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Regenerative medicine describes a relatively new avenue of biomedical and clinical research, involving the discovery of novel techniques to restore lost tissue... Read More »

Recently, in several articles here on Patexia, we have commented on the importance of nanotechnology in medicine, including everything from lamprey robots to... Read More »

From the beginning of science fiction, robots have often been a central plot point, striving to destroy us. But, seeing how we treated these machines as both slaves... Read More »

'One size fits all' is not a concept I ever found to be particularly true. Most hats, that are supposed to fit everyone, for example, rarely fit me. In our... Read More »

Due to its deadly nature and near invulnerability, the fear of anthrax being used in a terrorist attack is quite high; however, scientists have developed a new... Read More »

Cheap, fast and effective are three words often uttered, especially during recent economic hardships, by manufacturers trying to cost-effectively develop a wide... Read More »

Unlike other diseases and disorders, which may have complex names (Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, anyone?), traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a rather... Read More »

The nature of research, biomedical and otherwise, is changing forever. I can’t predict the exact time it will happen, but, in the not-so-distant-future, there... Read More »

I’m not sure if I’m a fan of telemedicine -- health care from a distance. When I first heard of the successful test of a wirelessly controlled drug... Read More »

I’m not sure if Alexander Graham Bell -- the Steve Jobs of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; a brilliant scientist and the inventor of the first... Read More »

I am a proponent for change.  By constantly fighting to retain the status quo, as a society, we run the risk of stagnation.  With stagnation, growth cannot... Read More »

Too much of a good thing, in all actuality, can be quite the opposite. Ideal medications should, of course, minimize side effects, while maximizing the therapeutic... Read More »

Ninety percent of the world is dead and the few remaining local survivors are holed up in a small building in the middle of town, fighting off a horde of zombies... Read More »

As an avid Star Trek fan, my mom raised me in the shadows of the famous exploits of the U.S.S Enterprise. The fantastical technology of Star Trek definitely... Read More »

Waste is never good, but we don’t live in a perfect world. People make mistakes, items are not always utilized to their utmost extent, food spoils before it ... Read More »

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to drive a steam-powered locomotive through your blood vessels?  It is a weird thought, I must admit; I wonder... Read More »

With 2012 looming before us, we should wonder, are doomsday scenarios complete hogwash or can science validate them?   Planet X and Asteroids   ... Read More »

Poor hygiene in a hospital has severe consequences and is a major cause of hospital-acquired infections; for this reason, many hospitals have stringent hygiene... Read More »

From the horrific Tuskegee incident to the more recent autism scandal, the exposure of scientific fraud illuminates the need for full disclosure of data not only to... Read More »

Scientists from the University of Washington in Seattle have actually developed a functioning bionic contact lens prototype with a built-in antenna and a single LED... Read More »