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Researchers to develop new ultrasound system to help users interpret images

The ultimate aim is to develop an ultrasound machine that all health personnel can use without difficulty.

28 Oct 2020

Ultramicroscopy helps visualize tumor tissues in three dimensions

After cancer surgery, the crucial question is: Are there possibly cancer cells left behind that can continue to grow, or has the entire tumor actually been removed? To find out, the tumor is examined by pathologists.

28 Oct 2020

Policy debate should move beyond federal incentives and requirements to adopt health IT

Despite significant investment in health information technology such as computerized health records and clinical decision support, leveraging the technology to improve the quality of care will require significant and sustained effort by health systems, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

28 Oct 2020

Study focuses on electroencephalogram abnormalities of the brain

Throughout the pandemic, healthcare workers have seen more than just the lungs affected by COVID-19. Doctors have reported neurological complications including stroke, headache and seizures, but the information is limited to a number of individual reports that are not reflective of a larger population.

28 Oct 2020

Study shows potential impacts of robots in medical diagnosis and delivery

Emergency intubation in the field is a challenge for everyone involved, most especially the patient. Paramedics and EMTs have to contend with less than ideal circumstances while they attempt to insert a stiff laryngoscope down the throat and into the lungs of a nonresponsive patient.

28 Oct 2020

DNase coated melanin-like nanospheres for sepsis treatment in severe COVID

As the treatment of severe COVID-19 is very difficult, the researchers from the Korea Research Institute of Biosciences and Biotechnology (KRIBB) suggested that DNase-1 can be utilized to dissolve the neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), hence halting the further progression of COVID-19.

27 Oct 2020

Rapid CD169 assay for COVID-19 screening

Researchers in France have conducted a study demonstrating the sensitivity of a rapid flow cytometry assay that could be used to screen for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection.

27 Oct 2020

Abbreviated MRI may be a valuable tool for supplemental screening of women with dense breasts

Beth Reisboard, 76, was relieved in 2018 when she received the results from her annual mammogram: "Negative." But her OB-GYN suggested she have a second screening. Reisboard has dense breasts, which means there are certain cancers that mammography may not be sensitive enough to detect.

27 Oct 2020

Scientists identify new therapeutic targets for SARS-CoV-2

To identify new potential therapeutic targets for SARS-CoV-2, a team of scientists at the New York Genome Center, New York University, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, performed a genome-scale, loss-of-function CRISPR screen to systematically knockout all genes in the human genome.

27 Oct 2020

Researchers investigate how brain signaling gives rise to decision-making

Increasingly, biologists are turning to computational modeling to make sense of complex systems. In neuroscience, researchers are adapting the kinds of algorithms used to forecast the weather or filter spam from your email to seek insight into how the brain's neural networks process information.

27 Oct 2020

Simple method provides real-time surveillance to control the spread of drug-resistant gonorrhea

A dual therapy treatment regimen of expanded-spectrum cephalosporins (ESCs) plus azithromycin (AZM) is the recommended standard of care for gonorrhea.

27 Oct 2020

New app tracks nutrition data in kidney and heart disease patients

The best way to manage conditions like kidney and heart disease is to manage one's diet in accordance with medical recommendations to limit the intake of certain nutrients.

27 Oct 2020

Real-time tracking system shows rise in suspected opioid overdose deaths after COVID-19's arrival

COVID-19 may dominate the headlines. But another epidemic that was already raging before it arrived has flared up in recent months, too, according to new University of Michigan data.

27 Oct 2020

Scientists to minimize COVID-19 cases and transmission among food industry workers

The COVID-19 pandemic has threatened the nation's food supply, in part due to food industry workers falling ill, which reduces the workforce and can lead to temporary facility shut-downs.

27 Oct 2020

New tool predicts prognosis of individual patients with COVID-19

A new artificial intelligence-based score considers multiple factors to predict the prognosis of individual patients with COVID-19 seen at urgent care clinics or emergency departments.

27 Oct 2020

Researchers develop low-cost, customizable, self-locking upper limb prosthesis

Upper limb forequarter amputations which involve the removal of the entire arm and scapula require highly customized prosthetic devices that are expensive but yet, usually underutilized due to their high maintenance and low comfort levels.

27 Oct 2020

Graphene-enhanced PPE for COVID-19

To tackle this need, nanotechnology researchers from Italy have suggested using bidimensional graphene to improve existing PPE kits. Their research is published on the preprint server medRxiv.

25 Oct 2020

Coating implant material with artificial bone to mitigate inflammation

Bone disease is becoming increasingly prevalence in modern society due to population aging amongother factors, and the use of dental and orthopedic implants to treat bone disease has been on the rise.

23 Oct 2020

Bruker introduces Vutara™ VXL best-in-class super-resolution microscope and spatial biology analysis capabilities

Bruker Corporation today announced the release of the Vutara VXL Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscope for nanoscale biological imaging. The new system opens an affordable and easy-to-use path for both core facilities and individual investigators to enter the world of super-resolution imaging by incorporating Bruker’s industry-leading single-molecule localization (SML) technology in a streamlined system with compact footprint.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 23 Oct 2020

New staging system can inform treatment decisions for non-metastatic prostate cancer

Doctors and biostatisticians at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have led the development and validation of a staging system to better predict outcomes and inform treatment decisions for men diagnosed with non-metastatic prostate cancer.

23 Oct 2020

Device / Technology News

Researchers to develop new ultrasound system to help users interpret images

Ultramicroscopy helps visualize tumor tissues in three dimensions

Policy debate should move beyond federal incentives and requirements to adopt health IT

Study focuses on electroencephalogram abnormalities of the brain

Study shows potential impacts of robots in medical diagnosis and delivery

DNase coated melanin-like nanospheres for sepsis treatment in severe COVID

Rapid CD169 assay for COVID-19 screening

Abbreviated MRI may be a valuable tool for supplemental screening of women with dense breasts

Scientists identify new therapeutic targets for SARS-CoV-2

Researchers investigate how brain signaling gives rise to decision-making

Simple method provides real-time surveillance to control the spread of drug-resistant gonorrhea

New app tracks nutrition data in kidney and heart disease patients

Real-time tracking system shows rise in suspected opioid overdose deaths after COVID-19's arrival

Scientists to minimize COVID-19 cases and transmission among food industry workers

New tool predicts prognosis of individual patients with COVID-19

Researchers develop low-cost, customizable, self-locking upper limb prosthesis

Graphene-enhanced PPE for COVID-19

Coating implant material with artificial bone to mitigate inflammation

Bruker introduces Vutara™ VXL best-in-class super-resolution microscope and spatial biology analysis capabilities

New staging system can inform treatment decisions for non-metastatic prostate cancer

Redefining control and consistency in anaerobic microbiome workflows

AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

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