Podcasts about bioelectronics

4/29/25: Political Consultant Josh Silver: trump underwater; local politics overwater? Sci-Tech Cafe w/ Kerstin Nordstrom & Dmitry Kireev on the Future of Bioelectronics. Prof Chris Appy & Dr Quế Mai: Ellsberg Conference on Legacies of the Vietnam War. Author Gwen Agna: "Community-Centered School Leadership."

4/29/25: Political Consultant Josh Silver: trump underwater; local politics overwater? Sci-Tech Cafe w/ Kerstin Nordstrom & Dmitry Kireev on the Future of Bioelectronics. Prof Chris Appy & Dr Quế Mai: Ellsberg Conference on Legacies of the Vietnam War. Author Gwen Agna: "Community-Centered School Leadership."

4/29/25: Political Consultant Josh Silver: trump underwater; local politics overwater? Sci-Tech Cafe w/ Kerstin Nordstrom & Dmitry Kireev on the Future of Bioelectronics. Prof Chris Appy & Dr Quế Mai: Ellsberg Conference on Legacies of the Vietnam War. Author Gwen Agna: "Community-Centered School Leadership."

4/29/25: Political Consultant Josh Silver: trump underwater; local politics overwater? Sci-Tech Cafe w/ Kerstin Nordstrom & Dmitry Kireev on the Future of Bioelectronics. Prof Chris Appy & Dr Quế Mai: Ellsberg Conference on Legacies of the Vietnam War. Author Gwen Agna: "Community-Centered School Leadership."

What do smart bandages, ocean-powered sensors, and quantum biology have in common? They're all part of Dr. Leonard Tender's work at DARPA. On the latest episode of Voices from DARPA, he discusses his fascinating research in the Biological Technologies Office and how these innovations are shaping the future of national security.Bioelectronics for Tissue Regeneration (BETR)BioElectronics to Sense and Treat (BEST)ReSourceBioLogical Undersea Energy (BLUE)

(3:40) - Monitoring Cell Communication With Mini AntennasThis episode was brought to you by Mouser, our favorite place to get electronics parts for any project, whether it be a hobby at home or a prototype for work. Click HERE to learn more about how smart toilets could become a critical part of the health tracking ecosystem! Become a founding reader of our newsletter: http://read.thenextbyte.com/ As always, you can find these and other interesting & impactful engineering articles on Wevolver.com.

Imagine a future in which Band-Aids talk to your cells, pacemakers are powered by light and your gut microbiome gets a tune-up—all thanks to tiny bioelectric devices. Sounds like sci-fi, right? Think again. Prof. Bozhi Tian of the University of Chicago is on the frontier of bioelectronics, building living machines that can heal, enhance and maybe even transform what it means to be human. In this episode, he explains his research lab's work and explores the thrilling, strange and sometimes unsettling world in which biology meets technology.

Biomedical engineer Stuart Plant and physicist Ashok Chauhan are our podcast guests    

One of our MIB Agents OutSmarting Osteosarcoma 2024 grant recipients, Dr. Chris Richards, an Associate Professor from the University of Kentucky provides an overview of his funded work on macrophage engineered vesicles to treat pediatric osteosarcoma. This presentation focuses on the development of nanoscale vesicles derived from immune cells that can be utilized as immunomodulatory and therapeutic delivery platforms. Dr. Richards is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Kentucky where he also serves as the Director of the Light Microscopy Facility and the Director of the Bioelectronics and Nanomedicine Center. His lab has developed novel nanoscale biomaterials for therapeutic delivery and in vivo sensing within the central nervous system. Incorporating these materials with nanofabricated devices has enabled his lab to develop new platforms for interrogating biological systems in cell culture, isolated tissue, and in vivo. Research in the Richards lab also focuses on the development of ensemble and single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy techniques for the study of complex biological systems. His lab has recently applied this approach to study substance use disorders along with the development of therapeutic delivery platforms for cancer and spinal cord injury. Dr. Richards received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Maine and his PhD in physical chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was also a postdoctoral researcher at Caltech where he was also a Beckman postdoctoral Scholar.

In this episode we talk to Dr. John Rogers, director of the Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics, and professor of Material Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurosurgery at Northwestern University. We discuss his extensive research and recent breakthroughs on innovative health monitoring devices. Dr. Rogers talks about his background, growing up with a blend of art and science in his family, and his academic journey from UT Austin to a doctorate at MIT and post-doc work at Harvard. We discuss his pioneering development of flexible silicon electronics for biomedical applications, including brain and heart monitoring devices and wearable sensors for non-invasive health data collection. Dr. Rogers highlights his collaborations with a range of forward-thinking institutions and we discuss the potential impacts of his work on global health.(01:31) Dr. John Rogers' Early Life and Influences(03:36) Academic Journey and Career(15:53) Breakthroughs in Flexible Electronics(25:46) Epidermal Electronics and NICU Applications(34:10) Exploring Maternal and Pediatric Health Innovations(35:22) The Mechanics of Hybrid Sensor Systems(39:49) Biophysical vs. Biochemical Sensing(43:45) Collaborations and Commercial Successes(50:13) Safety and Data Security in Wearable Tech(56:14) Therapeutic Devices and Transient Electronics(59:39) Innovative Consumer and Medical Applications(01:03:49) Concluding Thoughts and Future ImpactIf there are topics that you are interested in learning more about, please visit MichaelJLeeMD.com.If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please follow I'd Love to Know in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It really helps others find the show.The information from this podcast does not constitute medical advice and is meant for basic informational purposes only. If you're interested in pursuing any of the therapies, supplements, or medications discussed here, please consult with your physician.Podcast episode production by Dante32.

(0:50) - To Heal Skin, Scientists Invent Living Bioelectronics Become a founding reader of our newsletter: http://read.thenextbyte.com/ As always, you can find these and other interesting & impactful engineering articles on Wevolver.com.

A group of researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, University of Freiburg and the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have created an exceptionally small implant, with electrodes the size of a single neuron that can also remain intact in the body over time - a unique combination that holds promise for future vision implants for the blind. Often when a person is blind, some or part of the eye is damaged, but the visual cortex in the brain is still functioning and waiting for input. When considering brain stimulation for sight restoration, there needs to be thousands of electrodes going into an implant to build up enough information for an image. By sending electrical impulses via an implant to the visual cortex of the brain, an image can be created, and each electrode would represent one pixel. New generation of vision implants "This image would not be the world as someone with full vision would be able to see it. The image created by electrical impulses would be like the matrix board on a highway, a dark space and some spots that would light up depending on the information you are given. The more electrodes that 'feed' into it, the better the image would be," says Maria Asplund, who led the technology development part of the project and is Professor of Bioelectronics at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. The vision implant created in this study can be described as a 'thread' with many electrodes placed in a row, one after the other. In the long term you would need several threads with thousands of electrodes connected to each one, and the results of this study are a key step towards such an implant. The future of vision implants An electrical implant to improve vision in people with blindness is not a new concept. However, the implant technology currently being explored in human patients is from the 1990s and there are several factors that need to be improved, for example the bulky size, scarring in the brain due to their large size, materials corroding over time and materials being too rigid. By creating a really small electrode the size of a single neuron, researchers have the potential to fit lots of electrodes onto a single implant and build up a more detailed image for the user. The unique mix of flexible, non-corrosive materials make this a long-term solution for vision implants. "Miniaturisation of vision implant components is essential. Especially the electrodes, as they need to be small enough to be able to resolve stimulation to large numbers of spots in the 'brain visual areas'. The main research question for the team was, 'can we fit that many electrodes on an implant with the materials we have and make it small enough and also effective?' and the answer from this study was - yes," says Professor Asplund. The smaller the size, the worse the corrosion To create an electrical implant on such a small scale comes with its challenges, especially in a tough environment, such as the human body. The major obstacle is not to make the electrodes small, but to make such small electrodes last a long time in a moist, humid environment. Corrosion of metals in surgical implants is a huge problem, and because the metal is the functional part, as well as the corroding part, the amount of metal is key. The electrical implant that Asplund and her team have created measures in at a miniscule 40 micrometers wide and 10 micrometers thick, like a split hair, with the metal parts being only a few hundred nanometers in thickness. And since there is so little metal in the super tiny vision electrode, it cannot 'afford' to corrode at all, otherwise it would stop working. In the past, this problem has not been possible to solve. But now, the research team have created a unique mix of materials layered up together that do not corrode. This includes a conducting polymer to transduce the electrical stimulation required for the implant to work, to electrical responses in the neurons. The polymer forms a prote...

