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Penn Medicine joins NIH-funded initiative to create digital map of the human body

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine recently joined a nationwide NIH-funded initiative to create the first ...

Artificial digestion models may misjudge nanoplastic risks in the human gut

The prevalence of microplastics and nanoplastics in the human body is an increasing concern. Studies revealed that human ...

Spider-inspired magnetic soft robots could perform minimally invasive gastrointestinal tract procedures

The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a collection of organs and structures inside the bodies of humans and other animals that ...
WBHM 90.3

From heart to skin to hair, ‘Replaceable You’ dives into the science of transplant

Science writer Mary Roach chronicles both the history and the latest science of body part replacement in her new book. She ...
IEEE

Self Model for Embodied Intelligence: Modeling Full-Body Human Musculoskeletal System and Locomotion Control with Hierarchical Low-Dimensional Representation

Abstract: Modeling and control of the human musculoskele-tal system is important for understanding human motor functions, developing embodied intelligence, and optimizing human-robot interaction ...
IEEE

Thinking Like Sonographers: Human-Centered CNN Models for Gout Diagnosis From Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

Abstract: We explore the potential of deep convolutional neural network (CNN) models for differential diagnosis of gout from musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSKUS). Our exhaustive study of ...
The EMBO Journal

A novel human fetal lung-derived alveolar organoid model reveals mechanisms of surfactant protein C maturation relevant to interstitial lung disease

Alveolar type 2 (AT2) cells maintain lung health by acting as stem cells and producing pulmonary surfactant. AT2 dysfunction underlies many lung diseases, including interstitial lung disease (ILD), in ...