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30 August 2012

Merging Tissue and Electronics: New tissue scaffold could be used for implantable therapeutic devices

web.mit.edu (August 27, 2012) — A team of researchers from MIT, Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital has now added a new element to tissue scaffolds: electronic sensors. These sensors, made of silicon nanowires, could be used to monitor electrical activity in the tissue surrounding the scaffold, control drug release or screen drug candidates for their effects on the beating of heart tissue.

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Posted at 01:22 PM in Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Healthcare, Healthcare 2.0, Healthcare Informatic Applications, Healthcare Innovations, Inventions, Medical Devices, Medical Engineering, Medical Innovations, Medical Technology, Medicine, Research, Virtual Healthcare |

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