Uploaded August 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This short video briefly highlights 6 cool technologies that your tax dollars have helped to fund. To learn more about each of these technologies, check out some of our other videos:

Human liver tissue in mice: youtube.com/watch?v=Gd0n6Hl_i_0

Biodegradable stents: youtube.com/watch?v=Hqk3EqqLGbA

The world's smallest MRI: youtube.com/watch?v=wZl0lQDOnaQ

Handheld Ultrasound: youtube.com/watch?v=6n8xZECzEck

Water absorbing polymer: youtube.com/watch?v=cXujS-Nr7o0

Mobility for Paralyzed Patients: youtube.com/watch?v=ykUMNi172Ag

For more on NIBIB-funded research: nibib.nih.gov/news-events
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Photo and video credits:
Sangeeta Bhatia, MD, PhD Director, Laboratory for Multiscale Regenerative Technologies Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Joachim Kohn, PhD Director, New Jersey Center for Biomaterials Professor, Rutgers University

Ralph Weissleder, MD, PhD Director, Center for Systems Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital Professor, Harvard Medical School

Kai Thomenius, PhD General Electric

Mingming Ma, PhD David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer

Robert Langer, PhD Institute Professor, David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer

Dr. Ning Zhang

Reggie Edgerton, PhD Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

Robert Summers

Ultrasound machine photo: iStock

Music from FreeBackgroundMusic.com

For NIBIB's Copyright Policy: nibib.nih.gov/policies#copyright