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Advances in the field of MPI: an interview with Professor Kannan Krishnan

In around 2004, there was a Phillips paper that discussed a new imaging technique called MPI. At that time, I had an eager, promising graduate student named Matt Ferguson who wanted a project, so I asked him to take a look.

From Bruker BioSpin Group 1 Mar 2016

Alpine HC introduces Reposa Synergy Hybrid Pressure Mattress

Introducing the Reposa Synergy by Alpine HC, an innovative hybrid mattress system that exemplifies synergy by combining exceptional comfort through specialist foams, with effective pressure distribution using integral air-foam cells. The end result? A superior pressure relieving experience for the user.

From Opera Care 1 Mar 2016

Anti-bacterial fabrics show promise against superbugs

Antibiotics have proven to be a valuable weapon in the fight against infectious bacteria. However, due to the excess use of antibiotics in conventional treatments, overtime antibiotics have become less effective.

1 Mar 2016

Preceyes, Nightstar partner to develop drug delivery technology for ocular surgery

Preceyes B.V. (NL) and Nightstar (UK) have entered into a collaboration for the development of a high-precision drug delivery technology in the eye. Nightstar will use the Preceyes robotic device to further refine the delivery of gene therapy to the subretinal space for a range of inherited retinal diseases.

1 Mar 2016

On-demand liquid nitrogen generator

The Asynt CryoSyn is a unique on-demand generator (available in 10, 20, 40, 60 & 120L capacity models) which generates liquid nitrogen and nitrogen gas for industrial, medical, food and agricultural, biological and general laboratory applications.

From Asynt 29 Feb 2016

Sonitor Technologies announces expansion of Sonitor Sense RTLS open integration platform

Sonitor Technologies, Inc., a global leader in indoor positioning technologies, announced today the expansion of its industry-leading Sonitor Sense RTLS open integration platform.

28 Feb 2016

Small, tablet-sized ultrasound devices may help midwives figure out C-section candidates

Midwives need more than fingers to figure out who the C-section candidates are. Small, tablet-sized ultrasound devices may be the key.

27 Feb 2016

Cryo-electron microscopy helps analyze infection mechanisms of coronaviruses in detail

High-resolution cryo-electron microscopy and supercomputing have now made it possible to analyze in detail the infection mechanisms of coronaviruses. These viruses are notorious for attacking the respiratory tract of humans and animals.

27 Feb 2016

Braille maps created to help blind, visually impaired people navigate local training center

Using a high-tech 3-D printer, a Rutgers undergraduate and his professor created sophisticated braille maps to help blind and visually impaired people navigate a local training center.

27 Feb 2016

New 3-D microscope allows researchers to look at living cancer cells in controlled microenvironment

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have designed and built a microscope capable of creating high-resolution, 3-D images of living cancer cells in realistic, controllable microenvironments.

27 Feb 2016

Light reflectance spectroscopy may lead to real-time tissue analysis during prostate cancer surgery

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined that light reflectance spectroscopy can differentiate between malignant and benign prostate tissue with 85 percent accuracy, a finding that may lead to real-time tissue analysis during prostate cancer surgery.

27 Feb 2016

3D planning and CAD/CAM techniques have potential for advances in plastic and reconstructive surgery

While used mainly in craniofacial reconstruction so far, 3D planning and CAD/CAM techniques have the potential for advances in practically every area of plastic and reconstructive surgery, according to the review by Drs. Miles J. Pfaff and Derek Steinbacher of Yale University.

27 Feb 2016

Matched ChIP-validated Antibodies & Primer Sets

Chromatrap announces that its high quality ChIP-validated antibodies can now be supplied with optimised matching primer sets.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 26 Feb 2016

Kansas State researchers develop 3-D printed device that quickly detect anemia from blood

Identifying a blood disorder may be as easy as running a blood sample from a finger prick under a smartphone. That is the concept behind a new biomedical device being developed by Kansas State University researchers.

26 Feb 2016

Digital health: the future for medicine?

"The best way to predict the future is to invent it," these were the words of Alan Kay quoted by Dr Euan Ashley at the Recent Developments in Digital Health 2016 event at the Royal Society of Medicine. No one exemplified this inspirational message further than Professor Tony Young, National Clinical Director for Innovation, NHS England.

26 Feb 2016

Luminex collaborates with University of São Paulo to validate multi-analyte Zika virus assay

Luminex Corporation today announced it is collaborating with the Laboratory of Molecular Evolution & Bioinformatics, Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of São Paulo, Brazil to validate a multi-analyte Zika virus assay developed by Luminex partner, GenArraytion, Inc.

26 Feb 2016

Medical scientists examine potential new tool for helping prevent stroke, heart attack

Medical scientists just vetted a potentially powerful new tool for helping prevent stroke and heart attack. In a study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers show that a drug reduced the risk of stroke or heart attack by almost a quarter in patients who had previously suffered a stroke or mini-stroke.

26 Feb 2016

Ohio State study evaluates trans-catheter interatrial shunt device for diastolic heart failure

For the first time in the U.S., a clinical trial is underway that's evaluating a device designed to treat diastolic heart failure. The first patient enrolled in the randomized, blinded study is being treated at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

26 Feb 2016

New analytical tool may help diagnose cancer faster than conventional methods

Researchers have developed a new analytical tool for medical applications and biological research that might be used to diagnose cancer more rapidly than conventional methods.

26 Feb 2016

Medical community has unique role to play in determining future use of mitochondrial replacement techniques

There is a unique role for the United States medical community to play in determining the future application of, and ethically acceptable approach to, mitochondrial replacement techniques (MRTs), according to a commentary published online by the New England Journal of Medicine.

26 Feb 2016

Device / Technology News

Advances in the field of MPI: an interview with Professor Kannan Krishnan

Alpine HC introduces Reposa Synergy Hybrid Pressure Mattress

Anti-bacterial fabrics show promise against superbugs

Preceyes, Nightstar partner to develop drug delivery technology for ocular surgery

On-demand liquid nitrogen generator

Sonitor Technologies announces expansion of Sonitor Sense RTLS open integration platform

Small, tablet-sized ultrasound devices may help midwives figure out C-section candidates

Cryo-electron microscopy helps analyze infection mechanisms of coronaviruses in detail

Braille maps created to help blind, visually impaired people navigate local training center

New 3-D microscope allows researchers to look at living cancer cells in controlled microenvironment

Light reflectance spectroscopy may lead to real-time tissue analysis during prostate cancer surgery

3D planning and CAD/CAM techniques have potential for advances in plastic and reconstructive surgery

Matched ChIP-validated Antibodies & Primer Sets

Kansas State researchers develop 3-D printed device that quickly detect anemia from blood

Digital health: the future for medicine?

Luminex collaborates with University of São Paulo to validate multi-analyte Zika virus assay

Medical scientists examine potential new tool for helping prevent stroke, heart attack

Ohio State study evaluates trans-catheter interatrial shunt device for diastolic heart failure

New analytical tool may help diagnose cancer faster than conventional methods

Medical community has unique role to play in determining future use of mitochondrial replacement techniques

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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