Health Science+Technology – MIT Spectrum

Spectrum’s Most-Read of 2015

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Functional Meets Fashionable at MIT’s Open Style Lab

Image: Empire Robotics

Boston Globe Honors MIT Game Changers

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Medical Hackathon Awards Innovations in Mobile, Global Health Solutions

Pawan Sinha. Image: Ed Quinn

Bringing Light to Blind Children, for 10 Years and Counting

Image: Courtesy Cambridge Historical Commission

Spring 2015

Made in Kendall Square: 1800s versus today

A new paper diagnostic device can detect Ebola as well as other viral hemorrhagic fevers in about 10 minutes. The device (pictured here) has silver nanoparticles of different colors that indicate different diseases. On the left is the unused device, opened to reveal the contents inside. On the right, the device has been used for diagnosis; the colored bands show positive tests. Photo courtesy of Jose Gomez-Marquez, Helena de Puig, and Chun-Wan Yen

$2 Paper Test Detects Ebola in 10 Minutes

The Best of 2014

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Novel Device Makes Drug Delivery Safer, More Patient-Friendly

Screenshot: TwineHealth.com

Patient-Empowering App Helps Lower Blood Pressure