(Natural News) Additive manufacturing systems have come one step closer to printing out whole, working organs for emergency medical transplants. Researchers reported 3D printing a complete system of blood vessels found on a major organ. Every day, around 20 patients who desperately need an organ transplant die before ever getting one. There are not enough […]

(Natural News) If you’re tired of having to brush your teeth, tire no more: A team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania teamed up to create an army of teeth-cleaning micro-robots. Robotics and A.I. are completely transforming the healthcare landscape — spanning from dental care to cancer-killing nanobots. Engineers, dentists and biologists worked together on […]

(Natural News) Experts know that a strange species of bacteria found in oxygen-deprived sediment and soil can generate electricity. But they only recently learned that the microorganism achieves this through a method that differs from that used by other electric bacteria. Called Geobacter sulfurreducens, the anaerobic bacteria possess a unique biological structure. This previously unidentified feature makes […]

(Natural News) The trail of slime left by slugs in the garden might eventually help patch up wounds. Researchers found that the “mucus” produced by a prevalent species of European slug possessed potential as a natural glue to close wounds, prevent infection, and reduce the risk of scars in humans. The slug species in question […]

(Natural News) Telemedicine might seem convenient compared to visiting the clinic in person. However, an online healthcare practitioner is more likely to prescribe unnecessary pharmaceutical drugs to the patient, researchers warn. This over-prescription not only makes antibiotic overuse more likely, but also increases the risk of superbugs with antibiotic resistance. An increasing number of healthcare providers […]

(Natural News) We’ve all heard stories of heroic dogs saving people’s lives, whether they alerted their sleeping owners to a fire in time for them to escape or they found people who were trapped in disaster areas. However, there’s a growing body of evidence that their life-saving abilities go a lot further than that: They […]

(Natural News) Bandages that generate electricity have been used for a while to speed up wound healing. However, the mechanism that enables these electrical bandages to work the way they do has not been fully understood – until recently. Researchers from Ohio State University (OSU) found new clues on how they work, which could result in […]

(Natural News) Why do healthy baseball players die when a ball slams into their chest while patients survive potentially lethal tachyarrhythmia attacks when they get a timely thump to the chest? Swiss researchers hoped to answer this puzzle with a recently-developed instrument that simulates how a blow to the chest affects the heart rate. When the […]

(Natural News) The Department of Homeland Security is warning against a critical flaw in Medtronic defibrillators which can be hacked by malicious actors. If a hacker were to exploit this flaw, they could gain control of the machine and rewrite commands — actions which could have fatal consequences. At the time of this reporting, there […]

(Natural News) An increasing number of nutritional supplement products are taking the form of transparent capsules brimming with colorful “beadlets.” Reputed to be as effective as their duller-looking conventional counterparts, the beadlets are intended to catch the eye of potential consumers browsing their stores or social media. The first company to bank its fortunes on beadlet tech is Ritual. Founded […]