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Medical & healthcare

Tech Trends 2023: an industry view on the year ahead

The University of Texas at Austin

Graphene-based e-tattoo takes strain to indicate pain

UC San Diego researchers develop a self-powered ingestible sensor system designed to monitor metabolites in the small intestine over time

Pill-shaped biosensor keeps track of gut metabolites in real time

Device detects coronavirus with magnetostrictive composite plates

Graphic depicting saliva testing

Sensor system keeps track of anti-epileptic medicine in saliva

Webinar available on demand: Unlocking true value of unstructured data with Natural Language Processing

Photographs of the smart bandage showing the microcontroller unit (MCU), crystal oscillator, high-pass filter (HPF), stimulation and sensing electrodes, flexibility of the printed circuit board, adhesion of the hydrogel interface to skin, and thin layout of the board

Wireless smart bandage packs tech to promote tissue repair

UCLA-developed handheld diagnostic lab kit capable of fully automated multiplexed and pooled testing

UCLA team develops test kit to hasten disease diagnosis

Glasgow team to lead project developing diagnostics for Sub-Saharan Africa

Endo-microscope could improve breast cancer treatment

CamPROBE aims to make prostate cancer diagnosis simple, safe and affordable

The device uses light and a technique called optogenetics, which modifies cells that are sensitive to light, then uses light to affect the behaviour of those cells

Light and optogenetics enable less painful and battery-free pacemaker