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Researchers move closer to new screening technology for early detection of Parkinson's disease

Screening technology to catch Parkinson's disease in its earliest stages could be available within three years, following an agreement between RMIT University and start-up company Jesse Medical.

27 Nov 2019

New implant can probe brain physiology with unparalleled spatial and temporal resolution

A team of neuroscientists and electrical engineers from Germany and Switzerland developed a highly sensitive implant that enables to probe brain physiology with unparalleled spatial and temporal resolution.

27 Nov 2019

New AI-based algorithm could help doctors treat patients with severe TBI

Traumatic brain injury is a significant global cause of mortality and morbidity with an increasing incidence, especially in low-and-middle income countries. The most severe TBIs are treated in intensive care units, but in spite of the proper and high-quality care, about one in three patients dies.

27 Nov 2019

Novel diagnostic method for rapid measurement of celiac disease antibodies

Point-of-care testing is a rapidly growing sector, bringing medical testing from central laboratories to where the patient is receiving care.

26 Nov 2019

Cleveland-based startup will use federal grant to develop AI tools for TB detection

Cleveland--Diascopic LLC, a Cleveland-based medical research company that develops diagnostic technology, will use a highly competitive federal grant to develop and apply new artificial intelligence and digital pathology tools for detecting tuberculosis.

26 Nov 2019

New wearable sensor for non-invasive gout detection

Biomedical scientists are working hard to create more pain-free methods of disease detection and treatment. A simple blood test is highly informative but arouses intense anxiety in many people. Now a new paper published in the journal Nature Biotechnology on November 25, 2019, reports on a new wearable sensor that can be successfully adapted to mass production, is flexible, and can be used to produce readouts of metabolites and nutrients in the blood based on a sweat analysis.

26 Nov 2019

Newly developed personalized vaccine system could delay onset of pancreatic cancer

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London and Zhengzhou University have developed a personalized vaccine system that could ultimately delay the onset of pancreatic cancer. The study provides strong proof-of-concept for the creation of a vaccine for cancer prevention in individuals at high risk of developing this disease and to slow down tumor growth in patients who are affected by it.

26 Nov 2019

GN Corporation granted Indian patent for novel corneal cell transplantation using nano-composite gel sheet

A novel cell transplantation method to treat corneal endothelial diseases such as bullous keratopathy using a nano-composite gel sheet developed by Japanese scientists was granted Indian patent to GN Corporation (GNC), Japan.

26 Nov 2019

Video games poised to fundamentally change cardiology training

Video games are a popular form of entertainment in the U.S. with more than 164 million adults playing them. Seventy-five percent of households have at least one gamer.

25 Nov 2019

New hospital technology disrupts working practices, forces improvisation to deliver safe patient care

Doctors and nurses must adapt their routines and improvise their actions to ensure continued patient safety, and for their roles to be effective and to matter as new technology disrupts their working practices.

25 Nov 2019

Nanotechnology could help address pre-eclampsia which affects 10 million women

University of South Australia biomedical engineer Dr. Marnie Winter has been awarded US$100,000 from the world's largest private foundation to help better understand and tackle a condition which kills 76,000 women and 500,000 babies each year.

25 Nov 2019

Improved optical imaging technique can help identify patients at risk of future heart attacks

Doctors need better ways to detect and monitor heart disease, the leading cause of death in industrialized countries. A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital researchers with support from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering has developed an improved optical imaging technique that found differences between potentially life-threatening coronary plaques and those posing less imminent danger for patients with coronary artery disease.

25 Nov 2019

New electrochemical CRISPR biosensor can help improve diagnosis of diseases

The CRISPR/Cas technology can do more than alter genes. A research team at the University of Freiburg is using what are known as gene scissors - which scientists can use to edit genetic material - in order to better diagnose diseases such as cancer.

25 Nov 2019

U of T, ASU scientists develop first direct gene circuit

Scientists at the University of Toronto and Arizona State University have developed the first direct gene circuit to electrode interface by combining cell-free synthetic biology with state-of-the-art nanostructured electrodes.

25 Nov 2019

Novel solution could produce accurate, automated placental diagnostic reports

Placentas can provide critical information about the health of the mother and baby, but only 20 percent of placentas are assessed by pathology exams after delivery in the U.S. The cost, time and expertise required to analyze them are prohibitive.

25 Nov 2019

World's first surgical navigation system for fetal surgery developed

The placenta of every expectant mother is located in a different place, its blood vessels are never the same and its connection to the fetus and the umbilical cord also varies from one pregnancy to another.

25 Nov 2019

Thermal imaging has potential to assess rheumatoid arthritis

A new study, published today in Scientific Reports, highlights that thermal imaging has the potential to become an important method to assess Rheumatoid Arthritis.

25 Nov 2019

Using AI to determine which lung cancer patients will benefit from immunotherapy

Scientists from the Case Western Reserve University digital imaging lab, already pioneering the use of Artificial Intelligence to predict whether chemotherapy will be successful, can now determine which lung-cancer patients will benefit from expensive immunotherapy.

23 Nov 2019

Highly accurate decision-making systems can be created with human-machine interaction

Machines can be trained to classify images and thus identify tumors in CT scans, mineral compositions in rocks, or pathologies in optical microscopy analyses. This artificial intelligence technique is known as machine learning and has gained new applications in recent years.

22 Nov 2019

New tool uses tiny circuits made of DNA to identify cancer cells

A new cancer-detecting tool uses tiny circuits made of DNA to identify cancer cells by the molecular signatures on their surface.

22 Nov 2019

Device / Technology News

Researchers move closer to new screening technology for early detection of Parkinson's disease

New implant can probe brain physiology with unparalleled spatial and temporal resolution

New AI-based algorithm could help doctors treat patients with severe TBI

Novel diagnostic method for rapid measurement of celiac disease antibodies

Cleveland-based startup will use federal grant to develop AI tools for TB detection

New wearable sensor for non-invasive gout detection

Newly developed personalized vaccine system could delay onset of pancreatic cancer

GN Corporation granted Indian patent for novel corneal cell transplantation using nano-composite gel sheet

Video games poised to fundamentally change cardiology training

New hospital technology disrupts working practices, forces improvisation to deliver safe patient care

Nanotechnology could help address pre-eclampsia which affects 10 million women

Improved optical imaging technique can help identify patients at risk of future heart attacks

New electrochemical CRISPR biosensor can help improve diagnosis of diseases

U of T, ASU scientists develop first direct gene circuit

Novel solution could produce accurate, automated placental diagnostic reports

World's first surgical navigation system for fetal surgery developed

Thermal imaging has potential to assess rheumatoid arthritis

Using AI to determine which lung cancer patients will benefit from immunotherapy

Highly accurate decision-making systems can be created with human-machine interaction

New tool uses tiny circuits made of DNA to identify cancer cells

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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