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Image Navigation announces world’s most advanced image-guided implant dentistry system

Image Navigation is announcing, at the 2019 IDS in Cologne, the world’s most advanced image-guided implant dentistry system.

11 Mar 2019

New chromatography technique may improve our understanding of retroviral infections

Researchers have devised a two-step chromatography method that can isolate enveloped virus-like particles (VLPs) and extracellular vesicles (EVs) for analysis.

11 Mar 2019

Tiny implantable 'tea bag' senses glucose levels and automatically releases insulin

Children with Type 1 diabetes have only one option to control their blood sugar: insulin treatment. Ravaged by an autoimmune disease that attacks their own pancreas and islets -- microscopic clusters of cells that sense blood sugar and produce insulin -- patients are forced to rely on insulin from an external source.

11 Mar 2019

FDA takes action to help reduce risks linked with use of surgical staplers and staples

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Letter to Health Care Providers to alert them that the agency is aware of an increasing number of medical device reports associated with the use of surgical staplers for internal use and implantable surgical staples - common devices used in many surgeries - and to provide updated recommendations to help reduce risks associated with their use.

11 Mar 2019

Northwestern Medicine and Eko join hands to improve heart disease screening with AI technology

Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute is pioneering the use of artificial intelligence for cardiac screening in a new study of Eko's cardiac monitoring platform.

8 Mar 2019

Specialist clinics are the most cost-effective route for treatment of chronic wounds

A study published in PLOS ONE by academics in Australia and the UK, shows that specialist wound management clinics are the most cost-effective route for the care of chronic wounds with better results for patients.

8 Mar 2019

New antibacterial coating for intravascular catheters could help prevent infections

Brown University researchers have developed a new antibacterial coating for intravascular catheters that could one day help to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections, the most common type of hospital-acquired infection.

8 Mar 2019

Getting closer to a scary 'post-antibiotic world'

The products of wastewater treatment have been found to contain trace amounts of antibiotic resistant DNA. These products are often reintroduced to the environment and water supply, potentially resulting in the spread of antibiotic resistance.

8 Mar 2019

DNA sequencing method could aid development of anticancer drugs

DNA is small. Really, really, small. So, when researchers want to study the structure of a single-stranded DNA, they can't just pull out their microscopes: they have to get creative.

8 Mar 2019

New imaging technology could help find tiny tumors

Many types of cancer could be more easily treated if they were detected at an earlier stage. MIT researchers have now developed an imaging system, named "DOLPHIN," which could enable them to find tiny tumors, as small as a couple of hundred cells, deep within the body.

7 Mar 2019

Russian researchers propose new approach for prevention of thrombosis

A new approach for the prevention of thrombosis was proposed by researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the Russian National Research Center for Hematology.

7 Mar 2019

Hidden FDA reports detail harm caused by scores of medical devices

Dr. Douglas Kwazneski was helping a Pittsburgh surgeon remove an appendix when something jarring happened. The surgical stapler meant to cut and seal the tissue around the appendix locked up.

7 Mar 2019

Quanterix corporation releases operating results for fourth quarter and full year 2018

Quanterix announced financial results for the three months and twelve months ended Dec. 31, 2018.

From Quanterix 7 Mar 2019

ACROBiosystems opens new Innovation laboratory in Delaware

January 18, 2018, ACROBiosystems officially opened its New Innovation laboratory in the Delaware Innovation Space in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, and held a grand opening ceremony.

From ACROBiosystems 7 Mar 2019

AvantGen and ACROBiosystems sign vendor agreement

AvantGen Inc., a world-leading CRO for human and rabbit antibody discovery and optimization, and ACROBiosystems Inc., a global biotech company specializing in recombinant protein technology jointly announced the signing of a preferred vendor agreement between the parties.

From ACROBiosystems 7 Mar 2019

Automation in Scientific Research – Step 1: Invest in Scheduling Software.

David Dambman discusses how a centralized scheduling software could be an essential first step for any laboratory looking to automate their workflow.

From Biosero Inc. 7 Mar 2019

Smartphone app for remote blood pressure monitoring shows promise

People with both diabetes and uncontrolled high blood pressure who used a smartphone app to monitor their blood pressure remotely, get tips on healthful living and connect with a health coach saw significant declines in their blood pressure within six weeks, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 68th Annual Scientific Session.

7 Mar 2019

Physical fitness can help better predict survival of people over age 70

Researchers have uncovered one more reason to get off the couch and start exercising, especially if you're approaching your golden years.

7 Mar 2019

Patients question how FDA approves medical devices

There’s no doubt that surgically implanted medical devices can improve lives. Hip and knee replacements can help people regain their mobility. Drug pumps can deliver doses of pain-relieving medicine on demand. And metal rods can stabilize spines and broken bones.

6 Mar 2019

Digital examinations open the door to new possibilities

Karolinska Institutet now facilitates for all educational programs to use digital examinations. Digital examinations are legally secure and efficient as well as allows for new possibilties for teachers and course administrators to develop the education programs.

6 Mar 2019

Technology News and Research

Image Navigation announces world’s most advanced image-guided implant dentistry system

New chromatography technique may improve our understanding of retroviral infections

Tiny implantable 'tea bag' senses glucose levels and automatically releases insulin

FDA takes action to help reduce risks linked with use of surgical staplers and staples

Northwestern Medicine and Eko join hands to improve heart disease screening with AI technology

Specialist clinics are the most cost-effective route for treatment of chronic wounds

New antibacterial coating for intravascular catheters could help prevent infections

Getting closer to a scary 'post-antibiotic world'

DNA sequencing method could aid development of anticancer drugs

New imaging technology could help find tiny tumors

Russian researchers propose new approach for prevention of thrombosis

Hidden FDA reports detail harm caused by scores of medical devices

Quanterix corporation releases operating results for fourth quarter and full year 2018

ACROBiosystems opens new Innovation laboratory in Delaware

AvantGen and ACROBiosystems sign vendor agreement

Automation in Scientific Research – Step 1: Invest in Scheduling Software.

Smartphone app for remote blood pressure monitoring shows promise

Physical fitness can help better predict survival of people over age 70

Patients question how FDA approves medical devices

Digital examinations open the door to new possibilities

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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