In this podcast episode, MRS Bulletin's Laura Leay interviews Antonio Dominguez-Alfaro from the University of Cambridge, UK about the development of a single-step manufacturing approach for a multimaterial 3D-printing method. The research team created two inks. One ink is a polymeric deep eutectic solvent – polyDES – made by combining and heating two salts to form a deep eutectic monomer and adding a photo-initiator to allow the ink to be cured. This ink is an ionic conductor so can capture signals from neurons inside a biological system. The other ink was based on the polymer Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS), which is commonly used in bioelectronics as a mixed electronic and ionic conductor. The work resolves many challenges of applying additive manufacturing in the field of bioelectronics. This work was published in a recent issue of Advanced Science. 

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Welcome to the Neural Implant Podcast! In this episode, the podcast team presents a live panel recording from the Bio L Conference at the International Winter School on Bioelectronics in Austria in March 2024. Hosted by Ladan, the panel discusses various types of neural implants with esteemed guests: Drs . Jonathan Viventi (LCP neural implants), Tracy Cui (PEDOT electrode coatings), Ellis Meng (parylene neural implants), and Ivan Minev (PDMS neural implants). Tune in as they explore the fascinating world of soft implantable electrodes and brain-nervous system interfaces.   Top 3 Takeaways: “In the next five or 10 years, I anticipate that advancements in human neural implants will resemble those we've observed previously. I don't foresee any radical changes in materials or physical attributes. The neurosurgeons I collaborate with prefer implants that aren't excessively flexible or thin to avoid tearing during surgery.” “The first time we delivered an implant to a clinician, these devices were carefully handled by my students. No one dared touch them; they were like sacred objects entrusted to the grad students. When the surgeons got hold of them, they were shocked – bending them in ways we never imagined. Handling these inconsistencies is a crucial aspect to consider, bridging the gap between expectation and reality.” "Everything new is something old that is well forgotten" 3:15 Do all of you want to introduce yourselves? 10:30 What's a good way for trainees to stay on top of everything there is to learn? 13:45 What is the ideal neural implant and what is the 5-10 year plan for developing these? 20:00 Each of you has a different favorite material for neural implants, do you want to talk about that? 29:45 What motivates you in this field? 35:30 How do you take clinical translation into account in your research? 40:15 What challenges or embarrassing moments have you had in your career? ***Audience Questions*** 43:30 What is your experience and challenges in patenting your electrodes and research? 46:00 What's the point in doing research if other companies are able to raise significantly more money than we can? 49:00 How do you address the scalability of manufacturing electrodes? 51:15 How groundbreaking do your ideas need to be to be successful? 54:30 How do you deal with paper submission processes that have gone badly? 58:00 How do you deal with a  double blind review? 59:00 What's the most difficult aspect of supervising graduate students? 1:02:00 When can we expect neural implants that interface with all of the neurons in our brain? 1:06:15 How do you deal with materials that aren't certified for clinical translation?  1:07:45 If you had a magic wand / unlimited funding, what would you do? 

In this podcast episode, MRS Bulletin's Sophia Chen interviews Surabhi Madhvapathy of Northwestern University about an implantable bioelectronics system that can perform early detection of kidney transplant rejection in rats. Madhvapathy and her colleagues have developed a wireless sensor that attaches to the kidney itself. The biosensor measures the organ's temperature and its thermal conductivity. These can point toward inflammation in the kidney, which can be a sign of organ rejection. This work was published in a recent issue of Science.

First up on this week's show: the future of science in Russia. We hear about how the country's scientists are split into two big groups: those that left Russia after the invasion of Ukraine and those that stayed behind. Freelance journalist Olga Dobrovidova talks with host Sarah Crespi about why so many have left, and the situation for those who remain.   Next on the show: miniature, battery-free bioelectronics. Jacob Robinson, a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at Rice University, discusses how medical implants could go battery-free by harvesting energy from the human body and many other potential innovations in store for these internal medical devices.   This week's episode was produced with help from Podigy.   About the Science Podcast   Authors: Sarah Crespi; Olga Dobrovidova   LINKS FOR MP3 META   Episode page: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adm8195   About the Science Podcast: https://www.science.org/content/page/about-science-podcast

First up on this week's show: the future of science in Russia. We hear about how the country's scientists are split into two big groups: those that left Russia after the invasion of Ukraine and those that stayed behind. Freelance journalist Olga Dobrovidova talks with host Sarah Crespi about why so many have left, and the situation for those who remain.   Next on the show: miniature, battery-free bioelectronics. Jacob Robinson, a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at Rice University, discusses how medical implants could go battery-free by harvesting energy from the human body and many other potential innovations in store for these internal medical devices.   This week's episode was produced with help from Podigy.   About the Science Podcast   Authors: Sarah Crespi; Olga Dobrovidova   LINKS FOR MP3 META   Episode page: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adm8195   About the Science Podcast: https://www.science.org/content/page/about-science-podcast

#bioelectronics #neuroscience #artificialintelligence Dr. Theo Zanos is the head of the Neural and Data Science Lab and an associate professor at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell His thesis, supervised by Dr. Vasilis Marmarelis, focused on developing machine learning and system identification approaches for multi-input, multi-output hippocampal neural circuits to be used for a cognitive neuroprosthesis platform. https://www.linkedin.com/in/theozanoshttps://twitter.com/theozanoshttps://t.co/a1wnmKwdIQhttps://feinstein.northwell.edu/institutes-researchers/our-researchers/theodoros-zanos-phd Time Stamp 0:00 to 03:50-Intro, Bioelectronic medicine a breakthrough innovation 03:50 to 06:08- Bioelectronics vs Bioelectricity for regenerative medicine 06:08 to 10:04- Applications of bioelectronic medicine 10:04 to 15:50 - Vagus Nerve & what do we know about it 15:50 to 19:56- Tivic's Non-Invasive Vagus nerve stimulation device 19:56 to 23:49- AI/ML in Healthcare 23:49 to 30:39- Applications of AI in healthcare 30:39 to 35:50 - Brain-Computer Interface 35:50 to 40:35- BCI Healthcare applications 40:35 to 43:05- Are we living in a simulated universe 43:05 to 44:45- Noninvasive device for PTSD World trade center first responders 44:45 to 50:04- Future of Healthcare Watch our highest-viewed videos: 1-DR R VIJAYARAGHAVAN - PROF & PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR AT TIFR India's 1st Quantum Computer- https://youtu.be/ldKFbHb8nvQ 2-TATA MOTORS- DRIVING THE FUTURE OF MOBILITY IN INDIA- SHAILESH CHANDRA- MD: TATA MOTORS-https://youtu.be/M2Ey0fHmZJ0 3-MIT REPORT PREDICTS SOCIETAL COLLAPSE BY 2040 - GAYA HERRINGTON -DIR SUSTAINABILITY: KPMG- https://youtu.be/Jz29GOyVt04 4-WORLDS 1ST HUMAN HEAD TRANSPLANTATION- DR SERGIO CANAVERO - https://youtu.be/KY_rtubs6Lc 5-DR HAROLD KATCHER - CTO NUGENICS RESEARCH Breakthrough in Age Reversal- https://youtu.be/214jry8z3d4 6-Head of Artificial Intelligence-JIO - Shailesh Kumar https://youtu.be/q2yR14rkmZQ 7-STARTUP FROM INDIA AIMING FOR LEVEL 5 AUTONOMY - SANJEEV SHARMA CEO SWAAYATT ROBOTS - https://youtu.be/Wg7SqmIsSew 8-MAN BEHIND GOOGLE QUANTUM SUPREMACY - JOHN MARTINIS  - https://youtu.be/Y6ZaeNlVRsE 9-BANKING 4.0 - BRETT KING FUTURIST, BESTSELLING AUTHOR & FOUNDER MOVEN - https://youtu.be/2bxHAai0UG0 10-E-VTOL & HYPERLOOP- FUTURE OF INDIA" S MOBILITY- SATYANARAYANA CHAKRAVARTHY https://youtu.be/ZiK0EAelFYY 11-HOW NEUROMORPHIC COMPUTING WILL ACCELERATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - PROF SHUBHAM SAHAY- IIT KANPUR- https://youtu.be/sMjkG0jGCBs 12-INDIA'S QUANTUM COMPUTING INDUSTRY- PROF ARUN K PATI -DIRECTOR QETCI- https://youtu.be/Et98nkwiA8w Connect & Follow us at: https://in.linkedin.com/in/eddieavil https://in.linkedin.com/company/change-transform-india https://www.facebook.com/changetransformindia/ https://twitter.com/intothechange https://www.instagram.com/changetransformindia/ Listen to the Audio Podcast at: https://anchor.fm/transform-impossible https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/change-i-m-possibleid1497201007?uo=4 https://open.spotify.com/show/56IZXdzH7M0OZUIZDb5mUZ https://www.breaker.audio/change-i-m-possible https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMjg4YzRmMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw Don't Forget to Subscribe www.youtube.com/@toctwpodcast

