Will Patrick's Farma bioreactor could let owners brew their own drugs
MIT Media Lab graduate Will Patrick has designed a prototype desktop bioreactor that could enable the production of pharmaceutical drugs at home. More
MIT Media Lab graduate Will Patrick has designed a prototype desktop bioreactor that could enable the production of pharmaceutical drugs at home. More
This Seattle optometry store by local firm Best Practice Architecture features mirrored surfaces and a steel-framed enclosure shaped like a house. More
Amanda Levete's firm has revealed its design for a Maggie's Centre for cancer care in Southampton, England, set at the centre of a tranquil flower garden. More
Gabled blocks with brightly coloured facades house bedrooms for children with Cerebral Palsy at this treatment centre in Madrid, which has been updated by local studio Hans Abaton (+ slideshow). More
Israeli designer Ido Abulafia has created a set of bird-themed toy medical kits intended to give children a more positive hospital experience (+ slideshow). More
Ren Pepe Arquitetos has converted part of a former bank in Porto into a dental surgery, featuring geometric patterns that reference the city's many tiled frontages (+ slideshow). More
A sequence of house-shaped volumes make up the form of this medical centre, designed by Hkl Studio to blend in with neighbouring homes on the outskirts of Chiba, Japan (+ slideshow). More
The lower level of this village doctor's surgery in Spain is sunken down below road level and partially embedded in a slope, allowing it to appear the same size as the surrounding buildings (+ slideshow). More
Slim batons of timber clad the facade of this medical clinic by Alt Arkkitehdit, which is set on the edge of a Finnish forest. More
Scientists at Harvard University have developed a microchip that can be lined with human cells to mimic the complex tissue structures of human organs. More
This protective suit for patients suffering from pathogenic diseases such as Ebola allows a wearer freedom to move and interact with the outside environment. More
A pair of French product designers have created an inflatable bandage that snaps around the wrist like a slap bracelet so it can be self-administered with only one hand. More
Pale green medicine cabinets are stacked up along the walls of this Japanese acupuncture clinic by Tokyo design office id inc (+ slideshow). More
XML architects has completed a bright white interior for a shop that sells only vitamin drinks and water in Amsterdam's Red Light District (+ slideshow). More
This medical centre in San Sebastian, designed by Spanish studio Pauzarq, has consultation rooms with translucent glass walls (+ slideshow). More
Pale oak walls and muted furnishings aim to create a calming environment for patients inside this dispensing pharmacy in Tokyo by Japanese firm Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects (+ slideshow). More
A new type of hospital door handle by British studio Agency of Design transforms a hotbed for germs into a sanitising device, with a sensor that monitors how often it is used. More
This wearable design concept helps epilepsy sufferers manage symptoms, predict potential seizures and alert passersby or loved ones when having a fit (+ slideshow). More
News: American 3D printing firm 3D Systems has created a robotic suit that combines printed parts with motorised components to help paralysed patients stand and walk. More
A white spectacles showroom contrasts with black examination areas at this opticians near Montreal by Canadian studio La Shed Architecture (+ slideshow). More