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Computer chip technology may be used to repair nerve damage
Posted on 2009-02-09 08:45:22 in Biotechnology | Computers and Medicine | Medical Microchips |
Progress has been made into the development of silicon computer chips that could be used to repair damaged nerve or muscle fibers, among other critical applications. Continue reading…
A Picowatt Processor: A low-power chip could be used for implantable medical sensors.
Posted on 2008-07-14 11:29:58 in Industry News | Longevity and Age Management | Medical Microchips |
Before long, sensors may be implanted in our bodies to do things like measure blood-glucose levels in diabetics or retinal pressure in glaucoma patients. But to be practical, they'll have to both be very small--as tiny as a grain of sand--and use long-lasting batteries of similarly small size, a combination not commercially available today. Continue reading…
Teraflops chip points to future
Posted on 2007-02-13 07:39:19 in Medical Microchips |
A chip with 80 processing cores and capable of more than a trillion calculations per second (teraflops) has been unveiled by Intel. The Teraflops chip is not a commercial release but could point the way to more powerful processors, said the firm. The chip achieves performance on a piece of silicon no bigger than a fingernail that 11 years ago required a machine with 10,000 chips inside it. The challenge is to find a way to program the many cores simultaneously. Continue reading…
Cardiologist's 'Living Chip' Changes Science Of Disease Monitoring
Posted on 2006-10-04 14:06:49 in Medical Microchips |
For patients living with heart failure and other health conditions, blood draws and diagnostic tests are commonplace in order to evaluate their condition. Often, though, chemical or physiologic changes silently cause damage that is not detected until much later. But what if in the future a tiny device, one the size of a nickel or significantly smaller, could be implanted in the patient to monitor and detect abnormalities, and could then relay data to physicians, or provide therapy on the spot, in real time? Continue reading…
Quick Diagnosis Of Flu Strains Possible With New Microchip Test
Posted on 2006-10-03 09:07:21 in Medical Microchips |
Scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed a microchip-based test that may allow more labs to diagnose influenza infections and learn more about the viruses causing illness. The FluChip successfully distinguished among 72 influenza strains--including the H5N1 avian influenza strain--in less than 12 hours. The research was led by University of Colorado scientist Kathy L. Rowlen, Ph.D., and was funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It appears in the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Continue reading…
Sandia Researchers Develop Portable Device That Can Detect Heart And Gum Disease Instantly
Posted on 2005-02-16 09:01:52 in Medical Microchips |
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Researchers Developing Chip That Instantly Diagnoses Flu and SARS, dengue fever, and other respiratory illnesses
Posted on 2004-01-30 05:33:50 in Medical Microchips |
Researchers in Singapore are currently developing a chip that can almost instantaneously detect whether or not a person has flu, SARS, dengue fever, and other respiratory illnesses. The respiratory pathogens detection chip is roughly the same size as a 50-cent-coin. To the use the chip doctors simply place a couple of drops of sputum or nasal fluid from the patient onto it. Continue reading…
DNA Chip Could Helps Docs Pick Best Drug for Patient
Posted on 2003-04-20 06:21:36 in Medical Microchips |
Doctors will soon be able to discover what drugs will be the most effective for their patients thanks to a DNA chip being developed by pharmaceutical company Roche. The chip is designed to analyse drugs used to treat conditions such as heart disease and psychiatric disorders and identify which will work best for an individual, thus removing the need for a patient to try a number of drugs before finding the right one for them. Continue reading…
US Scientists Develop Light-Sensitive Microchip to Help the Blin
Posted on 2003-04-20 06:19:36 in Medical Microchips |
US scientists are developing a light-sensitive microchip that will hopefully help blind people to regain at least some of their sight. The chip, which is designed to be positioned on the retina, contains 1,000 minuscule electrodes, which will hopefully stimulate the neural pathways that convey images to the brain. Continue reading…
New Brain Chips to Speed Drug Development
Posted on 2003-04-20 06:19:20 in Medical Microchips |
New technology developed by American biotech company Tensor Biosciences could significantly shorten the time it takes to develop new drugs for brain diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia. The so-called "mini-brain" is a glass chip made using brain cells from rats and mice that are suspended in artificial cerebral fluid. Continue reading…
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