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'Eye-on-a-chip' technology may pave way for new eye disease treatments

A living retina fragment on a chip, working as a model for the eye, will enable eye disease research, as well as the development of personalized treatment strategies.

5 Jul 2018

Hartsfield-Jackson airport installs 285 new Cardiac Science G5 AEDs

To further the effort of making Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson “the safest airport in the world” for cardiac events, officials announced that the airport has completed installation of 285 new Cardiac Science G5 AEDs—one every 75 feet—in every terminal.

5 Jul 2018

Cardiac Science provides five Powerheart G5 AEDs to Cristo Rey Jesuit Atlanta High School

Cardiac Science announced its donation of five Powerheart G5 automated external defibrillators to furnish Cristo Rey Jesuit Atlanta High School’s new facilities at 222 Piedmont Avenue.

5 Jul 2018

Health Canada approves fully automatic Powerheart G5 AED

Cardiac Science, a leading global manufacturer of potentially life-saving automated external defibrillators, announced today that it has been granted approval by the Canadian regulatory agency, Health Canada, to begin marketing its fully automatic Powerheart G5 AED in Canada.

5 Jul 2018

Boston Public Schools to purchase Cardiac Science Powerheart G5 AEDs

Cardiac Science announced today that the Boston Public Schools will purchase Powerheart G5 automated external defibrillators to update and expand the district’s AED program covering school buildings and school sports.

5 Jul 2018

School District of Philadelphia chooses Cardiac Science Powerheart G5 AED

Cardiac Science, a leading global manufacturer of potentially life-saving automated external defibrillators, today announced that the School District of Philadelphia completed its initiative to make AEDs available in all 220 schools in the system, choosing the Cardiac Science Powerheart G5 AED to meet this important goal.

5 Jul 2018

Kobe Proton Center starts clinical application of RayStation 7

Kobe Proton Center in Japan has recently started clinical application of RayStation 7 for treatment. The first patient was treated in March 2018 using the uniform scanning method with a plan created in RayStation.

From RaySearch Laboratories AB 5 Jul 2018

Researchers reveal more accurate, faster robot for breast biopsy

Last year, the University of Twente revealed the world's most accurate 3D-printed biopsy robot. This time, during the Surgical Robot Challenge at the international Hamlyn Symposium in London, the researchers revealed the latest version.

4 Jul 2018

Robotic exoskeleton helps disabled people to carry out daily activities on their own

Researchers of the Biomedical Neuro-engineering group of the Universidad Miguel Hernández of Elche, Spain, have developed a worldwide pioneering robotic exoskeleton which, attached to a robotic wheelchair, helps people with varying degrees of disability carry out daily activities on their own, including eating, drinking or washing.

4 Jul 2018

RaySearch and Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG sign partnership agreement regarding brachytherapy

RaySearch and Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG, a leading European supplier of brachytherapy products, have signed a partnership agreement. Both the RayStation treatment planning system and the RayCare oncology information system will be integrated with the Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG brachytherapy systems.

From RaySearch Laboratories AB 4 Jul 2018

OGT announces direct sales and support services in Europe

Oxford Gene Technology, The Molecular Genetics Company, has announced that it is now directly selling Cytocell Fluorescence In Situ Hybridisation products through several established affiliates of SysmexCorporation in Europe following its acquisition last year.

From Oxford Gene Technology 4 Jul 2018

Flow chemistry system helps streamline biocatalysis reactions

An Asia flow chemistry system from Syrris is helping to streamline biocatalysis reactions for researchers at the Biocatalysis and Organic Synthesis Group at the Chemistry Institute of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

From Syrris Ltd 4 Jul 2018

Researchers use Tecan Spark multimode reader to investigate epidermolysis bullosa

Researchers at the University Hospital of Salzburg's EB House Austria are using a Tecan Spark multimode reader to investigate epidermolysis bullosa, a rare inherited disease that causes the skin to become ‘as fragile as a butterfly’s wings’, blistering in response to friction or trauma.

From Tecan 4 Jul 2018

Engineers develop new method to measure and reconstruct interstitial fluid flow in the brain

Interstitial fluid transports nutrients and removes waste between the organs and tissues in our body. In the brain, interstitial fluid is thought to be composed of circulating cerebrospinal fluid, cellular waste and blood plasma, and past research has shown a link between interstitial fluid flow and an increased invasion rate of glioblastoma, or brain tumor, cells.

4 Jul 2018

Device / Technology News

'Eye-on-a-chip' technology may pave way for new eye disease treatments

Hartsfield-Jackson airport installs 285 new Cardiac Science G5 AEDs

Cardiac Science provides five Powerheart G5 AEDs to Cristo Rey Jesuit Atlanta High School

Health Canada approves fully automatic Powerheart G5 AED

Boston Public Schools to purchase Cardiac Science Powerheart G5 AEDs

School District of Philadelphia chooses Cardiac Science Powerheart G5 AED

Kobe Proton Center starts clinical application of RayStation 7

Researchers reveal more accurate, faster robot for breast biopsy

Robotic exoskeleton helps disabled people to carry out daily activities on their own

RaySearch and Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG sign partnership agreement regarding brachytherapy

OGT announces direct sales and support services in Europe

Flow chemistry system helps streamline biocatalysis reactions

Researchers use Tecan Spark multimode reader to investigate epidermolysis bullosa

Engineers develop new method to measure and reconstruct interstitial fluid flow in the brain

Smidt Heart Institute patient is first in the United States to receive new device to fix leaky heart valve

New computational strategy used to identify genes associated with childhood cancer

Simple, accurate and reproducible assay to measure antibodies against malaria

Women who work 45 hours or more per week show greater risk of diabetes

LLNL employs high-performance computing for better understanding of TBI

New method separates circulating tumor cells from blood samples using sound waves

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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