The team from the School of Pharmacy at Queen’s have developed the first innovative antibacterial gel that acts to kill Pseudomonas aeruginosa, staphylococci and E.coli using natural protein... Read more
When a foreign material like a medical device or surgical implant is put inside the human body, the body always responds. According to Northwestern’s Guillermo Ameer, most of the time, that... Read more
Medical implants, complex interfaces between brain and machine or remotely controlled insects: Recent developments combining machines and organisms have great potentials, but also give rise... Read more
Tune In, Turn On, Power Up Human beings don’t come with power sockets, but a growing numbers of us have medical implants that run off electricity. To keep our bionic body parts from powering... Read more
“This opens the door to a much wider range of biocompatible implant materials” Researchers from North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Las... Read more
A fully-functioning “neojoint,” made from the body’s own cells Joint implants should always be made of materials like titanium, so they can last the lifetime of the... Read more