Author: Michele Santillan
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Making connections: Designing a new neural interface module
Restoring arm and hand function has been identified as a top priority among individuals with quadriplegia, and functional electrical stimulation (FES) may offer hope to some patients,
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Kirigami can spin terahertz rays in real time to peer into biological tissue
The rays used by airport scanners might have a future in medical imaging.
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Histotripsy: A potential approach to stroke treatment
The noninvasive technique uses focused ultrasound to create cavitational microbubbles that can break up tissue.
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Cancer is smarter than you think: Q&A with Geeta Mehta
Decoding the sophisticated inner workings of cancer may help us fight it.
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Making the invisible visible: New method opens unexplored realms for liquid biopsies
A new approach to RNA sequencing reveals thousands of previously inaccessible RNA fragments in blood plasma that might serve as disease- and organ-specific biomarkers
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Crackling and wheezing are more than just a sign of sickness
Re-thinking what stethoscopes tell us.
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Taking shape: New aligned hydrogel tubes guide spinal tissue regeneration
New aligned hydrogel tubes guide spinal tissue regeneration
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Recovering reproduction: U-M researchers stimulate follicle growth in mice aimed at creating eggs
New approach can boost ovarian follicle survival in mice by up to 75 percent.
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Speedy “slingshot” cell movement observed for the first time
New findings suggest it might one day be possible to direct healthy cells to advance tissue repair therapies.
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A ‘decathlon’ for antibiotics puts them through more realistic testing
Surprise findings could upend the current drug discovery approach for treating one of the most dangerous hospital-borne infections.