Healthcare

The Pacific Northwest heat wave crushed hospitals with heatstroke victims. Doctors turned to body bags to save lives.

Bionic arms used to cost $80,000. Now, a young engineer has lowered the cost by over 90%.

Researchers have found that nose drops containing “friendly” bacteria can protect people against meningitis-causing bacteria.

Researchers have discovered antibodies that neutralize a variety of norovirus strains, a possible step toward an effective norovirus vaccine.

A new vaccine platform based on biomaterial may eventually provide rapid protection against multiple bacterial threats.

Researchers at Harvard have developed a 3D-printed graft they hope will make ruptured eardrum surgeries safer, faster, and more effective.

Researchers at Northwestern and George Washington University have developed a pacemaker that dissolves into the body.

Using synthetic biology, a team at Rice has designed bacteria that can sense signs of inflammatory bowel disease in mice.

Researchers have developed a way to bioprint nose cartilage that they hope will one day minimize the need for invasive harvesting from the ribs.

Researchers have found a way to use gold nanoparticles to help diagnose medical problems by embedding them in an invisible tattoo.