TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo, June 14-17, 2015, Washington, D.C. Accelerating the Commercialization of Global Innovation. See the list of this year's Innovation showcase Participants and an explanation of the technology they are showcasing!
http://techconnectworld.com/World2015/participate/innovation/list.html
"In pursuit of the deadly tumor cell", 3/23/2015. Current research at Lehigh University.
When a malignant tumor begins to grow somewhere in the body, it can take time—too much time—before it shows up on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or on released biochemical markers in the blood. The increased flow of blood around tumors, which are highly vascularized, makes it likely that some tumor cells will split off into the bloodstream and spread to other areas of the body before they are detected.
Metastatic cancer accounts for nine of every ten deaths from solid tumors, but the survival rate is high if the cancer is detected early. But what if a simple test could identify circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and alert physicians to the presence of the cancer before a mass shows up on a scan or before symptoms present?
A team led by Yaling Liu, associate professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics and also of bioengineering, has developed a promising technique for isolating the handful of CTCs that might be circulating among billions of normal blood cells in a single milliliter of blood. With a three-year grant from NSF, Liu and his collaborators are designing and testing a tiny “lab-on-a-chip” device that could make screening for CTCs part of a normal blood test.
- See more at: http://www1.lehigh.edu/news/pursuit-deadly-tumor-cell#sthash.ACxtMdFF.dpuf
When a malignant tumor begins to grow somewhere in the body, it can take time—too much time—before it shows up on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or on released biochemical markers in the blood. The increased flow of blood around tumors, which are highly vascularized, makes it likely that some tumor cells will split off into the bloodstream and spread to other areas of the body before they are detected.
Metastatic cancer accounts for nine of every ten deaths from solid tumors, but the survival rate is high if the cancer is detected early. But what if a simple test could identify circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and alert physicians to the presence of the cancer before a mass shows up on a scan or before symptoms present?
A team led by Yaling Liu, associate professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics and also of bioengineering, has developed a promising technique for isolating the handful of CTCs that might be circulating among billions of normal blood cells in a single milliliter of blood. With a three-year grant from NSF, Liu and his collaborators are designing and testing a tiny “lab-on-a-chip” device that could make screening for CTCs part of a normal blood test.
- See more at: http://www1.lehigh.edu/news/pursuit-deadly-tumor-cell#sthash.ACxtMdFF.dpuf
3-D Printed Food That Melts In Your Mouth
A food company in Germany is working on a way of 3-D printing almost any food. In a few years time, you'll be able to take a carrot, puree it, then print it back into something like its original shape. But why, you might be asking. What's wrong with the original?
The answer is that a lot of people can't eat normal food, because of swallowing or chewing problems. Millions of elderly suffer from dysphagia, for example, which causes food to stick in the throat, or in the worst case, go right into the lungs. 3-D printed food potentially offers an alternative to current fare, which is basically thickened paste.
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3029210/3-d-printed-food-that-melts-in-your-mouth
A food company in Germany is working on a way of 3-D printing almost any food. In a few years time, you'll be able to take a carrot, puree it, then print it back into something like its original shape. But why, you might be asking. What's wrong with the original?
The answer is that a lot of people can't eat normal food, because of swallowing or chewing problems. Millions of elderly suffer from dysphagia, for example, which causes food to stick in the throat, or in the worst case, go right into the lungs. 3-D printed food potentially offers an alternative to current fare, which is basically thickened paste.
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3029210/3-d-printed-food-that-melts-in-your-mouth