This week's guest is Ben Woodington, with fellow co-founder (AKA powerhouse) Elise Jenkins there in spirit!Find out more about how Opto is developing a new generation of neurological interfaces that can read electrical information from inside your body. Ben tells us about making very small interfaces, well-tolerated in the body, and applying it to one of humankind's most significant health issues - cancer.It is always so exciting to talk to very early-stage innovators – their passion is so evident and Opto has the makings of being a very important company in the #bioelectronics space. And how leveraging the Cambridge ecosystem works, but as important is thinking scale and globally from the outset.Produced by Carl Homer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bioelectronics is a new area of study and industry that combines biology and electronics to develop devices and systems capable of interfacing with living organisms. It focuses on creating biocompatible […] The post Bioelectronics with Dr. Ying Li from UW-Madison appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

Voor mensen met chronische migraine gloort hoop aan de horizon. Salvia BioElectronics werkt vanuit de High Tech Campus in Eindhoven aan een implantaat dat chronische migraine klachten met vijftig- tot zeventig procent kan verminderen. ‘Voor patiënten bepaalt dit het verschil tussen gewoon kunnen leven en de wereld moeten buitensluiten.' Productontwikkeling voor medische implantaten is zeer tijdrovend door de uitzonderlijk strenge eisen die hier wereldwijd voor gelden. Het Eindhovens bedrijf haalde na veelbelovende laboratoriumtests 26 miljoen euro op via een investeringsronde, waarmee de volgende fase van de productontwikkeling is veiliggesteld. Voor de marktintroductie en commercialisatie zal nog eens een veelvoud aan investeringskapitaal nodig zijn. Roelof Hemmen sprak met oprichter en CEO Hubert Martens, zoon van een psychiater die een carrière als fysicus verkoos boven een medische loopbaan, maar nu toch concludeert dat beide paden bij elkaar zijn gekomen. “Veel mensen onderschatten de impact van chronische migraine op iemands leven. Het bepaalt alles: van je carrière tot en met de vraag of je aan kinderen wil beginnen.” Deze podcastserie is tot stand gekomen ter ere van het 40-jarig bestaan van de Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij en is een vierluik van interviews met de CEO's van Brabantse bedrijven die zich onderscheiden door zowel hun buitengewone maatschappelijke impact als hun uitzonderlijke groeipotentieel.

In this episode of The EP Edit podcast, we are highlighting a discussion with researchers from Northwestern University about the concept of a bioresorbable pacemaker. Igor Efimov, PhD, is a professor of biomedical engineering and professor of medicine at Northwestern University. Anna Pfenniger, MD, PhD, is physician scientist in cardiac electrophysiology at Northwestern Medicine. John Rogers is a physical chemist and materials scientist, the Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey professor of materials science and engineering, biomedical engineering, and neurological surgery at Northwestern University, and director of the Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics. The transcript of this episode is available here.

At SKRAPS, we are always looking to get behind the veil of the happenings in the field. We want to go beyond the facade of the news headlines. In recognition of this, we are now reading the slug for part 1 of candid conversations or plainly put - “Cutting through the crap in Bioelectronics”. So, we are joining Dr. Robert Spoelgen, Head of Bioelectronics at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt,

*This information in this podcast is intended for Healthcare Practitioners. Professor Paul Peter Tak, a pioneering researcher and transformational innovator, joins the podcast to describe the power and potential of a little-known homeostatic pathway, known as the cholinergeric anti-inflammatory pathway (CAP). Prof Tak was a key researcher in the identification of the CAP, which is an innate and reflexive anti-inflammatory response mediated by the vagus nerve. Learn the origins of the discovery of the CAP and Tak's groundbreaking work that showed a loss of vagal tone precedes the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Moreover, Prof Tak's team went on to show that electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve had a profound effect on disease activity in RA. The conversation moves to exploring how the gut, nutrition and lifestyle factors can potentially activate the CAP and help prevent or manage autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. Learn how the CAP can be an important target for combating chronic disease. Paul Peter Tak is a business leader, academic, entrepreneur and clinician who has over 30 years' experience in medicine as a prominent expert in Immunology, Internal Medicine, and Rheumatology. Alongside his industry career, Prof Tak has dedicated much of his life to academia and advancing our understanding in medicine. He has served as Professor of Medicine at the University of Amsterdam and holds numerous honours for his service to medicine, with a special focus on Immunology and Rheumatology. Useful Links Prof Paul Peter Tak's website: https://paulpetertak.com/ First description of the hypothesis that stimulation of the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway may be used to reduce chronic inflammation: van Maanen MA, Vervoordeldonk MJ, Tak PP. The cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway: towards innovative treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2009 Apr;5(4):229-32. doi: 10.1038/nrrheum.2009.31. PMID: 19337288. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19337288/ Pioneering study that found low vagal tone precedes rheumatoid arthritis. Koopman FA, Tang MW, Vermeij J, de Hair MJ, Choi IY, Vervoordeldonk MJ, Gerlag DM, Karemaker JM, Tak PP. Autonomic Dysfunction Precedes Development of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Prospective Cohort Study. EBioMedicine. 2016 Apr;6:231-237. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.02.029. Epub 2016 Feb 19. PMID: 27211565; PMCID: PMC4856742. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27211565/ First clinical trial in patients showing the effects of stimulation of the chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disease: Koopman FA, Chavan SS, Miljko S, Grazio S, Sokolovic S, Schuurman PR, Mehta AD, Levine YA, Faltys M, Zitnik R, Tracey KJ, Tak PP. Vagus nerve stimulation inhibits cytokine production and attenuates disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Jul 19;113(29):8284-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1605635113. Epub 2016 Jul 5. PMID: 27382171; PMCID: PMC4961187. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27382171/ Interview summarising the discovery of vagal involvement in chronic inflammation Tak PP. Interview with Paul-Peter Tak: stimulating the vagus nerve to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Bioelectronics in Medicine. 2018 Jan;1(1):17-20. https://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/10.2217/bem-2017-0012

In this podcast episode, MRS Bulletin's Stephen Riffle interviews Jennifer Gelinas, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology and Institute for Genomic Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and Dion Khodagoli, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University, about their ionic communication system for implantable devices. The system involves building a capacitor using water ions and biomolecules. With the placement of two conducting electrodes in the body and introduction of an alternating current, the tissue between the electrode will act as an electrolyte medium. Together, these two electrodes and their electrolyte medium form a capacitor that is capable of generating a detectable electrical field. The ionic communication device is fabricated with materials that have already been shown to be safe in the body, such as gold and a semiconducting plastic—poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)–polystyrenesulfonate or PEDOT:PSS. This work was published in a recent issue of Science Advances (doi:10.1126/sciadv.abm7851).    

