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Zwitterions make medical implants safer for patients

New coating material inhibits the build-up of proteins, reducing risk of blood clots

Photo showing a person's gloved hand using a pair of tweezers to hold a square of transparent material. Below the material is a beaker full of what looks like blood, but is actually water containing red food dye. The material looks to have been recently dipped in the dye, and the dye has clung to a spiral pattern "painted" onto the material with a zwitterionic coating. In the background are various objects indicating that this is happening in a laboratory.

Novel zinc alloys could make bone screws biodegradable

New coarser-grained alloys are strong enough to challenge stainless steel and titanium as materials for orthopaedic implants, say researchers

Photo of Feng Nei in the lab with his zinc alloy prototype. He's wearing glasses and a white lab coat and holding the prototype with metal tweezers, and is slightly out of focus so the emphasis is on the prototype, which is in focus. A rack of blue-lidded chemical bottles is on a shelf in the background.

Cell sorting device could detect circulating tumour cells

Researchers harness standing acoustic waves to separate microspheres that mimic circulating tumour cells in a blood sample

Nanosensor predicts risk of complications in early pregnancy

A flower-shaped nanosensor detects biomarkers in the blood associated with the risk of gestational diabetes and other pregnancy complications

Predicting the risk of pregnancy complications

Tissue-like hydrogel semiconductors show promise for next-generation bioelectronics

A new hydrogel material combines the characteristics of biological tissues with the electronic functionalities of semiconductors

Ceryx Medical: company uses bioelectronics to coordinate the heart and lungs

Biomedical engineer Stuart Plant and physicist Ashok Chauhan are our podcast guests

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Virtual patient populations enable more inclusive medical device development

University of Leeds spin-out adsilico is using computational medicine to enable more inclusive and patient-centric medical device development

Illustration of artificial organ implanted inside a human body

Laser-based headset assesses stroke risk using the brain’s blood flow

Researchers develop cerebral equivalent of a cardiac stress test for stroke risk assessment

A portable laser-based headset for stroke risk assessment

Nanoflake-based breath sensor delivers ultrasensitive lung cancer screening

Gas sensor made from nanoflakes of indium oxide-based materials successfully identifies individuals with lung cancer

Electrical sutures accelerate wound healing

Surgical stitches that generate electrical charge speed up the healing of muscle wounds in rats

Bioabsorbable electrical stimulation suture

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