From breast implants to prosthetic knees, implants can trigger a foreign body response that results in your body rejecting them. Suppressing an immune cell gene could reduce this risk.
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Researchers are exploring different ways to improve how cochlear implant users perceive speech and music in noisy environments.
Speculums can be painful and invasive for many women.
The FDA has chosen not to regulate lab-developed tests like the ones at the center of the Theranos trial.
Tobacco giant Philip Morris has acquired British company Vectura, which make puffers and nebulisers that help people with lung disease to breathe.
How a veterinarian and a law professor joined a multidisciplinary team to help produce a made-in-Saskatchewan emergency-use ventilator during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Drawing thoughtfully on the Powerhouse Museum’s collection, this exhibition lovingly exposes the humanity behind biomedical technology.
A series of interviews with life-sciences executives finds them desperate to bring Zoom meetings to an end.
A few simple pointers can help you spot a quality mask from a dud.
During a pandemic, what would MacGyver do? He’d cobble together masks and ventilators from the things around him. Now health-care workers are doing the same. But there are risks.
Designers, engineers, makers and doctors worldwide have used 3D printing to produce products such as face shields, face masks, ventilator components, hands-free door openers and nasal swabs.
Lightweight, flexible materials can be used to make health-monitoring wearable devices, but powering the devices is a challenge. Using fuel cells instead of batteries could make the difference.
In under 10 days, engineers from UCL and Mercedes F1 reverse-engineered a product, produced a new design, tested it, got regulatory approval and started production.
It’s not as simple as churning out more products, though that’s a good starting point.
Predicting life expectancy remains in the realm of science fiction, but it may soon be possible. Are we prepared for such information? And who else would benefit from this knowledge?
How an implant is designed, tested, regulated and discussed with patients tends to disadvantage women. It’s time that changed.
Health insurance costs are rising and the price of prostheses such as hip replacements are partly to blame. But there is a way to rein in costs – and give patients more choice and better devices.
The proposed Australian ban of some types of breast implants is too little, too late. It also reveals regulatory failures that need to be fixed if Australian consumers are to be protected.
Every year, thousands of medical devices and drugs are recalled in the US. But the decision to recall a flawed product is often left up to the manufacturer.
Unlike condoms, which need to be used every time with sex, or the pill, which must be taken every day, LARC doesn’t require any action after placement in the body and is immediately reversible.
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Law, Bond University
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Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering, University of Washington
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Assistant Professor of Medical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Arizona
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Adjunct Lecturer, Computing and Security, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Manitoba
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Professor & Research Chair - Biomedical Engineering & Innovation, University of Cape Town
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Director, Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland
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Health activist, Medreach Pty Ltd., Bond University
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Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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ARC Future Fellow, Australian National University
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Professor of Bioengineering, University of Maryland
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Professor of Bioethics & Medicine, Sydney Health Ethics, Haematologist/BMT Physician, Royal North Shore Hospital and Director, Praxis Australia, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neurology at Oregon Health and Sciences University and Affiliate Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Washington