Future Talk Podcast: Bioelectronics and our central nervous system speak the same language

Future Talk Podcast: Bioelectronics and our central nervous system speak the same language

JoJo started her career within accounting and communications before going on to find her current niche of Neurotechnology and Bioelectronic Medicine, where she has helped establish strategic partnerships and build teams in this emerging field through her own company Platt & Associates and The Feinstein Institute. Over the years she has built a strong network of people in neuroscience, biology, engineering, data science, imaging and many more allowing her to become a thought leader within this space and recently go on to co-create a podcast, Skrapz, where she explores the stories of science and innovation of other leaders in the field. On this episode she discusses the use of psychedelics for therapy and neural research, how she went from a career in accounting, communications, real estate and now in the Neurotech and Bioelectronics space, why she continues to be active on social media and the opportunities this has brought her way, what she has learn from interviewing thought leaders on her podcast, areas in the industry considered to be contentious, how pharmaceutical companies are responding to bioelectronic medicine and her joy for exploring new subjects and travel. Get in touch with JoJo Platt - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jojoplatt/ or visit her company website http://theplattassociates.com/ and her podcast page https://skrapspodcast.com/ Get in touch with Karandeep Badwal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karandeepbadwal/ Follow Karandeep on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/QRAMedical Subscribe to the Podcast

 Prof. Roisin Owens tells us about her research into creating 3D biomimetic materials which can be used to model human systems such as the intestinal tract and the lungs. With these model systems we can learn many things about disease and treatments for those diseases. 

Tim Jorgensen is the author of Spark: The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life which looks at the history of bioelectrics all the way from prehistory to the modern era. The book is very informative and shows that current neurotechnology has very deep roots. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691197838/spark https://www.amazon.com/Spark-Life-Electricity/dp/0691197830 Top 3 Takeaways:  "The word electricity comes from the Greek Latin word for Amber. That's where it originally comes from because that was the only way to create it. They would rub Amber with wool and you would get static electricity" "One of these tricks actually was called the flying boy. They would suspend a child from silk ribbons and would take a glass rod and rub it in order to make static electricity. And then they would touch the boys with the rod and his body would be that the electricity would go into his body. And then he would able be able to do things with his hands, pass his hand over an open book and the page would move or he could attract feathers to his fingers and things like that." "It was the doctor's demand for better and better electrical generators for treating patients that funded the development of electrical generator industry." 0:45 "Do you want to describe yourself and your background a little?" 7:45 "Maybe we can take, maybe we can go through a quick history starting with prehistory?" 9:00 "Afterwards it really doesn't start until, like the enlightenment, right?" 17:15 "Then I guess in my mind, the next thing is the industrial era, like you were saying that the Edison, or is there something in between?" 23:15 "How far back does neurostimulation go?" 42:00 "Overall what has been your impression of writing the book and what do you think about the future of neurotech?" 47:00 "You were talking about some of the difficulties of publishing now during COVID, how so?" 49:00 "I'm very glad that you wrote it"

Rick Rowan started his career as a real estate entrepreneur in Syndey, Australia. Since then he went on to form his own company NuroKor Bioelectronics in London, UK which focuses on wearable personal medical devices with further applications for Animal Health and Femtech. In this episode he discusses the development of Artificial Intelligence, the common misconceptions in bioelectronics, current opportunities in the market, advice for new businesses and his ambitions for the companies future. Get in touch with Rick Rowan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-rowan/ or https://nurokor.co.uk/ or https://www.nurokor.com/ Get in touch with Karandeep Badwal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karandeepbadwal/ Follow Karandeep on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/QRAMedical Subscribe to the Podcast

In this episode, Giovanni and Juan discuss how the name of Action Potential Venture Capital came about, what kind of technology they focus in and how they choose their investments, what round they prefer to invest, how does being a corporate venture capital firm acting as traditional venture capital group affect their investment, and more. Juan Cueva LinkedIn Action Potential Venture Capital Website Giovanni Lauricella LinkedIn Project Medtech LinkedIn Project Medtech Website

In this episode, Giovanni and Juan discuss how the name of Action Potential Venture Capital came about, what kind of technology they focus in and how they choose their investments, what round they prefer to invest, how does being a corporate venture capital firm acting as traditional venture capital group affect their investment, and more. Juan Cueva LinkedIn Action Potential Venture Capital Website Giovanni Lauricella LinkedIn Project Medtech LinkedIn Project Medtech Website

Neurotech: what is it? Elon Musk's brain implants that herald a dystopian sci fi future? Or life saving technology which will be able to cure a multitude of injuries: back pain, epilepsy, even paralysis. In this episode of Invent: Health, we take a look at the hype vs the reality in the thrilling field of neurotech, speaking to experts from TTP and beyond to break it down and find out about its history, its current applications and the incredible places it's going in the future.Find out more on this week's episode of Invent: Health from TTP.This Week's GuestsDr. Hannah Claridge is a Neural Interfaces specialist who co leads the neurotechnology team here at TTP. After a Master's degree in Physics and a Ph.D. in Clinical Neurosciences from the University of Oxford, Hannah now specialises in neurotechnology and biosensing, developing clinical technologies for some of the world's largest Med Tech companies and ambitious startups.https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-claridgeDr Benjamin Metcalfe is an Assistant Professor at the University of Bath and a co-founder of the Centre for Biosensors, Bioelectronics, and Biodevices – the largest research centre of its type in England. Since starting in this role in 2016 he has published over 40 peer reviewed research papers and co-authored two books on neural interfaces. He holds a number of internal and external posts including as a trustee and non-executive director of both the Institute for Physics and Engineering in Medicine and the charity Designability. His research interests are in the areas of neural interfaces, neural computing, and signal processing.https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/benjamin-metcalfeDr. Chris Dawson co leads the neurotechnology team at TTP with Hannah, working with ambitious clients across this field to develop novel enabling technologies and applying these to medical device development to help bring innovative new products to market. His degree and PhD are in mechanical engineering, and started his career working to develop automation systems to improve development and productivity in life science research, before moving into motorsport and working in the aero department at McLaren to design, develop, and test the aerodynamic elements of their formula one race car. This fast-paced design-develop-deploy environment was great preparation for moving into technology development at TTP, using deep science and engineering expertise to support clients in commercialising their ideas.https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-dawson-96908268/The Technology Partnership is where scientists & engineers develop new products & technologies that bring innovation & value to clients.Find out more about our work here: https://ttp.com/invent

Olomoučtí vědci spolu s kolegy ze Španělska a Brazílie vymysleli, jak jednoduše a levně pohlídat kvalitu hovězího masa. Využili elektrochemickou detekci a vlastní grafenovou kyselinu. Proti současným metodám je novinka podstatně rychlejší i levnější. První praktické nasazení předpokládají vědci v Brazílii, tamní trh s masnými výrobky bojuje s pančovaným hovězím. Pak by se zařízení mohlo začít používat i v Evropě. Studie o tom vyšla v časopise Biosensors and Bioelectronics.

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Quick Announcement for EHR listeners! For a limited time Matt Blackburn is giving Extreme Health Radio show listeners 25% off his line of products. Just enter code EHR25 at checkout while it lasts! Dr. Glen Swartwout joined us to talk about natural healing and how the body is always working to regain its level of homeostasis. He's the man behind https://www.tryunity.net. During this show we talked about the 5 stages of healing and a lot about light and mitochondrial health. I hope you enjoyed this show with Dr. Glen Swartwout If you did, please share this podcast with your friends! :) One Last Thing! As always your support via your donations and bookmarking our Amazon link to use each time you purchase is how we keep our show going. Thank you for bookmarking our Amazon link even if you're not buying anything right now! :) Sponsors For This Episode: Extreme Health Academy (Use Code: EHR14 for a free 14 day trial!) Mitolife Enzymes & Shilijit (Use Code: EHR25 for 25% off!) Blue Blockers Bellicon Rebounder Aloe Vera Colostrum Related Products To This Episode Relax FAR Infrared Sauna BARF World Raw Dog Food Qigong Course Magnetico Sleep Pad Omica Organics 12 Stage RO Water System Greenwave Dirty Electricity Filters Show Links For This Episode: N/A Guest Bio Rev. Dr. Glen discovered in the mid 1980's that he was at over 99% risk of dying before 1996, based on Bioelectronics of Vincent (BEV) known in European Biological Medicine as the Medicine of the Future because of its predictive power. BEV assesses biological age via blood, urine and saliva parameters of pH (protons), rH2 (electrons) and resistivity (ionization via photons), the three factors of biophysics which determine energy content of a biological fluid medium according to the Nernst Equation. Observations of the transformations between health, disease and back to health over more than half a century in this science of biophysics are the foundation of Dr. Glen's 5 Phases of Health model as a road map for accelerated self-healing and restoration of radiant health, function and longevity. Please Support Us If You Are Able: (Opens in a new window - Every bit helps us to keep delivering even better shows that help you heal & thrive!)

