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Single-chip device to provide real-time ultrasonic 3D images from inside the heart and blood vessels

Posted in Medicine on 24th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

Real-time 3D imaging from inside the heart.

3D Printing Helps Fix Childs Heart, Saves Life

Posted in Hardware on 23rd Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

3D printing has been creeping its way into the healthcare industry, slowly but surely, over the last few years.

Can stem cells heal broken hearts?

Posted in Medicine on 21st Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

The biggest ever stem cell trial involving heart attack patients has got under way in London. The study should show if treatment can cut death rates and repair damaged tissue.

Guidelines call for more people to be put on statins

Posted in Medicine on 13th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

Millions more people should be put on cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to protect them against heart attacks and strokes.

Nanoparticle pinpoints blood-vessel plaques

Posted in Medicine on 8th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

A step toward identifying plaques vulnerable to rupture that causes heart attack and stroke.