linkedin post 2013-07-26 05:39:08
FIRST BIONIC EYE IMPLANTED in Australia. No longer science fiction. View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2013-07-26 05:48:08
SMART CONTACT LENSES: augmented reality is arriving fast. http://lnkd.in/7vJ5U7 View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2013-07-26 15:06:02
PERSONALIZED MEDICINE is getting the data it needs chunk by chunk, with a 6 billion data point set on cancer genomes. The author writes: “This comes at a great time, because genomic medicine is becoming a reality, and I am very hopeful this valuable information will change the way we use drugs for precision medicine.” View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2013-07-27 06:53:13
LEVEL-HEADED rebuff of a highly inflammatory article claiming that Pharma drugs are less effective and that there is a corrupt collusion between FDA and the Pharma industry. A valuable point-counter-point. http://www.pharmagellan.com/new-drugs-less-effective-than-old-ones-not-so-fast-continued/ View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2013-07-28 06:10:04
A BIONIC NOSE had been developed for smelling cancer in human breath, for security and pollution applications. Partial or complete taste and smell disorders occur in up to 5% of the population, which is more common than loss of sight or hearing. It occurs more frequently in elders, and is associated with Alzheimer's. Loss of these senses can be devastating (food disinterest, depression) but there is not a lot of research heading towards treatments. There are few medical clinics for these disorders. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330154756.htm#.UfSvX4fmjP0.twitter View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2013-07-28 06:25:25
THE TONGUE as a surprising surrogate for seeing and hearing. View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2013-07-28 06:34:36
USING THE TONGUE to restore sight is one of the more improbable but interesting bionics currently at prototype. Remember the speculation about using different species to solve problems through mind-machine interface? Mixing senses to surrogate is not dissimilar. The sensate world of taste having visual inputs? Completely different language of the senses. Fascinating. http://lnkd.in/U8PtwC View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2013-07-28 06:58:05
AN ELECTRONIC TONGUE or the Taste Chip prototype for lab use is being developed. It is hard to imagine that such devices could replace the sensory pleasure of taste, but would be useful in analytics. Replacement of defective taste buds is an alternative approach, there are about 8,000 taste buds per tongue and they are constantly regenerating. Within the bud, individual cells regenerate on a two week cycle. " "Taste bud replacement via stem cells is a future possibility: http://lnkd.in/Fpj2Xi DOI: 10.1039/b705107g View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2013-07-29 05:21:02
TRANSPLANTING EYE CELLS is another option versus an electronic bionic eye. Stem cells for the eye are currently being investigated in the UK to make photoreceptors in blind mice. There are similar trials ongoing for macular degeneration, and induced autologous pluripotent cells in Japan. http://lnkd.in/A_yQtY View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2013-07-29 05:33:10
IMPLANTED VISION CHIP has been approved in Europe and a different device is pending approval in the US. A tiny electronic chip that is implanted in the eye is on sale for the correction of degenerative visual defects. The European chip requires no camera, unlike the US system that has a glasses-mounted camera. The results vary widely from patient to patient. @TechReview">http://techre.vu/166w05r >@TechReview View in LinkedIn