WSJ: Active radio circuits for bio & medical applications

Scientist and engineers have spent the better part of the last century developing more efficient radio circuits, systems and software for wireless communication. Recently, the scientific community has begun exploring the use of radio-frequency circuits for bio-medical applications. These bio-able radio circuits can be categorized into two sub-topics. The first is the use of radios to communicate sensed information from the human body to the outside world. The second is the use of traditional radio circuits for medical analysis. Two speakers in this workshop will explore using radio circuits for biomedical sensing and diagnosis, such as early-cancer detection and Protein and DNA analysis. Two additional speakers will describe current work on communication with radios links for body area networks (BAN) and implantable devices.