Bionic vagina: new targets in tissue engineering
Between 2005 and 2008, four American patients were implanted with a "bionic vagina" because affected by the syndrome of Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser,...
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Cleaning the blood with a bio-spleen: future hope against Ebola
"Bio-spleen": this is the name of the new device designed by researchers at Harvard University, at the Wiss Institutes (Hansjörg Wyss...
A Skateboard driven by thought? “Board of Imagination”
Board of Imagination: this is the name of the invention of Chaotic Moon Labs, a skateboard controlled by an helmet...
Cellular simulation: towards new frontiers of bioengineering
"It is possible to simulate life with a program, including all the wonderful, mysterious and incredibly complex biochemistry that makes...
Cefaly, a new device to treat migraine
Pharmacology has played a dominant role until the last century, when we started to treat disorders with what could be...
Bioprinting: created synthetic blood vessels using 3D printing
For some time, biomedical research has begun to change the concept of "artificial organ" pushing to adopt new technologies such...
A neuroprosthesis for simultaneous control of two arms
Until now, brain-machine interfaces allowed exclusive control of a single limb, now a group of researchers, using new algorithms for...
iCub, the baby-robot stands now
iCub is an android robot built by the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT ) in Genoa. It is 104 cm...
Open Biomedical Initiative, an Italian project available to anyone
Open Biomedical Initiative is a young non-profit organization aimed at the development and dissemination of biomedical technologies. We are a...
Proteus One, the smallest signed IBA proton therapy system
Proton therapy is a type of radiation treatment using external beam of heavy particles: uses high doses of energy to directly...
3D printing to produce parts of the human body
The 3D printing technology has caught on about 20 years ago, but prices have become more affordable only recently, so...
Biometrics: science for measurable human characteristics
Biometrics is the science that studies the measurable physiological or behavioral characteristics used to identify a person or to verify...