Scientists craft living human skin for robots
Researchers pool knowledge of robotics and tissue culturing to create a controllable robotic finger covered with living skin tissue.
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Joseph Shavit
- May 5, 2022
Future wearable health tech could measure gases released from skin
A new study suggests that a wearable sensor may be able to monitor the body’s health by detecting the gases released from a person’s skin.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 3, 2022
Unique folding design leads to heart sensor with smaller profile
Drawing on the Japanese art of kirigami to contour to the human body to better detect electrocardiographic signals.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 30, 2022
Squid skin-inspired cup cozy will keep your hands cool and your coffee hot
Researchers have invented a squid-skin inspired material that can wrap around a coffee cup to shield sensitive fingers from heat.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 1, 2022
CRISPR-modified skin grafts developed to treat addiction
The platform uses genetically modified skin cells to deliver long-lasting, hyper-effective treatment and only needs to be administered once.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 26, 2022
Electronic skin that can feel in real time just like humans do
It is paramount for electric skin – being developed for artificial skin – to be capable of reacting to the external environment in real time
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 25, 2022
‘E-nose’ could diagnose Parkinson’s disease by ‘smelling’ skin
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder of the central nervous system in the world.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 17, 2022
Pimple secret popped: How fat cells in the skin help fight acne
Hair follicles assist in the development of a pimple, but new research suggests the skin cells outside of hair follicles play a larger role.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 9, 2022
Chimpanzees apply insects to wounds, a potential case of medication?
A research team has, for the first time, observed chimpanzees applying insects to their own wounds and the wounds of conspecifics.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 8, 2022
Genetic discovery could lead to new acne treatments
A study of the genetics of acne has identified 29 regions of the genome that influence the condition and provide genetic insights.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 21, 2022
Antifreeze cream prevents frostbite injuries to skin
Frostbite not only kills skin cells, but can also harm deeper tissues like muscle and bone, sometimes causing infections and nerve damage.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 19, 2022
These tiny electric generators can accelerate wound healing
Tiny dressings that generate electricity in response to movement could accelerate wound healing and tissue regeneration.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 13, 2022
Researchers reveal how skin cells form a first line of defence against cancer
The findings offer new clues into the behaviour of skin cancer at the cellular level, paving the way for potential new therapeutic targets.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 27, 2021
Newly developed injectable, adhesive surgical gel prevents scar tissue
Up to 90% of patients who undergo open abdominal or pelvic surgery develop postoperative adhesions, or scar tissue.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 4, 2021
Researchers can now print 3-layer simulated human skin
Researchers developed an approach to print skin equivalents. The material may play a future role in the healing of chronic wounds.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 26, 2021
Stretchable pressure sensor could lead to better robotics and prosthetics
Researchers have found a way to address this issue and have designed a new pressure sensor that can be stretched up to 50 percent.
Joshua Shavit
- Oct 27, 2021
Skin-inspired sensors show how our body moves
Scientists have created wearable, stitchable, and sensitive sensors from flexible polymers and bundles of carbon fiber.
Joshua Shavit
- Sep 8, 2021
Researchers can literally 'make your skin crawl' to close wounds
Researchers have taken an important step in directing skin cells to migrate en masse to close wounds thereby “literally making skin crawl".
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 12, 2021
Researchers discover how to stick sensors to skin without adhesive
Imagine if you could attach something to your skin without needing glue. A biosensor, a watch, a communications device, a fashion accessory
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 8, 2021
New drug molecules could prevent skin ageing caused by sun exposure
Two new molecules that generate minute amounts of the gas hydrogen sulfide have been found to prevent skin from ageing
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