Category: Research
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Histotripsy, a non-invasive cancer treatment
The procedure can be used for multiple applications, including treating newborn infants with heart defects, prostate patients and potentially diseases such as breast cancer.
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Faster image processing to fight lung cancer
The NIH grants provides $1.9 million to cut processing time down to five minutes.
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$2M for lasers to map the brain
The $2 million grant is part of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) initiative, a program championed by the White House and administered by the National Institutes of Health.
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Artificial foot recycles energy for easier walking
Compared with conventional prosthetic feet, the new prototype device significantly cuts the energy spent per step.
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Liquid biopsy could improve cancer diagnosis and treatment
“If we can get these technologies to work, it will advance new cancer drugs and revolutionize the treatment of cancer patients.”
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New technology could lead to tailor-made cancer treatments
Tailor-made cancer treatments? New cell culture technique paves the way.
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Wearable fluid status sensor could lead to new ‘vital sign’
Because it can be worn for extended periods of time, the device could provide doctors and caregivers with an unprecedented amount of real-time data about fluid status.
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New tech could find tiny RNA cancer beacons in blood
This approach could open the door to a single, inexpensive blood test to simultaneously screen for multiple types of cancer – eventually perhaps more than 100 different kinds.
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Spiky “hedgehog particles” for safer paints, fewer VOC emissions
The new process modifies oily, or “hydrophobic” particles, enabling them to disperse easily in water.
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Smart gas sensors for better chemical detection
The main advance of the sensor designed by Fan and his colleagues at U-M and the University of Missouri, Columbia, is a better approach to divvying up the chemicals.