The system is extremely sensitive: it can detect drugs in amounts 100 times lower than the clinically delivered drug concentrations commonly used Today, computerized smart systems can delive... Read more
Simply replacing the connector in the IV system in patients with central lines could help reduce deadly bloodstream infections, researchers at Georgia Regents University have found. A centra... Read more
We have seen in sci-fi movies how robots end up controlling the world. Well biomedical engineering is catching up with fiction and surgeons are inviting robots to be the newest members of t... Read more
A single intravenous injection of a lipid-based gas-filled solution brought 15 minutes worth of life-saving oxygen to rabbits with completely blocked airways. PROBLEM: Patients who can... Read more
It costs about $20 to manufacture. Instead of building a better mousetrap, a team of Rice University freshmen took a mousetrap and built a better way to treat dehydration among childr... Read more