Category: Medicine
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Shaking Up Weight Loss: The Buzz on Vibrating Pills
Welcome again to our latest exploration in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Medicine! Today, we will explore one of the more puzzling medical discoveries that has really “shaken up” the fitness industry; vibrating pills for weight loss. Humorously titled VIBES, the Vibrating Ingestible BioElectronic Stimulator capsule is meant to be swallowed before any meals. By gently…
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AR in the OR: The Future of Surgery
Welcome back to another journey along The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Medicine. Today, we will explore an emerging field among the medical world: Surgical AR/MR Vision. Recently, Apple unveiled and began mass production of the Apple Vision headset; a marvel of engineering that looks straight out of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One. Intrigued, I looked into its…
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The Curious Case of CRISPR-Cas9
Hello! My name is Rishi Anarkat, and welcome to our first journey along The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Medicine. Today, we will cover one of my favorite subjects in Biomedical and genetic engineering, the CRISPR-Cas9 system. The CRISPR-Cas9 system is one of the most popular methods of biomedical engineering, specifically genetic engineering, for altering one’s DNA.…
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