Articles By Joel Lindsey

  1. World’s First 3D Printed ‘Cadaver’ Could Revolutionize Medical Education 7/15/2014

    Researchers at Australia’s Monash University have created what they say is the world’s first complete and accurate kit of human anatomical parts — produced entirely by 3D printing.

  2. Is Holography The Future Of Medical Imaging? 7/14/2014

    Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU), in Israel, have developed new holography technology that could dramatically improve and expand the possibilities of medical imaging.

  3. New Study Quantifies Safety Of Minimally Invasive Heart Stents 7/14/2014

    Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine recently completed an investigation into the safety and health benefits of endovascular aortic stent grafts that had been implanted during minimally invasive surgery to fix abdominal aortic aneurysms.

  4. Study Sheds Light On Survival Rates For Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Procedures 7/11/2014

    In a recently published study, researchers estimated the rates of survival associated with transcatheter aortic valve implementation (TAVI), and identified a number of the complications most likely to arise in this type of reparative operation. The study was performed in response to what researchers perceived as a growing tendency to use bioprosthetic materials — medical materials made out of biological tissue — as implantable aortic valves. 

  5. New DARPA Project To Develop Wireless Implants 7/10/2014

    A new multidisciplinary research and development project, headed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), will study the processes involved in human memory. The primary objective of the project is to create a range of new implantable “neuroprosthetics” capable of treating those with memory loss resulting from traumatic brain injury or other diseases.

  6. New “Nano-juice” Could Improve Gastrointestinal Imaging 7/10/2014

    A team of researchers has created a substance deemed “nano-juice” that could provide real-time imaging of the human intestines.

  7. DNA Origami Provides Clues About Cancer 7/9/2014

    Researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute have used “DNA origami” — a method in which a DNA molecule is carefully shaped into a particular nanostructure — to better understand the role of cell signaling in the spread and treatment of diseases.

  8. Remote-Controlled Contraceptive Device To Provide 16 Years Of Birth Control 7/8/2014

    MicroCHIPS, a medical device company based in Lexington, Massachusetts, is developing a new implantable, electronically triggered contraceptive that could be controlled remotely to provide women with up to 16 years’ worth of birth control.

  9. Thoratec Buys Apica Cardiovascular For $75 Million 7/8/2014

    Thoratec Corporation, maker of devices for advanced heart failure, recently announced that it has purchased Irish firm Apica Cardiovascular for $35 million with an upfront cash payment and $45 million in potential milestones.

  10. Scientists 3D Print Complex Circulatory Network For Transplantable Tissue, Organs 7/8/2014

    In a study led by researchers from the University of Sydney, Harvard, Stanford, and MIT, scientists have devised a way to “bio-print” the complex networks of blood vessels necessary for growing complex organic tissue.