A new paper-based adhesive plaster detects the presence of drug-sensitive and drug-resistant bacteria in wounds and treats them accordingly
Read article: Smart band-aid senses and treats bacterial infections
An optofluidic device uses Raman spectroscopy to detect a biomarker in blood associated with traumatic brain injury
Read article: Brain injury diagnosed with a finger prick and an optofluidic chip
A team from Zurich has developed a new perfusion machine that can keep donor livers alive outside of the body for seven days
Read article: Novel perfusion machine can keep livers alive for a week
Devices incorporating a light-sensitive hydrogel break down inside the body when exposed to light from an ingestible LED capsule
Read article: Light activation offers non-invasive removal of medical implants
Human bone marrow chip provides a reliable model to study bone marrow damage by radiation, drugs and disease
Read article: Bone marrow-on-a-chip models damage and disease
Entrepreneurs at Photonics West share their stories of translating laboratory advances into clinical practice
Read article: The many valleys of death for healthcare photonics
A microneedle patch containing fluorescent quantum dots invisibly encodes vaccination history in the skin
Read article: Invisible dye embeds vaccination records on skin
A new sweat sensor can remove the need for blood draws to monitor levels of metabolites
Read article: Can a simple sweat sensor replace blood tests?
Supercapacitors and antennae for wireless charging can be deposited directly onto the surface of a contact lens, paving the way towards multifunctional smart contact lenses
Read article: Smart contact lenses power up
A new technique can isolate individual bacteria of choice following long-term imaging under a microscope
Read article: Screening platform traps, images and then retrieves single bacteria
