Biomedical

Brain stent to let five paralysed people control exoskeleton

The end goal is that the person will be able to think about moving and an exoskeleton will obey

Vancomycin 3.0 could soon bolster our last line of defense against bacterial infections

Trying to understand how electric currents in the body’s cells affect health and the ability to regenerate damaged tissues

Immune cells that encompass and invade tumours could dictate the success or failure of therapy

Ultrasound-based treatment could be ready for human clinical trials soon

A novel fabrication process can produce carbon nanotube textiles with high electrical conductivity and a high level of toughness

Treatment will be given on the basis of a tumour’s molecular markers, rather than its location in the body

This new glue-like substance could be the key to healing wounds without scars

Researchers have found a simple way to reduce the number of loops in a polymer network and thus strengthen materials made from polymers