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Maintaining sterility in emergency and operating rooms can be challenging, especially in cases of highly infectious disease outbreaks or toxic spills. A simple nick in a surgical glove could have deadly consequences. But, now, a variety of promising new materials in development may lead to everything from self-healing gloves and bandages to bone, blood vessel, and muscle scaffolding implants that could repair themselves the way tissues do.... Read more
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Hospital CIO Explains Blockchain Potential
Work is already underway to bring blockchain technology to the healthcare industry, and hospital administrators are trying to figure out what it can do for them, their clinicians, and their patients. That includes administrators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a leading academic medical center located in ... Read more
Measuring Pressure
According to the World Health Organization, every third adult suffers from hypertension—that is 1.5 billion adults worldwide. Hypertension can lead to severe complications, such as stroke and heart failure - resulting in 7.5 million premature deaths worldwide each year. Together with patients’ associations and... Read more
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Does Schopenhauer’s Epistemology Back Up Current Bioengineering and Biotechnology Trends?
Arthur Schopenhauer, a transcendental German philosopher, is best known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Represen...
The Shaming of the True
For a change of pace, I am presenting “The Shaming of the True,” something I have given as a final examination in a graduate instrumentation systems course.... Read more
Gabriela Mistral
Gabriela Mistral, beyond her literary and political activities, was a born teacher, and we owe her much for this. The objective of this article is to highlight this aspect of her life and show how her generous and loving spirit brought light to so many.... Read more
To Have or to Do
It was just months after I had taken an assistant professor position at the University of Maryland when it happened. My home was 75 miles away...... Read more
Fundamental Principles of Animal Research
Review of Animal Models for the Study of Human Disease, 2nd Edition.... Read more
The Brain Willis Circle and Ring Electric Power Systems
Cerebral circulation refers to the movement of blood through the network of blood vessels supplying the brain, the primary governing organ that makes us human beings...... Read more
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