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Medical & healthcare

Wireless winners

Vital-signs monitor could be produced for lower costs

Team makes use of stretchable electronics for heart catheter

Centre could bring about new age of 'precision medicine'

Injectable sponge could find use in regenerative medicine

Auto-injector could ease stress for fertility treatment patients

Microchip device detects small populations of cancerous cells

Hybrid nanomaterial converts light and heat into electricity

Diagnostic platform could simplify cancer diagnosis

Power-free microchip could speed up disease diagnosis

Software could improve sound quality for hearing-aid users

Norwegian company creates rapid blood-analysis device