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Poor cardiorespiratory fitness could increase risk of future heart attack, finds new study

Poor cardiorespiratory fitness could increase your risk of a future heart attack, even if you have no symptoms of a lifestyle illness today, a new study has found.

16 Jan 2019

Researchers cultivate vascular organoids that perfectly mimic human blood vessels

For the first time, researchers have successfully cultivated “vascular organoids” in a petri dish that perfectly mimic real human blood vessels.

16 Jan 2019

MTC in Rouen acquires Robocath’s R-One robot for future healthcare practitioner training

Robocath, a company that designs, develops and commercializes cardiovascular robotic systems for the treatment of vascular diseases, announces today that the Medical Training and Testing Center in Rouen will use its R-One robot for future training.

16 Jan 2019

OSSIO granted FDA 510(k) market clearance for OSSIOfiber Bone Pin Family

OSSIO, an orthopedic fixation company, today announced that its OSSIOfiber Bone Pin Family has received 510(k) market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

16 Jan 2019

Ingenza’s Ian Fotheringham recognized with prestigious Charles Tennant Memorial Lecture award

Ingenza is proud to announce that Managing Director Ian Fotheringham has been recognized with one of SCI Scotland’s most prestigious honors – the Charles Tennant Memorial Lecture award – acknowledging his expertise and knowledge in chemical research.

16 Jan 2019

Technology helps reduce the yearning for unhealthy food

A simple tilt of a smartphone could be the key to improving healthy food choices, reducing weight and delivering new treatment options for chronic obesity, new research by Monash University shows.

16 Jan 2019

Cobra Biologics announces appointment of Dr Darrell Sleep as Director of Innovation

Cobra Biologics, an international CDMO for biologics and pharmaceuticals, today announced the appointment of Dr Darrell Sleep as Director of Innovation.

From Charles River 16 Jan 2019

Researchers develop novel viral identification method

Currently, influenza typing in clinical practice is performed using an immunochromatography method based on antigen-antibody interaction.

16 Jan 2019

GoFundMe CEO: ‘Gigantic gaps’ in health system showing up in crowdfunding

Scrolling through the GoFundMe website reveals seemingly an endless number of people who need help or community support. A common theme: the cost of health care.

16 Jan 2019

$14.7 million partnership to supercharge vaccine development

Vaccines to stop the world's next epidemic could be developed in record time under a $14.7 million partnership using technology developed at The University of Queensland.

16 Jan 2019

Researchers use gene-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 to limit impact of parasitic diseases

For the first time, researchers at the George Washington University, together with colleagues at institutes in Thailand, Australia, the U.K. and the Netherlands, and more, have successfully used the gene-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 to limit the impact of parasitic worms responsible for schistosomiasis and for liver fluke infection, which can cause a diverse spectrum of human disease including bile duct cancer.

16 Jan 2019

Study: Induced neuronal cells derived from fibroblasts are similar to neurons in the brain

The incidence of some neurological diseases--especially those related to aging, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases--is increasing

16 Jan 2019

Educational videos in clinical settings increase HPV vaccination rates among adolescents

A study examining the effect of a video educational intervention aimed at increasing HPV vaccinations among adolescents could help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meet its goal of getting more eligible adolescents vaccinated against certain cancers and diseases caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).

16 Jan 2019

New, scalpel-free treatment for reducing Parkinson's tremor gets FDA approval

The federal Food and Drug Administration has approved a new, scalpel-free treatment for tremor in patients with medication-resistant Parkinson's disease.

15 Jan 2019

Synthetic compound reverses mutant p53 aggregate accumulation, study shows

Cancer is a multidisciplinary disease, with different mutations leading to different prognoses and treatment necessities. Among the most important mutation targets in cancers, affecting more than 50% of all cancer cases, is TP53.

14 Jan 2019

First elder care robot tested in a WSU smart home apartment

A robot created by Washington State University scientists could help elderly people with dementia and other limitations live independently in their own homes.

14 Jan 2019

Oxford researchers explore relationship between technology use and adolescent mental health

Researchers at the University of Oxford have performed the most definitive study to date on the relationship between technology use and adolescent mental health, examining data from over 300,000 teenagers and parents in the UK and USA.

14 Jan 2019

DNA origami can accurately measure how antibodies interact with several antigens

Using DNA origami - DNA-based design of precise nanostructures - scientists at Karolinska Institutet in collaboration with researchers at University of Oslo, have been able to demonstrate the most accurate distance between densely packed antigens in order to get the strongest bond to antibodies in the immune system.

14 Jan 2019

New skin patch provides long-acting contraceptive protection

Researchers have developed a new skin patch that uses microneedle technology to deliver a long-acting contraceptive hormone.

14 Jan 2019

Novel microfluidic device for real-time detection of cholesterol in liver-on-chip cultures

In a paper to be published in the September/December 2019 issue of TECHNOLOGY, a team of researchers from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago has developed a novel microfluidic device for measuring in real-time the cholesterol secreted from liver tissue-chip containing human hepatocytes.

11 Jan 2019

Technology News and Research

Poor cardiorespiratory fitness could increase risk of future heart attack, finds new study

Researchers cultivate vascular organoids that perfectly mimic human blood vessels

MTC in Rouen acquires Robocath’s R-One robot for future healthcare practitioner training

OSSIO granted FDA 510(k) market clearance for OSSIOfiber Bone Pin Family

Ingenza’s Ian Fotheringham recognized with prestigious Charles Tennant Memorial Lecture award

Technology helps reduce the yearning for unhealthy food

Cobra Biologics announces appointment of Dr Darrell Sleep as Director of Innovation

Researchers develop novel viral identification method

GoFundMe CEO: ‘Gigantic gaps’ in health system showing up in crowdfunding

$14.7 million partnership to supercharge vaccine development

Researchers use gene-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 to limit impact of parasitic diseases

Study: Induced neuronal cells derived from fibroblasts are similar to neurons in the brain

Educational videos in clinical settings increase HPV vaccination rates among adolescents

New, scalpel-free treatment for reducing Parkinson's tremor gets FDA approval

Synthetic compound reverses mutant p53 aggregate accumulation, study shows

First elder care robot tested in a WSU smart home apartment

Oxford researchers explore relationship between technology use and adolescent mental health

DNA origami can accurately measure how antibodies interact with several antigens

New skin patch provides long-acting contraceptive protection

Novel microfluidic device for real-time detection of cholesterol in liver-on-chip cultures

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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