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Engineers design bionic “heart” for testing prosthetic valves, other cardiac devices

MIT engineers have developed a bionic “heart” that offers a more realistic model for testing out artificial valves and other cardiac devices — it is a real biological heart whose tough muscle tissue has been replaced with a soft robotic matrix of artificial heart muscles, resembling bubble wrap.

Technique reveals whether models of patient risk are accurate

Computer scientists have developed a new method that allows them to determine whether a particular model’s results can be trusted for a given patient, which could help guide doctors to choose better treatments for those patients.

New treatment could ease the passage of kidney stones

Researchers, including an HST MEMP alumnus, have shown that muscle relaxants delivered to the ureter can reduce contractions that cause pain when passing a stone.

Finding a love of discovery at HST

Former NASA astronaut, HST grad Robert Satcher, Jr. talks walking in space, orthopedic surgery

HST student receives Delsys Prize for innovation

Shriya Srinivasan, a student in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) program, recently received the 17th annual Delsys Prize for innovation in electromyography, from the De Luca Foundation.