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FDA issues updated draft recommendations on submitting new 510(k) for modified devices

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued draft updated recommendations to help manufacturers determine when they are required to notify the FDA about modifications made to certain medical devices already on the market, including a separate guidance applicable to software devices.

8 Aug 2016

Scientists develop novel multifunctional platform to integrate imaging and photo-induced cancer therapy

Physicists from The University of Texas at Arlington are leading a multidisciplinary project with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston to develop a new multifunctional platform that can integrate imaging and photo-induced cancer therapy in a single, portable device.

5 Aug 2016

Stony Brook University partners with Vayu to use self-guided drones for medical delivery in Madagascar

Drones have become ubiquitous in our society; there is a national drone film festival, a national drone racing championship, and drones are being used extensively by the military for surveillance.

5 Aug 2016

UCLA researchers develop noninvasive technique to treat breathing problems in premature babies

As humans evolved over many thousands of years, our bodies developed a system to help us when we start running and suddenly need more oxygen. Now, using that innate reflex as inspiration, UCLA researchers have developed a noninvasive way to treat potentially harmful breathing problems in babies who were born prematurely.

5 Aug 2016

New carbon nanomaterial pot several times deeper than any similar nanostructure

A novel, pot-shaped, carbon nanomaterial developed by researchers from Kumamoto University, Japan is several times deeper than any hollow carbon nanostructure previously produced.

5 Aug 2016

New lung scanning platform holds potential to improve treatment for people with lung disease

New lung scanning technology developed at Monash University has the potential to transform treatment for millions of people with lung disease in Australia and around the world.

5 Aug 2016

Russian physicists propose unique method to avoid implants rejection

A group of Russian physicists, with the contribution from their Swiss colleagues, developed a way to use the therapeutic effect of heating or cooling the tissues due to the magnetocaloric effect.

5 Aug 2016

Health Pioneers BetterYou say it’s best to your vitamin D level

Recent vitamin D guidance by Public Health England has once again highlighted the UK-wide issue of vitamin D deficiency, but how do you know if you are one of the estimated 10 million people with low vitamin D levels? A simple home test can put your mind at rest, say health pioneers BetterYou.

From BetterYou Ltd 5 Aug 2016

Novel dual molecular tuner offers easy way to perform in-depth analyses in mammalian cells

A research team headed by investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has developed a tool that allows scientists to quickly manipulate levels of two proteins in the same cell.

5 Aug 2016

New reconstruction technique restores bone loss in the jaw of pigs

Researchers have engineered living bone tissue to repair bone loss in the jaw, a structure that is typically difficult to restore.

5 Aug 2016

Penn researchers develop computer model for designing drug-delivery nanocarriers

A team of University of Pennsylvania researchers has developed a computer model that will aid in the design of nanocarriers, microscopic structures used to guide drugs to their targets in the body.

5 Aug 2016

Scientists find efficient and easy way to mass produce GABAergic neurons for laboratory use

Scientists from Singapore have streamlined the process of using human stem cells to mass produce GABAergic neurons (GNs) in the laboratory.

5 Aug 2016

RAND launches new tools for improving community-based efforts to prevent teen pregnancy

Researchers from the RAND Corporation have launched a web-based guide for community leaders to use when they are planning to run teen pregnancy prevention programs.

5 Aug 2016

New technology can instantly provide in-field characterization of unknown liquids

A new company will commercialize sensing technology invented at Harvard University that can perform instant, in-field characterization of the chemical make-up and material properties of unknown liquids.

4 Aug 2016

New sonification system can help professional swimmers optimize swimming technique

Since 1896, swimming has been an event in the Olympic games. Back then it was the swimmer's physical condition that was decisive in securing a win, but today it is mostly technique that determines who takes home the title of world champion.

4 Aug 2016

Mount Sinai neurosurgeon first to use CaptiView image injection system during microscopic surgery

Joshua Bederson, MD, Professor and System Chair for the Department of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai Health System, is the first neurosurgeon to use CaptiView - a microscope image injection system from Leica Microsystems that overlays critical virtual reality imaging directly onto the brain when viewed through the eyepiece, known as the ocular, during surgery.

4 Aug 2016

Reposa Synergy mattress system provides comfort and pressure relief to users

This ground breaking non-powered mattress merges air and foam so that its users benefit from the comfort of a static mattress whilst also benefitting from the advanced pressure relief that an alternating pressure mattress provides.

From Opera Care 4 Aug 2016

Siemens Healthineers launches fully-automated coagulation analyzer with PSI technology in the U.S.

Today, Siemens Healthineers Laboratory Diagnostics business launched the Sysmex CS-2500 System—a mid-volume, fully-automated coagulation analyzer with smartly-designed PSI technology—in major markets including the U.S. Together with Lab Alliance of Central New York, the first U.S. customer to install the high-volume Sysmex CS-5100 System, the company celebrated the availability of its new Sysmex CS Hemostasis System portfolio in the U.S.

4 Aug 2016

Scientists develop interactive model to fast-track research and treatment of schizophrenia

It's called mental imbalance for a reason. Sanity hangs, in part, in the gentle balance of chemicals strung together within regions of the brain in an intricate matrix.

4 Aug 2016

New tool helps researchers make connections between proteins, genes, drugs and diseases

Every day, more than 3,000 new abstracts are uploaded to PubMed, the main biomedical literature reference database. Even in a researcher's narrowly-defined field, it is impossible to stay on top of the ever-evolving webs of interconnections between these papers.

4 Aug 2016

Device / Technology News

FDA issues updated draft recommendations on submitting new 510(k) for modified devices

Scientists develop novel multifunctional platform to integrate imaging and photo-induced cancer therapy

Stony Brook University partners with Vayu to use self-guided drones for medical delivery in Madagascar

UCLA researchers develop noninvasive technique to treat breathing problems in premature babies

New carbon nanomaterial pot several times deeper than any similar nanostructure

New lung scanning platform holds potential to improve treatment for people with lung disease

Russian physicists propose unique method to avoid implants rejection

Health Pioneers BetterYou say it’s best to your vitamin D level

Novel dual molecular tuner offers easy way to perform in-depth analyses in mammalian cells

New reconstruction technique restores bone loss in the jaw of pigs

Penn researchers develop computer model for designing drug-delivery nanocarriers

Scientists find efficient and easy way to mass produce GABAergic neurons for laboratory use

RAND launches new tools for improving community-based efforts to prevent teen pregnancy

New technology can instantly provide in-field characterization of unknown liquids

New sonification system can help professional swimmers optimize swimming technique

Mount Sinai neurosurgeon first to use CaptiView image injection system during microscopic surgery

Reposa Synergy mattress system provides comfort and pressure relief to users

Siemens Healthineers launches fully-automated coagulation analyzer with PSI technology in the U.S.

Scientists develop interactive model to fast-track research and treatment of schizophrenia

New tool helps researchers make connections between proteins, genes, drugs and diseases

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Data management challenges in scientific research

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