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Popular Mechanics
January 28, 2010
Cassie Rodenberg |
Next-Gen Transplant Techniques Can Stop Organ Rejection About 77 organ transplants are performed each day in the U.S., and more than 101,000 people are on a wait list for body parts such as hearts, skin and veins, according to the Mayo Clinic.   |
PC Magazine
January 18, 2006
Sebastian Rupley |
Print Me a Heart Valve The National Science Foundation has awarded $5 million to a team developing a system that takes cells from a patient with a damaged organ or heart valve and uses those cells to "print" a replacement organ. |
The Motley Fool
June 26, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
One Growth Company to Get In On Now The future in 3-D printing is now. Don't miss the boat. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2004
Charly Travers |
Are Stem Cells a Rule Breaker? Does the science offer real hope or just hype? Biotech investors take on enough risk in the normal course of drug development that they do not need to worry about whether or not the underlying technology even works. |
BusinessWeek
January 16, 2006
Arlene Weintraub |
Side of Valves, Hold the Bacon Someday, organs from pigs may save human lives. But solving the genetic engineering problems is turning out to be tricky. |
BusinessWeek
May 24, 2004
Arlene Weintraub |
Repairing The Engines Of Life Can research into stem cells and other advanced techniques heal ailing hearts and brains? U.S. labs are hamstrung by the federal government. |
National Defense
March 2008
Grace V. Jean |
Creating the Body's Microenvironment to Grow Artificial Organs Scientists are using micro-electromechanical systems to grow artificial organs. |
Fast Company
March 2008
Elizabeth Svoboda |
Eureka? Alan Trounson, the new president of California's stem-cell agency, talks about the science, the opposition, and his qualms about working with embryos. |
Scientific American
February 2007
Marguerite Holloway |
Graft and Host, Together Forever Thomas E. Starzl pioneered organ transplantation with antirejection drugs, an approach he hopes to end through a phenomenon called microchimerism |
Technology Research News
July 30, 2003
Kimberly Patch |
Fractals support growing organs A method for making intricate networks of artificial blood vessels brings the decades-old dream of growing replacement organs a big step closer. The networks are designed to provide the support structure needed for organ cells to coalesce into something greater than the sum of its parts. |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2011
Arundhati Parmar |
Medtronic Infuse Device Will Be Reviewed by Yale Researchers Medtronic works with Yale on a first-of-its-kind independent review. |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2011
Janelle Weaver |
Leading a Double Life with CSF Lucky for us, the organs in our bodies come with a self-repair kit. Though regularly bombarded by harmful bacteria, more often than not they manage to heal themselves. How this happens has puzzled scientists, but now there may be some answers. |
BusinessWeek
May 24, 2004
Arlene Weintraub |
Regenerative Medicine's Slow Start Scientists think proteins that spur the body to heal could make powerful drugs, but harnessing that potential has been tough |
Wired
March 2003
Jennifer Kahn |
Stripped for Parts Organ transplants are a brutal business. Just ask the donors. Our reporter spends a dark night with the living dead. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2005
Carol Ezzell Webb |
The Body Shops Part human, part machine, replacement organs may one day extend your life |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Medtronic Takes Heart After the stock drops on data, what does the company have to say? |
The Motley Fool
November 14, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
The Week in Innovation Investors interested in the future of robotic medical technology, such as neurosurgical robots, carbon nanotubes, and printable organs, should keep an eye on these companies: Intuitive Surgical... IMRIS... Hansen Medical... Stereotaxis... |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2009
Brian Orelli |
So Much Potential, So Little Growth In its quest to become the Johnson & Johnson of China, this purveyor of traditional Chinese medicine has been growing through acquisitions, but has paid for them through dilutive stock offerings. |
Fast Company
Elizabeth Segran |
Too Sexy For Your Finger Splint? Here Come Fabulous, Functional Medical Accessories Daniel Vlasic says that 3-D printers allow doctors to create devices that are perfectly customized to patients' bodies. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Disaster in Medical-Device Land Industry bellwether Medtronic is forecasting a nasty storm. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Organ Donation Recital Organ donation is perhaps not a major financial topic, but it's a major consideration that does have some financial aspects to it. Take a few minutes to learn a little more and give it some thought. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Stent Wars, Episode III: The Rise of Xience V Johnson & Johnson lose the lead in the stent war race, but this is a marathon, not a footrace. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Donate Organs, Save Money Donating organs is an easier decision than you might think. By donating a body, there's usually no need to buy a casket or cemetery plot, or to pay for cremation. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Investors Heart Medtronic The leaner company is more lovable. |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
The Stent Wars Continue Although Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnson have been beating each other silly for market share, recent clinical data suggest little functional difference between drug-coated stents. |
Chemistry World
February 19, 2007
Henry Nicholls |
Researchers Sink Their Teeth in Scientists in Japan claim to be the first to have grown teeth in the lab that can then be successfully grafted into adult animals. But publication of their research in Nature Methods this week has drawn some scathing criticism. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2006
Shactman et al. |
Techwatch Servicing military robots... Underground bunker busters... Lab-grown bladder... |
Wired
November 2003
Jennifer Kahn |
Regrow Your Own Broken heart? No problem. New liver? Coming right up. The road to regeneration starts here. |
CIO
January 30, 2014 |
Will 3D Printing Really Change the World? IDG Communications CEO Michael Friedenberg says it already has, as he contemplates 3-D printing technology that can create things as varied as a human liver and a new home. |
BusinessWeek
May 24, 2004
Arlene Weintraub |
The Geniuses Of Regeneration The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is now considering handing out research grants to scientists working on regeneration, in the hope that someone will turn this dream into reality. |
The Motley Fool
October 12, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Donate Organs, Save Money Do the right thing -- for humanity and your heirs' wallets. |
The Motley Fool
November 21, 2008
Brian Orelli |
Manufacturing Pain Johnson & Johnson has plenty of it. |
BusinessWeek
May 28, 2007
Bruce Einhorn |
The Rush To Test Drugs In China Despite ethical concerns, Big Pharma is recruiting more patients for clinical trials in China. |
The Motley Fool
June 23, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Duo of Diabetes Drug Deals Make J&J Better Licensing deals add to Johnson & Johnson's diabetes franchise. |
Fast Company
October 2015
Adam Bluestein |
This Plastic Chip Is Changing Medicine Artificial micro organs, which are being developed at Harvard, MIT, UC Berkeley, and other places, give researchers the ability to model what happens in humans when drugs or irritants enter the system. |
American Journal of Nursing
May 2011
Beach et al. |
Organ Donation After Circulatory Death: Vital Partnerships The case of a woman in her mid-50's who sustained extensive brain injury in an accident but wasn't declared brain dead. |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2010
Brian Orelli |
This Recall Is Different -- In a Good Way Johnson & Johnson strikes again, but it's not so bad this time. |
The Motley Fool
January 6, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Can Medtronic Still Quicken the Pulse? While increased competition looms for the medical device maker, a shareholder update looks to the past. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2012
Paul Wallich |
3-D Printing Takes Shape In 2012, 3-D printing technology will go from prototyping to production |
The Motley Fool
February 22, 2008
Brian Orelli |
Supreme Court Gives Health-Care Companies a Boost Medical device maker Medtronic celebrates a Supreme Court ruling in its favor; industry and investors will win in the long term. |