This week we took a slight detour away from our normal topic of conversation (Genomics) and immersed ourselves into the world of DNA nanotechnology with Dr Andrew J Lee, the centre manager of the Bragg Centre for materials research. Andy is a weaver of DNA and nanoscale filmaker in the Bioelectronics group. He develops nanostructures that are self assembled from DNA molecules to template, control and study a variety of single biological entities and inorganic processes. We spoke about Andrews academic background, what DNA nanotechnology is, its methods AND its applications. This episode was so fascinating and Andy explains a very complex topic in a very simple and accessible way! If you're keen to hear more about DNA origami and smiley face emojis made out of DNA, then stay tuned! You can contact Andy via twitter here : https://twitter.com/AndrewJLee90

Well Said has invited Dr. Kevin Tracey, President and CEO of the Feinstein Institutes of Medical Research and Professor of Molecular Medicine and Neurosurgery at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell to discuss the growing field of bioelectronics, a fascinating new field that brings together a wide variety of disciplines, including human biology, electrical engineering, and clinical medicine. Receive Well Said Radio Show UpdatesGet notifications about upcoming shows, topics and guests directly to your inbox. Never miss an episode! Send us feedback and much more. Email (required) *First Name Last Name Select list(s) to subscribe toWellSaid-2020 Yes, I would like to receive emails from Well Said. (You can unsubscribe anytime)Constant Contact Use. Please leave this field blank.By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from: Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, 500 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, 11549, http://medicine.hofstra.edu/. You can revoke your consent to receive emails at any time by using the SafeUnsubscribe® link, found at the bottom of every email. Emails are serviced by Constant Contactvar ajaxurl = "https://sites.hofstra.edu/wellsaid/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php";

Rick Rowan is the CEO and Founder of NuroKor Bioelectronics, a medical company that specializes in non-implantable electroceuticals, and bioelectrical medicine. Following his appearance at the December Conference for Women in Business & Technology by FemPeak, Somi sits down with Rick, who explains the power of bioelectronic technology on a deeper level, addressing the ways how wearable technology can make a revolutionary impact on female- specific health issues.

In part 2 of the interview, Warren eloquently describes a neuromodulation theory in layman terms. Plus, we also ask him about his work on peripheral nerve stimulation efforts and more recent modelling efforts. Most notable is how he empowers his trainees to find their path through their graduate school. Finally, we end with the answer to the question - "What happened to the BMW?" Warren Grill's biography: https://bme.duke.edu/faculty/warren-grillGrill Lab: http://grill-lab.pratt.duke.edu/

In the first of our two-part episode with Professor Warren Grill,  we learn how cars, a failed letter of recommendation, and sailing led him to where he is today. We discover P. Hunter Peckham's advice for networking, and more. Stay tuned for Part 2, coming soon.Warren Grill's biography: https://bme.duke.edu/faculty/warren-grillGrill Lab: http://grill-lab.pratt.duke.edu/

This week we're learning about additive manufacturing and bioelectronics! Our guest is Tanyaradzwa Mangoma, a PhD candidate based at the Fluids in Advanced Manufacturing group in the Institute of Manufacturing and the Bioelectronics group in the Department of Engineering. Her research focuses on fabricating additively manufactured neuromorphic and neural network devices based on organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs). She chats to us about her work, what it's like working in such a fast-paced interdisciplinary field, and what the future could hold for personalised bioelectronic medicine. A transcript of this episode will be up on our website shortly. You can follow Tanyaradzwa's on Twitter @TanyaradzwaMa19 and find out more about her work here. The BlueSci Podcast is run by the Cambridge University Science Magazine, currently hosted by Ruby Coates and Simone Eizagirre and sponsored by Greiner Bio-One. Visit www.bluesci.co.uk to access our free magazine, and find out how to get involved. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe! We welcome your feedback and suggestions via email: podcast(at)bluesci.co.uk. You can also follow us on Twitter on @bluescipod.

Rick Rowan is a healthcare entrepreneur, innovator & facilitator.  He is the CEO and Founder of NuroKor Bioelectronics, a UK based medical technology company specialising in non implantable electroceuticals and bioelectrical medicine.It's basically like a tech version of a pain killer and an anti-inflammatory combined. Rick is internationally recognised thought leader and expert commentator in the health tech space, and his consumer lifestyle medical devices have been featured in Forbes list “The best healthcare gadgets and gizmos of 2018” Rick's overarching goal is to use NuroKor's innovative, evidence led, bioelectronic technology to create a positive impact on people's quality of life on a global scale. In this interview you will learn who is Nurokor, as well as the science of bioelectronics and how it is helping chronic and acute patients without the need for medication.

Tell us what you like or dislike about this episode!! Be honest, we don't bite!Entrepreneur, Innovator, Facilitator and Founder of Nurokor Biomedical. - Rick Rowan is a healthcare disruptor, entrepreneur, innovator & facilitator.He was the brains and developer behind the world's first ultrawearable dual treatment device – the tech version of a painkiller and anti-inflammatory combinedAfter overcoming long-term back pain through the use of bioelectrical medical treatment technology, Rick believed in it's potential to transform how people manage their health. This began a 5 year journey developing groundbreaking applications of centuries old medicine, using the latest technology and best available medical evidence.He is sort after and has appeared innumerable times as a thought leader and expert commentator in the media internationally including TV, Radio & print.In his former position as co-founder and CEO in the healthtech space, his consumer lifestyle medical devices were featured in Forbes list “The best healthcare gadgets and gizmos of 2018”Rick is the Founder of NuroKor BioMedical. A UK based medical technology company specialising in non implantable electroceuticals and bioelectrical medicine. Passionate, advocates and a proudly collaborative approach to patient and consumer quality of life outcome and improvement. Design, development, formulation manufacture, medical expertise, science, education & stakeholders working together to a healthcare vision of positive change.—Thanks for watching!SUBSCRIBE NOW FOR MORE TIPS—WebsiteInstagramTik TokFacebookTwitterLinkedIn—LISTEN TO THE PODCAST!SpotifyApple—Who Is Matt Haycox? - Click for BADASS TrailerAs an entrepreneur, investor, funding expert and mentor who has been building and growing businesses for both myself and my clients for more than 20 years, my fundamental principles are suitable for all industries and businesses of all stages and size.I'm constantly involved in funding and advising multiple business ventures and successful entrepreneurs.My goal is to help YOU achieve YOUR financial success! I know how to spot and nurture great business opportunities and as someone who has ‘been there and got the t-shirt' many times, overall strategies and advice are honest, tangible and grounded in reality.

In this interview, Murthy Simhambhatla, president and CEO of SetPoint Medical, explains why he moved into the Medtech industry and how that path has positioned him to lead SetPoint Medical, one of the industry’s most promising start-ups.

