Chronic wounds are a major health problem for diabetic patients and the elderly — in extreme cases they can even lead to amputation. Using electric stimulation, researchers in a project at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and the University of Freiburg, Germany, have developed a method that speeds up the healing process, making wounds heal three times faster.

A new research has revealed that women are more likely to die after a heart attack than men. It further adds that women of all ages who experience a myocardial infarction are at particularly high risk of poor prognosis.

Researchers at the Riken Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research in Japan have created a robotic artificial intelligence (AI) system for autonomously determining the optimal conditions for growing replacement retina layers necessary for vision. The system was used to conduct a trial-and-error process which helped in improving cell culture recipes used in regenerative medicine.

Once adults reach age 65, the threshold age for the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, the extent of their genetic risk may outweigh age as a predictor of whether they will develop the fatal brain disorder, a new study suggests.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has introduced the Dynaspin single-use centrifuge system which proves useful for large-scale cell culture harvesting. The system enables to reduce the number of traditional depth filtration cartridges required to complete the harvest process and helps to develop a cost-efficient and faster solution.

Black women and others with curly or kinky hair encounter a vast and confusing array of haircare options. Now, scientists are bringing order to this chaos by identifying properties such as the number of curls or coils in a given length of hair that could eventually help users pick the perfect product and achieve consistent results.

Women can turn to a variety of methods to determine the best time in their menstrual cycle for conception. Volatile biomarkers have proven useful indicators in other contexts and now, the analysis of biogenic VOCs has been shown to provide insights on female fertility.

Researchers have developed a ‘tattoo’ technique to transfer flexible arrays of gold nanodots and nanowires onto living cells and tissues. This method could be useful for biomedical applications such as bionics and biosensing.

Asynt has launched a new photochemical reactor system called Lightsyn Lighthouse which helps in faster chemistry and higher reaction yields.

Researchers have developed a Raman microscope that can acquire information hundreds of times faster than a conventional Raman microscope. This high-throughput Raman imaging could eventually make it possible to perform medical diagnoses more efficiently.