How to weave human tissue into new blood vessels

Researchers at the University of Bordeaux in France have engineered human tissue to be woven into blood vessels and treat diseased or damaged blood vessels.

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New Device May Reduce Risks in Procedure to Unblock Arteries

Alternative treatment uses light-activated drug to coat an angioplasty balloon. 

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3D Printing Microstructures for New Drug Delivery Systems with SPHRINT

In the recently published, ‘SPHRINT – Printing Drug Delivery Microspheres from Polymeric Melts,’ authors Tal Shpigel, Almog Uziel, and Dan Y. Lewitus explore better ways to offer sustained release pharmaceuticals via 3D printed structures.

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Machine Keeps Human Livers Alive for One Week Outside of the Body

Breakthrough may increase the number of available organs for transplantation.

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Liquid Biopsy Test Detects More than 50 Cancer Types

Grail had a huge win in the liquid biopsy space this week. The Menlo Park, CA-based company said results of its Circulating Cell-Free Genome Atlas study show its technology can detect 50 cancer types across all stages with a very low false-positive rate .

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Early-Warning System for Detecting Infections Is Being Studied

In a new study, Profusa’s Lumee Oxygen Platform, which measures biochemical changes in real-time, is being used to detect changes in a patient’s body chemistry that can help identify if it has become infected with a virus or bacteria, potentially up to three weeks earlier than current methods.

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Color-Changing Bandages Sense and Treat Bacterial Infections

According to the World Health Organization, antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health.

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Researchers Hope to Make Needle Pricks for Diabetics a Thing of the Past

Study suggests noninvasive spectroscopy could be used to monitor blood glucose levels.

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3D-Printed Cell Traps Help Researchers Find Cancer Cells

Georgia Tech researchers use a 3D-printed device that enables rapid and low-cost separation of tumor cells circulating in the bloodstream.

Medical Devices and the Ransomware Menace

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