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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/author/colin-jeffrey/" rel="author" class="link-camo"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> Colin Jeffrey </a> </li> <li class="article-attributes__published"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> September 2, 2015 </li> <li class="article-attributes__pictures"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/ucla-robotic-exoskeleton-non-invasive-spinal-cord-stimulation/39216/pictures" class="link-ui"> <i class="fa fa-picture-o"></i> 5 PICTURES </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/ucla-robotic-exoskeleton-non-invasive-spinal-cord-stimulation/39216/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/neurostimulation-walking@2x.jpg" alt="UCLA researchers claim to have provided the means for a person with chronic, complete paralysis enough voluntary control to actively walk with a robotic exoskeleton."> </a> </div> <p>Working with a team of UCLA scientists, a man with protracted and complete paralysis has recovered sufficient voluntary control to take charge of a bionic exoskeleton and take many thousands of steps. Using a non-invasive spinal stimulation system that requires no surgery, this is claimed to be the first time that a person with such a comprehensive disability has been able to actively and voluntarily walk with such a device.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/ucla-robotic-exoskeleton-non-invasive-spinal-cord-stimulation/39216/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="39200"> <div class="article-top" data-article="39200"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/medical/"> — Medical </a> <h1 class="h2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/mouth-guard-diabetes/39200/">Mouth guard could continuously monitor diabetes, and more</a></h1> <ul class="article-attributes"> <li class="article-attributes__writer"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/" rel="author" class="link-camo"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> Ben Coxworth </a> </li> <li class="article-attributes__published"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> September 1, 2015 </li> <li class="article-attributes__pictures"> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/mouth-guard-diabetes/39200/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/mouth-guard-diabetes@2x.jpg" alt="The electronics in the current prototype could be a bit of a mouthful, but a more compact version is in the works"> </a> </div> <p>We've already heard about an electronics-packing mouthguard that can be used to detect <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/fitguard-impact-sensing-mouthguard/34336/" target="_blank">serious impacts to the head</a>. Now, scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed one that could provide continuous readings of users' health markers including lactate, cortisol and uric acid. It may be used to monitor the well-being of people such as diabetics, to track the performance of athletes, or to detect stress in soldiers.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/mouth-guard-diabetes/39200/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="39173"> <div class="article-top" data-article="39173"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/medical/"> — Medical </a> <h1 class="h2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/bioengineered-heart-tissue-velcro/39173/">Bioengineered heart tissue can be stuck together like Velcro</a></h1> <ul class="article-attributes"> <li class="article-attributes__writer"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/author/richard-moss/" rel="author" class="link-camo"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> Richard Moss </a> </li> <li class="article-attributes__published"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> August 31, 2015 </li> <li class="article-attributes__pictures"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/bioengineered-heart-tissue-velcro/39173/pictures" class="link-ui"> <i class="fa fa-picture-o"></i> 3 PICTURES </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/bioengineered-heart-tissue-velcro/39173/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/bioengineered-heart-tissue-velcro@2x.jpg" alt="T-shaped posts allow layers of a scaffold for growing heart tissue to join together like Velcro"> </a> </div> <p>A new system for growing heart tissue in the lab may make future heart, liver, and lung repair much easier. University of Toronto scientists have developed asymmetrical honeycomb-shaped 2D meshes of protein scaffolding that stick together like Velcro and imitate the environments in which tissue and muscle cells grow in the body.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/bioengineered-heart-tissue-velcro/39173/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="39133"> <div class="article-top" data-article="39133"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/medical/"> — Medical </a> <h1 class="h2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/robotic-needle-steered-through-tissue/39133/">Robotic needle can be steered through tissue</a></h1> <ul class="article-attributes"> <li class="article-attributes__writer"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/author/richard-moss/" rel="author" class="link-camo"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> Richard Moss </a> </li> <li class="article-attributes__published"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> August 27, 2015 </li> <li class="article-attributes__pictures"> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/robotic-needle-steered-through-tissue/39133/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/robotic-needle@2x.jpg" alt="The robotic needle system in use"> </a> </div> <p>A robot-assisted system developed at the University of Twente promises to make medical procedures that use needles more precise. The system allows flexible needles to be steered in real time to their target, which negates issues with tissue and organs deforming from the contact pressure or from any unforeseen obstacles that lie between the needle and its target.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/robotic-needle-steered-through-tissue/39133/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="39028"> <div class="article-top" data-article="39028"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/medical/"> — Medical </a> <h1 class="h2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/wheeze-analyzing-sensors/39028/">Wearable tech could diagnose lung problems by analyzing wheezes</a></h1> <ul class="article-attributes"> <li class="article-attributes__writer"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/" rel="author" class="link-camo"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> Ben Coxworth </a> </li> <li class="article-attributes__published"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> August 20, 2015 </li> <li class="article-attributes__pictures"> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/wheeze-analyzing-sensors/39028/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/wheeze-analyzing-sensors@2x.jpg" alt="A new sensor/software combo monitors wheezing sounds to assess respiratory health"> </a> </div> <p>If someone is wheezing, it usually means that they have a respiratory problem. Soon, however, a wheeze-analyzing wearable device may allow doctors to know what <em>sort</em> of respiratory problem a patient has – and how serious it is.