Medical implants aid healing

11/24/2014

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Phys.Org (Isle of Man, Nov. 24)  -- An electronic implant that can eliminate bacterial infection by delivering heat to infected tissue when triggered by a remote wireless signal has been developed. The silk and magnesium devices created by researchers at Tufts University and John Rogers' team at Illinois harmlessly dissolved in mice. Also: Business Standard (India, Nov. 25), Tufts Now (Nov. 24), Medical Daily (Nov. 25), Daily Mail (United Kingdom, Nov. 26), Medgadget (El Granada, Calif., Nov. 26), BostInno (Nov. 28), Panorama.am (Armenia, Nov. 27), Ummid.com (Nov. 27), (Chandigarh Tribune (India, Nov. 30), Science 360 (National Science Foundation, Dec. 1), Outpatient Surgery magazine (Dec. 1), Popular Science (Dec. 2), Gizmag (Dec. 2), ars technica (Dec. 9), Science 360 (NSF, Dec. 10).


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This story was published November 24, 2014.