Thursday, October 8, 2015

Biomedical Technology and Biomemetics Updates


(1)   Device to regulate steady delivery of drug (2015-09)

http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21662651-medical-technology-new-devices-regulate-steady-delivery-drugs-within?frsc=dg%7Cd

(2)  Biomechanics: Replacing a propeller with a flapping fin (2015-09)
Adrian Thomas, a professor of biomechanics at the University of Oxford’s Department of Zoology

http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21662643-biomechanics-replacing-propeller-flapping-fin-could-help-team?frsc=dg|d



(3)  Heart repair for stroke patients - Prof Pilar Ruiz-Lozano at Stanford University - soaked a collagen patch in a protein known as Fstl1 and stitched it on to the hearts of animals who had experienced heart attacks.  New muscle cells and blood vessel begins to grow.  (2015-09)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34259213


(4)  Anti quorum sensing molecule
http://www.pnas.org/content/110/44/17981.short



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