Sophia Chen of MRS Bulletin interviews Frankie Rawson of the University of Nottingham, UK, about wirelessly manipulating the electrical behavior of living cells. His research group does so by applying an external voltage to Au nanoparticles inserted into the cell. The voltage causes a molecule attached to each Au nanoparticle to undergo a redox reaction, in which atoms give up or accept electrons from each other. Read the abstract in Applied Nano Materials.TranscriptSOPHIA CHEN: Tiny electrical currents flow in many parts of the human body. For example, ions moving inside cells or crossing cell membranes. Many instances of these electrical currents occur because of a type of chemical reaction in the cell known as a redox reaction, in which atoms give up or accept electrons from each other. FRANKIE RAWSON: Ultimately, redox reactions underpin how cells make energy. SC: Frankie Rawson is a bioengineer at the University of Nottingham in the UK. He’s designing materials that can be placed into a live cell—and modify its electrical behavior.FR: Biology is largely underpinned by electrical behavior, and we’re starting to realize that if we can merge and develop materials that seamlessly integrate with that biology we can control the electrical input and output on a really targeted scale. SC: In the past, to manipulate a cell’s electrical behavior, researchers would have to place nanowires inside the cell. Rawson and his team have recently demonstrated that they can do this wirelessly. Essentially, they drove a redox reaction in the cell, and they did it like this. They inserted modified gold nanoparticles into the cell. Then, they applied an external voltage. They applied a relatively low 150 volts compared to the kilovolts used in prior experiments. This basically causes a molecule attached to each gold nanoparticle to undergo a redox reaction. The nanoparticle helps direct the external electric field. FR: The gold nanoparticle acts as an electrical antennae, effectively. SC: The researchers confirmed that the redox reaction occurred using two different methods. First, they illuminated the molecule attached to the gold nanoparticle, a type of molecule known as zinc porphyrin, with yellow light and monitored its fluorescence. Zinc porphyrin’s fluorescence changes depending on its number of electrons. When the molecule gains an electron, its fluorescence dims, signifying that the redox reaction has occurred. At the same time, the researchers also performed a measurement known as cyclic voltammetry, in which they measure electrical behavior of the nanoparticle while changing an applied voltage. These two methods collectively indicated that they had triggered a redox reaction at the surface of the gold nanoparticle inside the cell wirelessly. FR: What that means is, that’s moving toward that step where you don’t need a physical wire connection inside the cell to actuate electrochemical behavior inside the cell. SC: Ultimately, the bigger goal is to use the zinc porphyrin redox reaction to drive other reactions inside the cell. Rawson wants to trigger redox reactions in a cell that would kill it. FR: If everything goes to plan, the research hypothesis is that you can use this as a bioelectronic drug. You put this in an organism; you can target the electric field in a location in that organism, and switch on cell death. Our hypothesis is to use this to kill cancer cells. SC: For more news, log onto MRS Bulletin and follow us on twitter.

In partnership with IEEE EMBS. Bioelectronics medicine is a growing field underpinned by bioelectrical engineering, neuroscience and molecular biology technologies. In this podcast, JoJo Platt, president of Platt and Associates, points to a collaborative and unifying approach for achieving new discoveries and applications in bioelectronics medicine, touching upon key issues such as ethics, security, and the advantages of a tangential education for young engineers.

Sophia Chen of MRS Bulletin interviews Renkun Chen of the University of California, San Diego about his flexible thermoelectric devices that can provide personalized cooling and heating effects in clothing. Read the article in Science Advances.TranscriptTranscriptSOPHIA CHEN: If you’ve ever had to pay an air conditioning bill during the summer, you know how expensive it gets. Renkun Chen is a mechanical engineer at UCSD with an energy-saving idea: clothes with adjustable temperature. He and his team have designed and fabricated a material you can wear that directly cools the skin. RENKUN CHEN: Instead of having a centralized air conditioning system in a building, where you need to cool down a large volume of space for building occupants, we use our system to cool down a much smaller volume at a personal level. By doing so, we can save energy by at least an order of magnitude. SC: The power consumption per person of a conventional AC system is a few kilowatts, he says. Whereas personalized cooling, like a temperature-regulating outfit, uses tens of watts. Chen isn’t the first to invent clothes that directly cool your skin. For example, you can buy shirts right now that circulate icy water to cool you off. But his team’s design uses a thermoelectric material, which cools via a distinctive mechanism known as the Peltier effect, which creates cooling by passing an electric current between the junction of a semiconductor and metal. When you reverse the current, you create a heating effect. This can achieve much subtler temperature control than the wearables that are commercially available. Chen’s device can cool and heat. RC: It’s really like the thermostat in the air conditioning system. You can really set the skin temperature. SC: The highest performing thermoelectric materials are rigid, so Chen’s team needed to configure these materials to make a flexible, wearable device. They used two different commercially available thermoelectric materials. These materials consist of two bismuth telluride alloys: a p-type semiconductor alloyed with antimony, and an n-type semiconductor alloyed with selenium. Both alloys are connected to metal electrodes, and they create a cooling effect by making an electric current flow from the metal to the p-type material, or from the n-type material to the metal. Reversing the direction of the current causes heating. To make their system flexible, Chen and his team made these alloys into pillars and sandwiched them between two sheets of Ecoflex, a flexible silicone rubber. RC: Even though the pillars by themselves are rigid, the entire device is flexible because of the overall architecture. SC: They wanted the entire layer of each sheet of Ecoflex to keep at a uniform temperature. So to achieve this, they embedded aluminum nitride particles to increase its thermal conductivity. They also kept a 4 mm air gap between the two sheets for insulation. When the ambient temperature was between 22°C and 36°C, they could maintain the wearer’s skin temperature at 32°C, which they defined as a condition of thermal comfort. Chen wants to develop this into a therapeutic device for people who have medical conditions that make it difficult for them to regulate their skin temperature. RC: There are patients who are very sensitive or prone to overheating with certain health conditions like multiple sclerosis, or people who are genetically not able to sweat, they are prone to overheating. There are certain occupations, outdoor construction workers or fire fighters, and people who are doing outdoor activities, like athletes for example. For this kind of application, I think our device will also provide good thermal comfort solution.

Prachi Patel of MRS Bulletin interviews Benjamin C.-K. Tee of the National University of Singapore about an interfacial design for stretchable electronics that uses three-dimensional helical copper micro-interconnects embedded in an elastic rubber substrate. Read the article in APL Materials.TranscriptPRACHI PATEL: Metals are excellent at conducting electricity but not the best at being stretched or bent. For electronics that can be worn or wrapped around curved surfaces, stretchable conductors are key. BENJAMIN TEE: One good example is a smart patch that you can wear to record your heartbeat, or your ECG and so on. PATEL: That’s Benjamin Tee at the National University of Singapore. He and his colleagues have come up with a new way to make stretchable conductors that stay strong and remain highly conductive when stretched to almost twice their length. Their strategy overcomes two main challenges of previous stretchable conductors. TEE: So one approach to make stretchable conductors is to use nanomaterials like carbon nanotubes, graphene. These are one way where people use these particles and coat it onto a stretchable substrate like silicone rubber or polyurethanes.PATEL: Another approach is to use metal thin films. Basically, researchers create wavy serpentine patterns of these films so they can stretch with the substrate. But in both approaches, stretching the materials tends to reduce their conductivity. Plus, the thin materials have lower electrical conductivities than bulk metal. So Tee and his colleagues took a different approach. TEE: We drew inspiration from actually spring-like structures. Spring-like structures are able to withstand strain. If you either stretch on a spring or compress a spring, they return, right? PATEL: They first made a spring using some off-the-shelf copper wire. Then they embedded it in silicone rubber to make it elastic. But that still wasn’t good enough. The spring started changing shape within the rubber after being stretched a few times. TEE: And we found out that the reason was that the interface between metal and rubber needs to be well-matched. If you’re talking about metals you have modulus is extremely high in the gigapascals range whereas rubbers typically have a modulus of megapascal range. There’s a three orders of magnitude difference. So we need a way to make sure that these two interface do not slip. PATEL: And they did that by adding an epoxy to the rubber, which helps bond the metal to the rubber. This did the trick. TEE: We can stretch it over a 1000 times and these springs stay in the same shape as they were after stretching. What’s interesting is that this electrical conductivity does not change because we’re not changing the crystalline structure of the metal. Our approach basically extends the dimension into 3D as opposed to a planar patterned film. We’re exploiting the bulk property of the metal. The other advantage is it can actually stretch more because we’re going into three dimensions. So I think there is certainly a limit to how much we can scale this down if we want to keep the same good electrical properties that we’re talking about. But that being said when you scale them down to about a micron, they actually become softer and so you can have even greater stretchability. So I think a micron or so is sort of where we want to be if you want to capture bulk properties and still retain the stretchability.PATEL: The team’s findings are published in APL Materials. My name is Prachi Patel from the Materials Research Society.

