Device / Technology News

RSS

Scientists test how pathogens interact with artificial organs

Scientists at Imperial College London have become the first in the world to test how pathogens interact with artificial human organs.

14 Feb 2018

The training of Dr. Robot: Data wave hits medical care

The technology used by Facebook, Google and Amazon to turn spoken language into text, recognize faces and target advertising could help doctors combat one of the deadliest killers in American hospitals.

14 Feb 2018

High-tech brain scans can provide new way to define intelligence

High-tech scans of the resting human brain can provide a new way to define and interpret the brain's actual mental capacity, new research suggests.

14 Feb 2018

Porvair Sciences extends range of impact support mats to protect microplates during centrifugation

Porvair Sciences has extended its range of silicone impact support mats to protect deep well microplates when they are being centrifuged.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 14 Feb 2018

Pfizer to use BC Platforms’ technology solutions to analyze data in cardiovascular diseases

BC Platforms, a world leader in genomic data management and analytics, today announces that Pfizer Finland will be using its technology solutions and research platform, including BCRQUEST.COM, to study data in cardiovascular diseases.

14 Feb 2018

New study to test safety, efficacy of MRI-guided focused ultrasound to treat Parkinson's disease

University of Maryland Medicine is leading a phase 3 study to test the safety and efficacy of using MRI-guided focused ultrasound on the brain in order to treat Parkinson's disease.

13 Feb 2018

New ECPR alert helps some people survive fatal cardiac arrest

More people are walking away from a type of cardiac arrest that is nearly always fatal, thanks to a new protocol being tested at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. It's called an ECPR alert.

13 Feb 2018

Simple toolkit improves quality of care in Indian hospitals

A simple toolkit of checklists, education materials and quality and performance reporting improved the quality of care but not outcomes in hospitals in the south Indian state of Kerala and may have the potential to improve outcomes of heart attacks and other major cardiovascular disease events in other settings, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

13 Feb 2018

Novel motion capture-like technology for tracking how proteins fold into certain shape

In many modern animated movies, the trick to achieving realistic movements for individual characters and objects lies in motion-capture technology.

13 Feb 2018

New scanning technology could reduce number of biopsies on people with fatty liver disease

A study jointly led by the University of Birmingham and University of Edinburgh has revealed that a new scanning technology could almost halve the number of liver biopsies carried out on people with fatty liver disease.

13 Feb 2018

New Blink Reflexometer could provide more objective measures of concussion severity

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that between 1.6 and 3.8 million concussions occur each year in the US. In addition, research indicates that nearly a quarter of annual traumatic brain injuries among children are sustained during high-contact/collision recreational activities or sports.

13 Feb 2018

Researchers develop new method to map dopamine system in Parkinson's patients

With the aid of a PET camera, researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a new method for investigating the dopamine system in the brains of patients suffering from Parkinson's disease.

13 Feb 2018

Scientists develop Scanpy software to analyze enormous single-cell data

Scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München have developed a program that is able to help manage enormous datasets.

13 Feb 2018

PAREXEL launches new service to optimize management of human biological samples

PAREXEL International Corporation, the world’s leading innovator of biopharmaceutical services, today launched its Biological Sample Lifecycle Management service, enabling optimal use of human biological samples.

From Parexel 13 Feb 2018

Ground-breaking partnership aims to deliver faster, more accurate diagnoses for genetic epilepsy

New software to deliver faster and more accurate diagnoses in genetic epilepsies is the ambition of a ground-breaking partnership between Congenica, a global provider of clinical genomics interpretation software, and FutureNeuro, the SFI Research Centre for Chronic and Rare Neurological Diseases, supported by Science Foundation Ireland.

13 Feb 2018

Multi-spectral imaging shows promise for improving uterine transplant surgery

Future Science Group today announced the publication of an article in Future Science OA demonstrating the first use of multispectral imaging in gynecology, in a uterine transplant setting.

12 Feb 2018

Scientists program nanorobots to shrink tumors

In a major advancement in nanomedicine, Arizona State University scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have successfully programmed nanorobots to shrink tumors by cutting off their blood supply.

12 Feb 2018

Device / Technology News

Scientists test how pathogens interact with artificial organs

The training of Dr. Robot: Data wave hits medical care

High-tech brain scans can provide new way to define intelligence

Porvair Sciences extends range of impact support mats to protect microplates during centrifugation

Pfizer to use BC Platforms’ technology solutions to analyze data in cardiovascular diseases

New study to test safety, efficacy of MRI-guided focused ultrasound to treat Parkinson's disease

New ECPR alert helps some people survive fatal cardiac arrest

Simple toolkit improves quality of care in Indian hospitals

Novel motion capture-like technology for tracking how proteins fold into certain shape

New scanning technology could reduce number of biopsies on people with fatty liver disease

New Blink Reflexometer could provide more objective measures of concussion severity

Researchers develop new method to map dopamine system in Parkinson's patients

Scientists develop Scanpy software to analyze enormous single-cell data

PAREXEL launches new service to optimize management of human biological samples

Ground-breaking partnership aims to deliver faster, more accurate diagnoses for genetic epilepsy

Multi-spectral imaging shows promise for improving uterine transplant surgery

Scientists program nanorobots to shrink tumors

New technique enables 3D printing of complex nanoscale metal structures

Study shows safety, accuracy of implanted continuous glucose sensor in diabetes patients

MRI scans reveal why people often become aggressive after drinking alcohol

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

Latest News