Stem cells containing magnetic nanoparticles can be aggregated using only magnets to form a deformable tissue
Read article: Could ‘cellular Lego’ be the future of regenerative medicine?
A microfluidic blood–brain barrier platform separates media flow for different cell compartments but allows for interface interaction
Read article: Microfluidic interface enables neurovascular interactions
Ultrasound triggers pain relief. Ultrasound can be used to release nerve-blocking agents contained in liposomes and relieve patients from pain. This would be an alternative to opioids and open up the...
Read article: Ultrasound triggers pain relief
A minimally invasive needle can record the electrical impedance of diseased muscles much more accurately than conventional surface-based
Read article: Engineered needles promise direct diagnosis of muscle conditions
Signal processing of acoustic waves travelling through the brain could help to derive the intracranial pressure non-invasively
A novel lens system could allow surgeons performing minimally invasive procedures to zoom in and out of fluoresced tissue without reducing the image quality
Read article: Tunable lens brings adjustable focus to fluorescence-guided surgeries
By detecting the junctions between overlapping cells, a new algorithm helps to segment cells in microscope images and could ultimately improve our understanding of cell migration
Read article: Automatic image algorithm separates overlapping cells
Triggering the death of cancer cells with magnetic vortices
Read article: Attacking tumours with tiny discs
Electric response of nanoparticles reveals cancerous compounds
Read article: Breath-testing for cancer using gold
