Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have introduced a new approach to tackling deep-seated cancers with an innovative implantable LED device. When combined with a light-sensitive dye, this ...

A new brain device from Northwestern University is asking a daring question: what if information could reach your brain ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The role that implantable networks of wireless nanoelectronic devices can play in enabling and advancing medical treatment is the focus of Purdue University's Science on Tap ...

Scientists from Turkey have designed a next-generation implantable biosensor using genetically engineered E. coli for molecular-level monitoring within the body that runs on its own, wirelessly, with ...

Certain types of light have proven to be an effective, minimally invasive treatment for cancers located on or near the skin when combined with a light-activated drug. But deep-seated cancers, ...

Technical advancements in neuroscience are hard to keep track of. We've talked about optogenetics, which gives us the ability to activate or inactivate neurons in the brain using light and ...

Researchers are improving the odds for patients with the development of an implantable soft electronic vascular monitoring system. Their smart stent and printed soft sensors, is capable of wireless ...

Personalizing PDT: The small optoelectronic device is designed to individualize light dosing and provide more effective photodynamic therapy. (Courtesy: Justin Baetge/Texas A&M Engineering) ...

Scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center are developing implantable living chips to monitor patients wirelessly and in real time. These tiny devices will integrate living cells with ...

Vascular diseases are public enemy number one: the leading killers worldwide, accounting for nearly a third of all human deaths on the planet. Continuous monitoring of hemodynamics – blood flow ...

· Temperature sensor warns of disease flareups, tracks disease progression in real time · Currently no way to quickly detect inflammation, leading to invasive surgeries · Strategy could be useful in ...