When it comes to conditions such as diabetes, which require patients to administer daily injections or take lots of pills, scientists are increasingly looking to drug-dispensing implants as a more ...

In five years time, a magnetic implant may deliver your personalized dose of medication. The device has been developed by researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and could help ease ...

A research team has successfully used magnets implanted behind a person's eyes to treat nystagmus, a condition characterized by involuntary eye movements. A research team has successfully used magnets ...

Cochlear implants have revolutionised the management of severe sensorineural hearing loss, yet their presence poses particular challenges during magnetic resonance imaging. As MRI becomes an ...

A millimeter-scale, chip-less and battery-less implant can wirelessly monitor a series of parameters within your body and communicate with a wearable device attached on the skin. In a recent study ...

Nystagmus is a condition involving an involuntary flickering of the eyes. Resulting in reduced or limited vision, this condition that affects almost one in 400 people, and is euphemistically referred ...

(Nanowerk News) University of British Columbia researchers have developed a magnetic drug implant that could offer an alternative for patients struggling with numerous pills or intravenous injections ...

This is Episode 14 of Real Future, Fusion’s documentary series about technology and society. More episodes available at realfuture.tv. I don’t know precisely when I realized that getting a magnet ...

Glaucoma patients can use implants to treat the condition by draining the eye, but the existing technology rarely lasts more than a few years thanks to the accumulation of microorganisms that wreck ...

An electrical and computer engineer has introduced the first neural implant that can be programmed and charged remotely with a magnetic field. A team of Rice University engineers has introduced the ...