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New eye lens could restore long-sightedness in older people

A University of Leeds researcher is developing a new eye lens, made from the same material found in smartphone and TV screens, which could restore long-sightedness in older people.

19 Oct 2015

Digital health app facilitates early detection, treatment of COPD exacerbation symptoms

A digital health application for reporting symptoms of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) facilitated early detection and treatment of COPD exacerbation symptoms, according to an analysis from the Temple Lung Center published by Telemedicine and eHealth.

19 Oct 2015

University of Maryland develops GammaPod system to treat early-stage breast cancer

After more than a decade of research and development, researchers in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine will begin enrolling patients in the first clinical trial of GammaPod, a new high-precision, image-guided radiation therapy system specifically designed to treat early-stage breast cancer.

19 Oct 2015

New mobile phone-based navigation service developed for older people

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a mobile phone-based navigation service which guides older users to the right address, even when lost in a strange town. The result of a European project, the service helps older people to use public transport, assisting them along the entire route.

18 Oct 2015

Doctors use MR-guided focused ultrasound to treat essential tremor

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is one of six locations nationally - and the only one in the Midwest - studying the safety and effectiveness of a promising new technology using MR-guided focused ultrasound to treat patients suffering from essential tremor as part of a multi-center FDA trial.

18 Oct 2015

ViewRay obtains Korean regulatory approval for MRI-guided radiation therapy system

ViewRay, Inc. announced today that the company has received regulatory approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) – formerly known as the Korean Food and Drug Administration – to sell its ViewRay system in Korea. On October 13, 2015, the first patient treatments commenced less than four weeks after the system completed installation at Seoul National University Hospital, a leading healthcare facility in Korea.

18 Oct 2015

NEB releases new NEBNext Ultra II DNA Library Prep Kit

New England Biolabs today announced the release of the NEBNext Ultra II DNA Library Prep Kit for Illumina next generation sequencing systems. The new Ultra II kit substantially improves upon its predecessor to produce libraries of both higher quality and higher yield from a variety of sample types, including challenging ones, such as formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples and those containing low amounts of input DNA.

From New England Biolabs 16 Oct 2015

Bolton Medical reports first commercial implant of TREO Abdominal Stent-Graft System

Bolton Medical, a subsidiary of the WerfenLife Company, announced the first commercial implant of the TREO Abdominal Stent-Graft System by Professor Giovanni Torsello, MD, Director of the Center for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at St. Franciscus Hospital Muenster in Munster, Germany.

16 Oct 2015

Brown University researchers describe new method to test HIV mutations

Tests that can distinguish whether HIV-positive people are infected with a drug-resistant strain or a non-resistant strain allow patients to get the most effective treatment as quickly as possible. In the November edition of the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, a team of Brown University researchers describes a new method that works faster and more sensitively in lab testing than the current standard technologies.

16 Oct 2015

UM SOM researchers to initiate first clinical trial of GammaPod system in patients with early-stage breast cancer

16 Oct 2015

NIH's BCERP launches Columbia Mailman School & Columbia University Medical Center site

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Medical Center together are one of six new sites being launched by the National Institutes of Health's Breast Cancer and Environment Research Program (BCERP).

16 Oct 2015

Two-Level IDE approval granted to Simplify Medical’s cervical artificial disc

Simplify Medical, Inc. is pioneering disc arthroplasty with the non-metal, MRI compatible Simplify™ Disc, a cervical artificial disc.

16 Oct 2015

Synapse Biomedical, IFR to commercialize implantable systems that restore muscle function in paralyzed patients

Case Western Reserve University's Institute for Functional Restoration (IFR) and Synapse Biomedical Inc. have entered a partnership to commercialize fully implantable systems that restore muscle function in paralyzed patients.

16 Oct 2015

OHSU designs new iPhone app to advance melanoma research

Oregon Health & Science University today released an iPhone app designed to advance melanoma research by giving users the ability to accurately measure and monitor moles, and contribute photos of how their potential trouble spots evolve over time.

16 Oct 2015

New COMPASS platform points directly to protein's likely structure

Searching for the precise, complexly folded three-dimensional structure of a protein can be like hacking through a jungle without a map: a long, intensive process with uncertain direction.

16 Oct 2015

New test could identify patients at risk of relapse from testicular cancer

Scientists have developed a new test to identify patients who are at risk of suffering a relapse from testicular cancer. Assessing just three features of a common kind of testicular cancer - called non-seminomatous germ cell tumour - can identify those at most at risk of relapse even where there is no evidence of tumour spread.

16 Oct 2015

International consortium provides standard protocol for using Oxford Nanopore's DNA-sequencing device

The MinION, a handheld DNA-sequencing device developed by Oxford Nanopore, has been tested and evaluated by an independent, international consortium coordinated by EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI).

16 Oct 2015

Sanofi Pasteur, IDRI establish Global Health Vaccine Center of Innovation

In an effort to accelerate timelines and decrease development costs of life-saving vaccines, the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) and Sanofi Pasteur today announce the establishment of the Global Health Vaccine Center of Innovation (GHVCI), to be headquartered at IDRI in Seattle.

16 Oct 2015

Scientists use new technology to create gene expression map of inner ear cell development

Using a sensitive new technology called single-cell RNA-seq on cells from mice, scientists have created the first high-resolution gene expression map of the newborn mouse inner ear.

16 Oct 2015

Women who visit higher volume mammography facilities more likely to benefit from screening

Women who visit mammography facilities with higher total interpretive volumes are more likely to benefit from screening, according to a new study published in the Journal of Medical Screening.

16 Oct 2015

Device / Technology News

New eye lens could restore long-sightedness in older people

Digital health app facilitates early detection, treatment of COPD exacerbation symptoms

University of Maryland develops GammaPod system to treat early-stage breast cancer

New mobile phone-based navigation service developed for older people

Doctors use MR-guided focused ultrasound to treat essential tremor

ViewRay obtains Korean regulatory approval for MRI-guided radiation therapy system

NEB releases new NEBNext Ultra II DNA Library Prep Kit

Bolton Medical reports first commercial implant of TREO Abdominal Stent-Graft System

Brown University researchers describe new method to test HIV mutations

UM SOM researchers to initiate first clinical trial of GammaPod system in patients with early-stage breast cancer

NIH's BCERP launches Columbia Mailman School & Columbia University Medical Center site

Two-Level IDE approval granted to Simplify Medical’s cervical artificial disc

Synapse Biomedical, IFR to commercialize implantable systems that restore muscle function in paralyzed patients

OHSU designs new iPhone app to advance melanoma research

New COMPASS platform points directly to protein's likely structure

New test could identify patients at risk of relapse from testicular cancer

International consortium provides standard protocol for using Oxford Nanopore's DNA-sequencing device

Sanofi Pasteur, IDRI establish Global Health Vaccine Center of Innovation

Scientists use new technology to create gene expression map of inner ear cell development

Women who visit higher volume mammography facilities more likely to benefit from screening

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

Obesity, GLP-1s, and metabolic care

Automation in cell-based workflows

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