Dr. Michael Harrison and PDC team members are halfway through a first-in-human trial for their magnetic compression anastomosis ("Magnamosis") device. Initial results have been published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS).

Mussels may do a lot more for us than just offering us a delicious vehicle for butter and garlic (or tomato and peppers or sausage and shallots). Scientists are now studying the way that mussels stick to slippery rocks to make pre-natal surgery a much safer option.

ABC 7 News interviewed a clinical team that has been developing an alternative treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) powered by magnetic force called the Magnap.

UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley, the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, and Children's Hospital Oakland Research Instititue (CHORI) have joined to form the Engineering for Children's Health Initiative, dedicated to developing new devices and technology for children's health. 

UC Berkeley engineer Phillip Messersmith has teamed up with Dr. Michael Harrison to improve glues used for fetal surgery procedures. 

UCSF researcher Dr. Shuvo Roy and his team are currently testing an implantable artificial kidney designed to filter the blood and perform other kidney functions.