The Stock Day Podcast welcomed BioElectronics Corporation (BIEL)(“the Company”), a leader in non-invasive electroceuticals and the maker of an industry leading family of disposable, drug-free, pain therapy devices. Vice President of Sales, Keith Nalepka, joined Stock Day host Everett Jolly. 

Omar Fabián of MRS Bulletin interviews Alireza Dolatshahi-Pirouz of the Technical University of Denmark about the use of silk to fabricate eco-friendly electronics. Read the article in Advanced Science.TranscriptFABIÁN: We have an electronic waste problem. While the development of recyclable plastics has helped curb that problem, currently only about 15% of e-waste is actually recycled. So how can we make a bigger dent? Materials researchers from Denmark are looking to the silkworm for answers. ALIREZA DOLATSHAHI-PIROUZ: Who can do it better than Mother Nature, right?FABIÁN: That’s Prof. Alireza Dolatshahi-Pirouz. His research team at the Technical University of Denmark is developing a new class of thin-film electronics they’ve dubbed “fleco-ionics.” That’s short for flexible, eco-friendly electronics. And they’re doing it using cocoons woven by silkworms. DOLATSHAHI-PIROUZ: Silk is one of the strongest materials out there. It has strength that is many times stronger than steel. It’s cheap. It’s readily available in nature. It’s biodegradable. It’s green. It has electronic properties. It is an ionic conductor.FABIÁN: But silk alone isn’t enough. Films cast from silk fibers are unstable in water. Their unwieldy protein structure, a mixture of random coils and sheets, makes for bad, water-permeable electrodes. To remedy that, a second ingredient is needed, namely, laponite. The nanosized disks that make up this natural ceramic iron out the silk fibers—like pouring hockey pucks on a plate of spaghetti. The result is a water-tight film. And because the disks carry charge of their own, they actually improve the fibers’ ionic conductivity.DOLATSHAHI-PIROUZ: So it’s pretty amazing, right? You have something that doesn’t work, and then you add something to it, and then suddenly it works. And you get other properties along the way as well. FABIÁN: Among the most valuable of those properties are low cost and flexibility. Because although electrodes made of gold, copper, or even carbon nanotubes might show higher conductivity, the team’s silk-nanoclay films are much cheaper and able to wrap around almost any curved surface.DOLATSHAHI-PIROUZ: That’s not something you typically relate with ordinary electronics. Ordinary electronics are expensive, they are rigid. They consume a lot of power. This does not do that. So that’s why I would say we have something pretty fantastic in our hands at the moment.FABIÁN: As a proof of concept, the researchers have fashioned the hybrid films into wearable electrodes able to track movement throughout the body, such as the flexing of the elbow or the fiddling of the digits. And that could make for interesting applications down the road.DOLATSHAHI-PIROUZ: We have plans to use this concept inside a glove to develop an electronic glove. An electronic glove, which I think is the exciting thing about the application right now, would entail to have these small thin films inside a glove, and they would then be connected to an amplifier and a wireless unit that can transmit these signals wirelessly to, let’s say, a computer, or a mobile phone, or a portable device. So you have this glove on your hand that is kind of like sending data to the physician so you can, in real time, monitor whether you’re doing these exercises properly or not. FABIÁN: This concept of an e-glove isn’t new. But the approach is. Co-opting natural materials like silk for advanced electronics applications could help cut cost, time, and, perhaps most importantly, the mountains of electronic waste we generate each year. DOLATSHAHI-PIROUZ: We need to think simple. Why do we want to do old, complicated chemical syntheses that takes months and years to optimize when we can be smart and look into nature.

Sophia Chen of MRS Bulletin interviews Zhenan Bao of Stanford University about her research team’s development of a biomimetic soft electronic skin (e-skin) composed of an array of capacitors capable of effectively measuring and discriminating shear force in real time. Read the abstract in Science Robotics. CHEN: Zhenan Bao is a professor at Stanford University whose research team developed this robot. She says the key design of the robot is a network of force sensors on its fingertip that tell the robot when to retract. BAO: Without sensor feedback, the robot would not know how much it can press on an object before it should stop. CHEN: They’ve also shown that the robot can respond to feedback to place a ping-pong ball into an arrangement of different round holes. She says that this type of tactile robot could be useful in all sorts of situations.BAO: Any robot that will need to have the ability to manipulate objects and being in contact with objects will need this type of sensing feedback.CHEN: Basically, it works because they’ve invented a stretchable electronic skin covered in sensors that can sense force from multiple directions. It can sense forces perpendicular to the skin, or normal force, as well as forces parallel to the skin, known as shear force. And both forces are necessary for grabbing, holding, and placing objects. Try it. Grab a coin or something between your fingers—you’ll notice how you need to apply pressure to hold it, but also sense shear force to keep it from sliding. Previously, electronic skins couldn’t sense shear force very effectively. The sensors were fragile and they also could only be placed sparsely on the robot. But Bao has figured out a way for the robot to sense the shear force, and she’s placed those sensors at high density on the skin. The more sensors crammed onto a surface, the better you can control the robot’s sense of touch. Bao says some of the tactile properties of the electronic skin are comparable to the sensitivity of human skin. For example, if the skin experiences a shear pressure increase of 1 pascal, the electronic signal output of the skin will triple in size. 1 Pascal is about the pressure of a dollar bill resting on a table. BAO: We are able to use fingertips to feel the most delicate texture and structures on the surface. CHEN: In fact, to create this electronic skin, she’s borrowed a design element from human skin itself, a structure called the spinosum, which lies between the epidermis and dermis. They’re these little hill-like structures for sensing the direction a force is coming from.BAO: If you add this hill-like structure, then depending on whether the force comes from left side or right side, because this dome or hill will be pressed from an angle, then only mechanoreceptor that’s on the opposite side of the direction of the force will be pressed and activated. This gives us a sense of direction of the shear force. CHEN: The hill structures are pretty small—a fraction of a millimeter in size—and she can pack them densely onto the electronic skin. But if you zoom in even further, you can see the other key structural design on their electronic skin. Bao’s group has fabricated tiny pyramids, tens of microns wide at the base. BAO: After a force is applied, these pyramids allow the elastic material to bounce back to its original shape once the force is removed.CHEN: And in the future, Bao wants to borrow even more design elements from human physiology. She wants the sensors to pre-process some of the signal, like neurons do. BAO: This neural-like signal processing lets humans gather a large amount of information and train our brain to learn the patterns of information with very little consumption of energy.

Rick Rowan is an entrepreneur on a mission - to help more people live a life without pain as he once did. His personal experience with bioelectrical medicine to manage chronic back pain created a curiosity around what could be done to help more people manage pain more effectively and this interview is around his journey to founding tech start-up NuroKor and bringing it to where it is today. Rick shares his advice to anyone wanting to explore opportunities themselves and also a few lessons learned along the way. We talk a lot about misconceptions in the industry and overcoming hurdles to bring a product to market. 

