Nerve stimulation helps manage pain without opioids

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin (UW) are adapting a minimally invasive, safer approach to electrically treat pain directly at the source as part of the NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative.
19-May-2020 8:55 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Computer model IDs drug-resistant mutations

To counter drug resistance Penn State engineers have developed a new approach for predicting which mutation has expanded the most in a population and should be targeted to design the most effective new drug.
13-May-2020 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

NIH mobilizes national innovation initiative for COVID-19 diagnostics

NIH today announced a new initiative aimed at speeding innovation, development and commercialization of COVID-19 testing technologies, a pivotal component needed to return to normal during this unprecedented global pandemic.
29-Apr-2020 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Mini wiper blade enables clear view through minimally invasive surgical scope

A team at ClearCam, Inc., with funding from the NIBIB and ties to the University of Texas at Austin, designed a device for wiping a laparoscope lens clean, much the same way that a wiper blade clears a fogged up window.
27-Apr-2020 2:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Mayo Clinic researchers contribute unique CT data to public repository

Medical physicists at the Mayo Clinic have just made a unique library of computed tomography (CT) data publicly available so that imaging researchers can study, develop, validate, and optimize algorithms and enhance imaging hardware to produce...
23-Apr-2020 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

NIH-funded MD2K Center releases app that alerts user if close contact with COVID-19 cases

Researchers at the University of Memphis-based Center of Excellence for Mobile Sensor Data-to-Knowledge (MD2K) have introduced a new mobile app that may support physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. MD2K is supported by NIH with a grant...
14-Apr-2020 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Robot designed to simplify blood draws

Bioengineers have created a blood-drawing robot that performed as well or better than technicians. The device could increase blood draw success from difficult- to-find veins and allow healthcare workers more time to treat patients.
9-Apr-2020 2:20 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Hybrid microscope creates digital biopsies

Bioengineers have combined standard microscopy, infrared light, and artificial intelligence to assemble digital biopsies that identify important molecular characteristics of cancer biopsy samples.
3-Apr-2020 1:35 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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