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First patients dosed in Neurotrope's Bryostatin-1 Phase 2b trial for treatment of advanced Alzheimer’s disease

Neurotrope, Inc. today announced that the first patients have been dosed in the Company’s Phase 2b clinical trial of its lead candidate, Bryostatin-1, for the treatment of advanced Alzheimer’s disease.

16 Feb 2016

Telemedicine market in the U.S. estimated to cross $ 13 billion by 2021

According to Pharmaion report, "United States Telemedicine Market Opportunities, 2011 - 2021", the telemedicine market in the United States is projected to cross $ 13 billion by 2021. Growth in the market is anticipated on account of increasing healthcare costs, growing aging population, and rising incidence of chronic diseases.

16 Feb 2016

Wake Forest Baptist scientists prove feasibility of printing living tissue structures for surgical implantation

Using a sophisticated, custom-designed 3D printer, regenerative medicine scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have proved that it is feasible to print living tissue structures to replace injured or diseased tissue in patients.

15 Feb 2016

Confirming nasogastric tube placement through an assay? An interview with Ian Fotheringham

Nasogastric tubes are placed directly into the stomach in order to feed or medicate patients. If an NG tube accidentally goes into the lung instead, which can happen, it can cause serious harm to the patient, with food, liquid or medication potentially entering the lung.

15 Feb 2016

Survey: Some patients with multiple sclerosis not engaging with specialist services

A new survey has highlighted that the lack of engagement with specialist services of some patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) is a concern for MS-specialists.

15 Feb 2016

Newly launched programme aims to speed up commercialisation of digital health technologies

A new programme launched today aims to position London as a global centre for the adoption and commercialisation of pioneering digital health technologies.

15 Feb 2016

TUM researchers make progress in bringing immunotherapy to fight against cancer, infectious diseases

The quest to bring immunotherapy into widespread clinical use against cancer and infectious diseases has made great strides in recent years.

15 Feb 2016

Abbott FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system now available for children and teens with diabetes

Today, Abbott announced that it has received CE Mark (Conformité Européenne) for the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system indicated for children and teens with diabetes ages 4-17 years old This means that children and young people with diabetes living in the UK are able to experience the liberation from the pain and hassle of routine finger pricks.

15 Feb 2016

Beckman Coulter Releases Compact DxH 500 Hematology System with CE Mark

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has released the DxH 500 haematology system with CE Mark, an open-vial instrument offering a throughput of up to 60 samples per hour.

From Beckman Coulter Diagnostics 15 Feb 2016

New study addresses needs of long-term cancer survivors

A team of researchers from Yale School of Public Health and Yale Cancer Center recently published a study in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship that addresses the needs of cancer survivors who are at least nine years beyond an initial diagnosis.

15 Feb 2016

Wake Forest Baptist researchers develop new nanotechnology to detect disease biomarkers

Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have developed a new technology to detect disease biomarkers in the form of nucleic acids, the building blocks of all living organisms.

15 Feb 2016

Scientists modify plants' defense system to confer resistance to virus

Scientists at Indiana University have modified a plant gene that normally fights bacterial infection to confer resistance to a virus.

15 Feb 2016

Stanford professor to present latest findings on health impacts of fossil fuels

"The answer to that question is usually 'no,' but there are exceptions," said Stanford Professor Rob Jackson, a professor of Earth system science at Stanford University, and a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and at the Precourt Institute for Energy.

15 Feb 2016

Household and outdoor air pollution kills more than 5.5 million people every year

New research shows that more than 5.5 million people die prematurely every year due to household and outdoor air pollution. More than half of deaths occur in two of the world's fastest growing economies, China and India.

15 Feb 2016

Bad technology choices contributing to increased drug development costs, say experts

The search for new medicines is becoming unsustainably expensive despite huge technological advances because researchers are using the wrong methods, experts say.

15 Feb 2016

New measuring tool provides quantifiable data to improve diagnosis of frailty syndrome

The Telecommunications Engineer Nora Millor-Muruzábal has designed a new measuring tool that provides objective, quantifiable data to improve the diagnosis of frailty syndrome, a set of symptoms that render elderly people more vulnerable.

15 Feb 2016

New experimental method could help detect Lyme disease at the earliest time of infection

When it comes to early diagnosis of Lyme disease, the insidious tick-borne illness that afflicts about 300,000 Americans annually, finding the proverbial needle in the haystack might be a far easier challenge--until now, perhaps. An experimental method developed by federal and university researchers appears capable of detecting the stealthy culprit Lyme bacteria at the earliest time of infection, when currently available tests are often still negative.

15 Feb 2016

Technology News and Research

First patients dosed in Neurotrope's Bryostatin-1 Phase 2b trial for treatment of advanced Alzheimer’s disease

Telemedicine market in the U.S. estimated to cross $ 13 billion by 2021

Wake Forest Baptist scientists prove feasibility of printing living tissue structures for surgical implantation

Confirming nasogastric tube placement through an assay? An interview with Ian Fotheringham

Survey: Some patients with multiple sclerosis not engaging with specialist services

Newly launched programme aims to speed up commercialisation of digital health technologies

TUM researchers make progress in bringing immunotherapy to fight against cancer, infectious diseases

Abbott FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system now available for children and teens with diabetes

Beckman Coulter Releases Compact DxH 500 Hematology System with CE Mark

New study addresses needs of long-term cancer survivors

Wake Forest Baptist researchers develop new nanotechnology to detect disease biomarkers

Scientists modify plants' defense system to confer resistance to virus

Stanford professor to present latest findings on health impacts of fossil fuels

Household and outdoor air pollution kills more than 5.5 million people every year

Bad technology choices contributing to increased drug development costs, say experts

New measuring tool provides quantifiable data to improve diagnosis of frailty syndrome

New experimental method could help detect Lyme disease at the earliest time of infection

New methodology could spare kids from unnecessary heart surgery

New collaborative project to evaluate existing hearing loss treatment

New approach could be used to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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