VP of Sales Keith Nalepka of BioElectronics Corp.,(OTCPink: BIEL) returns to Stock Day to talk about international agreements, building long-term relationships, and improving awareness of the ActiPatch brand in the United States. # OTCPink: BIEL # NHS, 7-day trial device # pain management # innovative # miniaturized technology # joint replacement surgery # Actipatch # Allay # Australia # B Braun Medical # Bayer # BIEL # BioElectronics Corp # consumer medical devices # Dr. Scholl’s # HealFast # health international # Medical Stocks # physical therapy # RecoveryRx # Smart Insole # Total Pathways Program # United Kingdom

CEO Andrew Whelan of BioElectronics Corp, returns to Stock Day to discuss details of the FDA Innovation Challenge on opioid use, ActiPatch international sales, and plans for growth. # OTCPink: BIEL # 7-day trial device # Amazon # pain management # innovative # miniaturized technology # ActiPatch # Musculoskeletal Pain Relief # Allay Menstrual Pain Therapy # chronic pain relief # HealFast Therapy # Health Care # Medical Stocks # Postoperative Recovery # Chronic Wounds # RecoveryRx

In this edition of Device Week, Medtech Insight’s Reed Miller and Marion Webb discuss what medtech’s role is in combatting rheumatoid arthritis and highlights some of the recent clinical trial initiations and completions. For more information on Medtech Insight and to start a free trial, click here: http://bit.ly/2w7LnlR Medtech Insight articles addressing topics discussed in this episode: Bioelectronics, Imaging Fortify Medtech's Defense Against Rheumatoid Arthritis Starts & Stops: Abbott, Boston Scientific Head List Of Early 2018 Trial Announcements

Dr Ranu Jung is a professor and chair of Biomedical Engineering in Florida International University and recently was FDA approved for an investigational neural-enabled prosthetic device system. We also talk about the future of bioelectronic medicines and she will be on the editorial board of the upcoming Bioelectronics in Medicine journal.

This is a great interview with Polina Anikeeva, Associate Professor and Head of the Bioelectronics Group at MIT.

Click Here Or On Above Image To Reach Our ExpertsBioelectronics The Future of MedicineBioelectronic medicine is a scientific discipline that brings together molecular biology, neurophysiology, neurotechnology and analytics to develop nerve-stimulating technologies to regulate the molecular targets underlying disease. This approach promises to deliver therapies superior to pharmaceuticals in terms of efficacy, safety, and cost, without significant side effects.At the core of bioelectronic medicine is the electrical signal used by the nervous system to communicate information. Virtually every cell of the body is directly or indirectly controlled by these neural signals. Bioelectronic medicine technologies can record, stimulate, and block neural signaling. Bioelectronic medicine will change the way we treat diseases, injuries and conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, diabetes, paralysis, bleeding, and even cancer.The functions and organ systems of our body are, to a significant extent, controlled by electrical signals that travel along the nerves. Bioelectronic medicines will aim to control biological processes and treat disease by modulating these electrical impulses.They will be miniaturized devices that connect to specific groups of neurons or their nerve fibres and modulate the electrical signaling patterns, to restore the healthy states of targeted organs and functions.Imagine a world where we treated deadly diseases with electricity instead of pills or chemo.We might not be as far from this reality as you think.Normally, our nervous systems send signals to our tissues and organs to suppress inflammation, a phenomenon known as the inflammatory reflex. But sometimes, this system gets out of whack, and can even result in diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease.Traditionally, doctors have treated these diseases using drugs designed to suppress inflammation, such as infliximab (trade name Remicade) oradalimumab (Humira). But these drugs are expensive. Plus, they don't work for everyone, often come with nasty side effects, and sometimes, although rarely, they can even kill.Now, some researchers have found a way to deliver electrical stimulation to just the right areas to stop chronic inflammation in its tracks — a therapy they're calling bioelectronic medicine.-------------------Related Article:Achieving Optimum Health By Understanding Biological Frequencies:  Nikola Tesla Said, "If You Could Eliminate Certain Outside Frequencies That Interfered In Our Bodies, We Would Have Greater Resistance Toward Disease". 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Today's therapeutic devices are pretty blunt, consisting of large electrodes that stimulate an entire nerve, when you may only want to target a small fraction of nerve fibers."We want to be able to identify specifically those fibers for therapeutic benefit, and have the technology to target those fibers directly," said Weber.PRO-DTECH FREQUENCY DETECTOR(Buy/Rent/Layaway)Beyond funding devices that would treat disease, DARPA said they also plans to fund projects designed to constantly monitor the body and potentially detect disease if and when it starts.Last month, DARPA selected the ElectRx proposals it plans to fund, and is in the process of finalizing the contracts. 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“Technology provides the tools and biology the problems”              – Stanley Fields   Episode 38: Sparking ideas-the creative minds building bioelectronics for biologists   Scientific advances depend not only on novel ideas and conceptual leaps, but also to a large extent on technological advances. Most scientists use some form of […]

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D.is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. 29 States Settle Lawsuit Against McKesson For Inflated Drug Prices. WCAB Panel Decision Clarifies Who Selects QME Specialty. Claim of Victim of District Attorney Sexual Harassment Barred by Exclusive Remedy. Yuba City Doctor Faces Charges for $1.3 Million Scam. Vacaville Couple Face Comp Fraud Charges. New Anti-Fraud Partnership Created to Fight Medical Fraud Rings. Pharmaceutical Companies Focus on Bioelectronics. Scientists Discover Scaffolding Protein, A New Target For Pain Drugs. 2011 Ethics Committee Report Finds 8 Cases of WCJ Misconduct. Employers Move to Loss-Sensitive Plans To Lower Comp Costs.

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Andrew Whelan, CEO of BioElectronics Corp. (BIEL), returns to the show with Everett Jolly and they discusses their new FDA approved, non-perscription device for pain relief now on the market. Visit https://upticknewswire.com for more interviews and the latest penny stock news We are pleased to share the following UPTICK Network Stock Day Radio Show and Podcast content. The CEOs interviewed on Stock Day did not incur any charges for their time with Uptick CEO Everett Jolly. Uptick staff is always looking for exciting companies to bring to our interested readers and listeners. Contact us at (602) 441-3474 if you would like further information on the UPTICK Network or Uptick services.

Everett Jolly Interviews Andrew Whelan, CEO of BioElectronics Corp. (BIEL), and they discuss their products for pain management without the use of medication. Visit http://upticknewswire.com for more interviews and the latest penny stock news We are pleased to share the following UPTICK Network Stock Day Radio Show and Podcast content. The CEOs interviewed on Stock Day did not incur any charges for their time with Uptick CEO Everett Jolly. Uptick staff is always looking for exciting companies to bring to our interested readers and listeners. Contact us at (602) 441-3474 if you would like further information on the UPTICK Network or Uptick services.

VP of Sales Keith Nalepka of BioElectronics Corp.,(OTCPink: BIEL) returns to Stock Day to discuss Actipatch in the U.K. and expected growth in 2018. OTCPink: BIEL # NHS # 7-day trial device # pain management # innovative # miniaturized technology # Actipatch # Allay # consumer medical devices # HealFast # heath international # Medical Stocks # RecoveryRx # Smart Insole # physical therapy # Australia # CVS # WalMart

VP of Sales Keith Nalepka of BioElectronics Corp.,(OTCPink: BIEL) rejoins Uptick Newswire to give details on their partnership with B Braun in the U.K., reimbursement schedule, and upcoming FDA meetings. OTCPink: BIEL # NHS # 7-day trial device # pain management, innovative # miniaturized technology # Actipatch # Allay # Australia # BIEL # BioElectronics Corp # consumer medical device # HealFast # health international # Medical Stocks # physical therapy # RecoveryRx # Smart Insole # United Kingdom # B Braun Medical # Total Pathways Program

CEO Andrew Whelan of BioElectronics Corp (OTCPink: BIEL) rejoins the show to give an update on progress of FDA clearances, cost effectiveness, and providing relief to those with chronic pain. OTCPink: BIEL # 7-day trial device # Amazon, pain management # innovative, miniaturized technology # ActiPatch # Musculoskeletal Pain Relief # Allay # Menstrual Pain Therapy # BIEL BioElectronics Corp #  chronic pain relief # HealFast Therapy # Health Care # Medical Stocks # Postoperative Recovery # RecoveryRx # Chronic Wounds

CEO Andrew Whelan of BioElectronics Corp (OTCPink: BIEL) returns to Uptick Newswire to talk about manufacturing & sales of consumer medical electronic devices, focused on the chronic pain market. (OTCPink: BIEL) # 7-day trial device # Amazon # pain management # innovative # miniaturized technology # ActiPatch Musculoskeletal Pain Relief # Postoperative Recovery # Allay Menstrual Pain Therapy