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Sounding out cancer cells

2 June 2011 – 10:10 |

A device that filters cancer cells from human blood using sound could help to identify tumour cells that have spread.
Finding tumour cells in the blood indicates a cancer has metastasised – but the molecular markers …

Optical Fiber Watches Wounds

24 May 2011 – 13:31 |

Monitoring a wound as it heals should get easier thanks to a new kind of optical fiber that could become a part of everyday bandages. The fiber’s coating alters in color in response to …

Swiss Scientists Design a Turbine to Fit in Human Arteries

16 May 2011 – 22:47 |

Coaches admire athletes for showing a lot of heart, and poets praise the organ’s passions, but engineers see the human cardiovascular system otherwise. The heart is a pump in a prime location, brimming with energy …