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Life Science

Hand-picked, positive examples related to health and a life style

Pow(d)erful protection

A frame for endotracheal tubes helps protect patients. Equally important: quickly staunching blood when wounds bleed profusely. Now, a Taiwanese startup is showing how...

Bright exemption

Laser light helps to heal serious burns. A research team from Texas and Portugal has been experimenting with light to fight cancer and has...

Active reversal

Modern plasters leave no trace when treating chronic wounds. Unlike medication used to alleviate severe pain, which often contains addictive opioids. Which is why...

Soluble transport

New glasses make blind spots visible again. In Australia, however, a research team is focusing on how to treat retinal diseases such as macular...

Spare contact

New frames for tubes ensure critical patients can breathe comfortably. Colostomies are used after colorectal surgery, often after cancer. Now a Paris-based startup wants...

Stimulating application

A foam-based pressure bandage helps treat serious wounds. When bones break badly, medical practitioners often use metal plates or 3D-printed implants. Now, a research...

Soft focus

A special camera captures objects near and far. Imaging is just as important in the early detection of breast cancer. But a mammogram is...

Activated signal

Infectious diseases could be contained with locally printed vaccine patches. In Florida, a research team has spent years searching for a universal vaccine against...

Sea beat

Implants can be nourished by the body’s store of glucose. Sea cucumbers, meanwhile, contain unique structures not found in other terrestrial organisms. Among them,...

Substantial properties

Some butterflies have properties which help detect breast cancer early. Aquatic invertebrates such as octocorals, in turn, can influence cancer’s development. Students in San...

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