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/wheeze-analyzing-sensors/39028/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="38856"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38856"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/medical/"> — Medical </a> <h1 class="h2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/silver-wound-dressing-diabetics/38856/">New material helps diabetic wounds heal faster</a></h1> <ul class="article-attributes"> <li class="article-attributes__writer"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/" rel="author" class="link-camo"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> Ben Coxworth </a> </li> <li class="article-attributes__published"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> August 10, 2015 </li> <li class="article-attributes__pictures"> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/silver-wound-dressing-diabetics/38856/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/silver-wound-dressing-diabetics@2x.jpg" alt="Silver-laced dressings have been shown to accelerate the healing of wounds on diabetics"> </a> </div> <p>Because they often have weakened immune systems and/or blood flow restrictions, diabetics run a heightened risk of serious infection from even the smallest of open wounds. That's why a team of scientists from Egypt's Alexandria University have developed a means of getting those wounds to heal faster – silver-impregnated dressings.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/silver-wound-dressing-diabetics/38856/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="38842"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38842"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/medical/"> — Medical </a> <h1 class="h2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/clot-busting-treatment-heart-attack/38842/">New blood clot-busting nanocapsule promises immediate care for heart attacks</a></h1> <ul class="article-attributes"> <li class="article-attributes__writer"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/author/nick-lavars/" rel="author" class="link-camo"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> Nick Lavars </a> </li> <li class="article-attributes__published"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> August 10, 2015 </li> <li class="article-attributes__pictures"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/clot-busting-treatment-heart-attack/38842/pictures" class="link-ui"> <i class="fa fa-picture-o"></i> 2 PICTURES </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/clot-busting-treatment-heart-attack/38842/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/blood-clot-buster@2x.jpg" alt="A new kind of nanocapsule may mean improved, fast-acting treatment for heart attack sufferers"> </a> </div> <p>When blood clots form in the aftermath of a heart attack or stroke, medications can be deployed to break them apart, but delivery is tricky. Getting the medicine to the clot takes some guesswork and there's no guarantee it will arrive in the right dosage, with complications like hemorrhaging a real possibility. A team of Australian scientists has developed a new approach that sees the drugs carried safely inside a nanocapsule, opening up the treatment to more patients and lessening the chance of side effects.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/clot-busting-treatment-heart-attack/38842/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="38761"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38761"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/medical/"> — Medical </a> <h1 class="h2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/three-protein-urine-test-pancreatic-cancer/38761/">Three-protein biomarker raises possibility of a urine test for pancreatic cancer</a></h1> <ul class="article-attributes"> <li class="article-attributes__writer"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/author/nick-lavars/" rel="author" class="link-camo"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> Nick Lavars </a> </li> <li class="article-attributes__published"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> August 4, 2015 </li> <li class="article-attributes__pictures"> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/three-protein-urine-test-pancreatic-cancer/38761/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/three-protein-pancreatic-cancer@2x.jpg" alt="Scientists have uncovered a new biomarker that suggests a urine test for pancreatic cancer could one day become a reality"> </a> </div> <p>With a lack of clear symptoms even when the disease is well progressed, more than 80 percent of pancreatic cancer diagnoses come after the cancer has already spread. This has led some researchers to look beyond blood to urine testing, which is a less complex fluid. Among those is a team at the Queen Mary University of London, which has uncovered a three-protein biomarker in the urine of pancreatic cancer sufferers, suggesting a less invasive, early stage test may be on the way. </p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/three-protein-urine-test-pancreatic-cancer/38761/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="38719"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38719"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/medical/"> — Medical </a> <h1 class="h2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/non-invasive-spinal-cord-stimulation-restores-movement-paralysis/38719/">Non-invasive spinal cord stimulation gets paralyzed legs moving voluntarily again</a></h1> <ul class="article-attributes"> <li class="article-attributes__writer"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/author/richard-moss/" rel="author" class="link-camo"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> Richard Moss </a> </li> <li class="article-attributes__published"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> July 30, 2015 </li> <li class="article-attributes__pictures"> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/non-invasive-spinal-cord-stimulation-restores-movement-paralysis/38719/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/non-invasive-spinal-cord-stimulation-restores-paralyzed-movement@2x.jpg" alt="Five paralyzed men treated with a non-invasive form of spinal stimulation gained significant voluntary movement of their legs"> </a> </div> <p>Five men with complete motor paralysis have regained the ability to move their legs voluntarily and produce step-like movements after being treated with a non-invasive form of spinal cord stimulation. 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A study at the San Diego State University (SDSU) Heart Institute has found that mouse hearts regenerate cells better, causing the mice to live longer, when their progenitor cells are modified to over-express a key gene in cancer production. The researchers believe this could lead to a new treatment for people with heart disease or who have suffered from other age-related cardiac problems.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/pim1-gene-cancer-cells-heart-disease/38695/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </article> <div class="pagination"> <span>1</span> <a rel="next" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/medical/2/">2</a> <a rel="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/medical/3/">3</a> <a rel="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/medical/4/">4</a> <a rel="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/medical/5/">5</a> <a rel="next" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055302/http://www.gizmag.com/medical/2/">Next »</a> </div> <input type="hidden" name="csrfmiddlewaretoken" value="bQQJhloPfTRACGihlEJXp9iYagXgxjli"/> </div> <div 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