engineering to medicine and biology in order to improve healthcare treatment such as diagnosis, monitoring, and therapy. Includes, but is not limited to, prostheses, robotics, implants, devices, and genetic engineering. A major part of this category is research and development.
Robots used to grow human tissue
Human-like robots might provide the best platform for growing tissue to be transplanted into human patients it has…
Evidence suggests association between obesity and cancer
There has new evidence to support the association between obesity and some major types of cancer; a large review…
Cancer treatments maybe influenced by genetic balance
Cancer is a horrible disease to experience and choosing among cancer treatments increasingly can involve…
Inhaler patients need to puff harder
Using a metered-dose inhaler is pretty common in the US, with tens of millions of Americans using one every day.…
What’s the time Mr Body Clock?
Society and technology is constantly advancing, I mean look at all the smart and fitness watches we now have…
Burn baby burn: Tanning beds burn away US healthcare funds
Each year in medical costs tanning devices alone cost the US, $343.1m due to the skin cancers they are associated…
Breast cancer mutation in BRCA1 leads to protein self-destructing
Around ten percent of the 3 million people with breast cancer in the US carry the inherited mutation gene – BRCA1.…
And that is why Sleeping Beauty never had children!
Although women have known for years that they are sleep deprived, there is now research to back this up. Unlike…
Single Flexible Fiber Delivers Signals In The Brain
A single flexible fiber no bigger than a human hair has successfully delivered a combination of optical,…
Optogenetically Engineered Mice Run Faster Than The Pack
The 12-year-old technique of optogenetics, which enables scientists to control brain cells with light, typically…