The Doctor Who Took Out His Own Appendix
On this day in 1961 Dr. Leonid Rogozov had to remove his own appendix while stationed in Antarctica.
Can This Device “Hear” Disease?
A team Purdue University developed a device that uses sound waves that can help determine if and when a disease has started to invade our body cells. That SOUNDS like a good idea (see what we did there?)
4D-Printed Microneedles Could Take The Shots Out Of Getting Shots
Here’s one instance where the doctor really CAN say “this won’t hurt a bit.” 4D-printed microneedles could perform of the medical functions of hypodermic needles - giving us vaccines and medicines, taking blood samples - except no shots.
These Flexible High-Tech Casts Are Standing Up To Itchy Plaster
There's a new medical startup called Cast 21, and, as startups do, they’re looking to disrupt those traditional plaster cast paradigms and make a cast so flexible that wearers could even go swimming.
The Future Of Health Care Is Alpacas
Alpaca antibodies are not only effective, they’re also easier to harvest than most other animals’ antibodies, so they could help develop ways to treat or regulate some rare but serious diseases in humans.
Please Consider The Environment Before Printing And Reprinting On This Paper
Researchers at Rutgers University have developed a system to unprint the printing on standard printer paper, in a way that uses less energy and material than the conventional paper recycling process.
Medical Glue. Strong Stuff.
A team at Technion–Israel Institute of Technology developed a way to use medical glue to bind human tissue together instead of stitches and medical pins.
A Big Transplantiversary
It was 50 years ago today that a doctor implanted a temporary artificial heart in a patient - a pretty big leap forward in heart surgeries, given that transplants were only about a year old back then.
Starr Treatment
I guess it's probably true, but why must I be the one to know it?