First-of-its-kind technology helps man with ALS ‘speak’ in real time
On Jun. 11, 2025, researchers at the University of California, Davis, announced they have developed an investigational brain-computer…
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US Army lab partners with University of Hawaii to enhance bioprinting and advanced manufacturing
On Jun. 3, 2025, the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center, DEVCOM CBC, and the…
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FDA Launches Agency-Wide AI Tool to Optimize Performance
On Jun. 2, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces it has launched Elsa, a generative…
New technique expands cells to sequence DNA and capture fine structural details
On May 29, 2025, Broad Institute researchers announced they have developed a technology that provides new insight into…
Scientists test real-time view of brain’s waste removal
On May 27, 2025, a research team from the University of Washington Medical Center and the University of…
3D-printed device advances human tissue modeling
On May 22, 2025, an interdisciplinary group of researchers at UW Medicine and the University of Washington announced…
contact lenses give people infrared vision — even with their eyes shut
On My 22, 2025, team led by scientists at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)…
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FDA clears first blood test for Alzheimer’s detection
On May 16, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared Fujirebio Diagnostics’ blood test to diagnose…
spinal tumour removed through a person’s eye socket for the first time
On May 6, 2025, in a first-of-its-kind surgery, a multidisciplinary team led by a University of Maryland Medical…
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Europe pledges half a billion euros to lure scientists as Trump battles universities
On May 5, 2025, The European Union (EU) and France announced half a billion euros worth of incentives…
Researchers develop model for real-time monitoring of kidney transplants
On Apr. 28, 2025, researchers at King’s College London, the University of Bristol and Great Ormond Street Hospital…
Roswell Park Reports Extraordinary Outcomes for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
On Apr. 9, 2025, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center achieved textbook outcomes for 90% of 150 consecutive robot-assisted,…
A new smartphone-sized device can test for tuberculosis
On Apr. 9, 2025, Tulane University researchers announced they have developed a first-of-its-kind handheld diagnostic device that can…
Northwestern University announces World’s smallest pacemaker activated by light
On Apr. 2, 2025, Northwestern University engineers announced they have developed a pacemaker so tiny that it can…
Rice engineer develops new security protocol to protect miniaturized wireless medical implants from cyberthreats
On Mar. 20, 2025, Rice University, electrical and computer engineer Kaiyuan Yang unveiled a first-of-its-kind authentication protocol for…
Australia’s first durable total artificial heart implant Reported successful
On Mar. 11, 2025, researchers at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney announced the first implant of a BiVACOR Total…
World first procedure fixes lamb’s leaky heart
On Mar. 3, 2025, researchers from Oregon State University (OSU) announced the world’s first procedure successfully fixes lamb’s…
Printable Molecule-Selective Nanoparticles Enable Mass Production of Wearable Biosensors
On Feb. 3, 2025, a team of Caltech engineers announced they have developed a technique for inkjet printing…
PET probe images inflammation with high sensitivity and selectivity
On Jan. 22, 2025, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute announced they have developed a breakthrough method to detect…
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Rice labs tapped for brain research by UK funding agency with multimillion-dollar awards
On Jan. 21, 2025, Rice University announced that four research groups are part of an inaugural cohort of…
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U.S. Implements New Export Controls to Address National Security Risks Related to Biotechnology
On Jan. 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released an Interim…
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved 50 new therapeutics in 2024
On Jan. 14, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) announced…
Genetic cause for main type of hearing loss in children with Down syndrome identified
On Jan. 7, 2025, researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, MRC Harwell Institute and UCL Queen Square Institute…
BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart Successfully Implanted in Five Patients as Part of FDA Early Feasibility Study; FDA Greenlights Expansion of the EFS
On Dec. 18, 2024, BiVACOR, a clinical-stage medical device company, announced the successful completion of the first phase…
University of Queensland ultrasound treatment for Alzheimer’s licensed to new startup
On Dec. 17, 2024, scientists at The University of Queensland (UQ) announced they had licensed a promising ultrasound…
AI-Based Tool Offers Exciting Advancement in Pancreatic Cancer Diagnostics
On Dec. 12, 2024, a study co-lead by researchers from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital…
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White House Released Report on Growing U.S. Biomanufacturing Capacity for the American Bioeconomy
On Nov. 15, 2024, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a report on Building…
Super microscope showed nanoscale biological process for the first time
On Nov. 12, 2024, researchers led by Nico Sommerdijk from Radboud university medical center in Nijmegen (Netherlands) announced…
New Imaging Technique Accurately Detected Aggressive Kidney Cancer
On Oct. 29, 2024, a study led by investigators from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (UCLA…
Hospital price increases since 2000 outpaced inflation by more than double, Baker Institute reported
On Oct. 21, 2024, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy reported that hospital service prices surged more…