Source: Kurzweil Summary figure. Nanotechnology regulates stem cell function. (A) Suitable spacing for integrin activation and integrin-mediated cell adhesion, cytoskeleton organization and cell spreading. (B) Modified nanoscaffolds regulate stem cell self-renewal, neural differentiation and osteogenic differentiation. (Credit: Yang-Kao Wang) Nanotechnology may provide new strategies for regenerative medicine, including better tools to improve or restore damaged tissues, according[…]

Source: The Doctor Weighs In By Dr. David Mayer First Posted on Educate the Young on 10/25/2013 David Mayer MD, Vice President of Quality and Safety for MedStar Health I continue to enjoy following all the quality and patient safety work being led across the country by resident physicians. Many have come into healthcare with a much different[…]

Source: Inhabitat As much fun as 3D printing can be (printed mini figurines and lampshades anyone?), it’s also a world-changing technology with the potential to save lives. Scientists at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh just successfully 3d printed embryonic stem cells for the first time, and the technology has the potential to eliminate the need for organ donation. The artificial tissue could also provide[…]

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This is amazing, “science fiction” has become science fact: Source: MedGadget Surgeons working on the heart in a minimally invasive fashion have to do quite a bit of interpolating and imagining of where their instruments are in relation to the anatomy and how that anatomy is different from that of other patients. Typical intraoperative imaging[…]

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