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Research
Graphene ‘tattoo’ pacemaker that wraps around the heart is thinnest yet
First cardiac implant made from graphene can sense arrythmias in rodents and deliver electrical stimulation to restore normal heartbeat
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Business
Encoding creativity in drug discovery
Machine learning can complement and reinforce human intuition and experience
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Business
Theranos leaders to be imprisoned for blood testing fraud
Sunny Balwani and Elizabeth Holmes will both serve more than 10 years
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Opinion
Elizabeth Holmes to be imprisoned for Theranos fraud
Blood testing company founder’s 11-year sentence should serve as a warning to investors
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Business
Silky smooth tissue regeneration
Serigen mediproducts is harnessing one of India’s biggest industries to help heal wounds and rebuild flesh and bone
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Research
Electrochemical DNA on a chip sensor detects bacterial urinary tract infections faster
Synthetic nucleic acid probes combine with tiny star-shaped electrodes tests for bacteria in less than an hour
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Research
Linking chemistry with surgery to detect cancerous cells in situ
Livia Schiavinato Eberlin explains how her team has developed a hand-held device for surgeons that analyses tissue samples on a mass spectrometer mid-operation
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Research
Mass spectrometry and augmented reality guide tumour removal in real time
Colour pixels help surgeons differentiate between cancerous and healthy tissue
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Business
Tissue scaffolds from resin inks
4D Medicine’s biodegradable polymer inks can be 3D-printed into useful biomedical applications
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Research
Smart contact lens can be charged up wirelessly while it’s worn
LED, antenna and printable supercapacitor built into lens without obscuring wearer’s vision
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Business
HexagonFab cracks nanomanufacturing for pocket diagnostics
HexagonFab’s founders say their graphene-based sensors are set to become the lab tests that don’t need a physical lab
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Business
Smartwound dressings spot infection early
Bacterial toxins burst dye-filled vesicles to give a visual warning
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Research
Wearable sensor checks blood alcohol content using sweat
Device shows how sweat could be used as a non-invasive source of biochemical information
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News
2D material synthetic retina shows promise in animal tests
Graphene and molybdenum disulfide array offers advantages over current silicon retinal implants
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Business
Businesses use blockchain to take on trustlessness
Big companies are looking to blockchain technology to track transactions, finds Andy Extance, while upstarts exploit its cryptocurrency origins
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Research
Surgical sensor tracks healing and then simply fades away
Exceptionally sensitive biodegradable implant can sense strain and pressure on recovering tendons
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Feature
3D printing in pharma
Nina Notman explores how 3D printing is carving out a niche for itself in the pharmaceutical industry
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Research
Jelly implant keeps an eye on body oxygen levels
A soft hydrogel implant – the first of which has survived in the foot of its inventor for four years – could detect circulatory problems that end in amputations
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News
Problems of an ageing population addressed by extra UK funding
£300 million from fund will go towards research on dementia and personalised medicine
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News
FDA approves new way to make medical imaging isotope
System will be the US’s first domestic source of molybdenum-99 for 30 years