Research
A Finnish research group at the BABA Center, Helsinki Children’s Hospital, has developed a novel wearable for infants for the reliable assessment of motor abilities during early development. The smart jumpsuit MAIJU (Motor Assessment of Infants with a Jumpsuit) is a wearable medical device equipped with multiple movement sensors, which assist in assessing and predicting [...]
Researchers in Israel have demonstrated success of a novel technology that may eventually be developed into a one-time vaccine to treat people with HIV and AIDS. The Tel Aviv University team used CRISPR, a gene-editing technique, to engineer type B white blood cells that activate the immune system to produce HIV-neutralising antibodies. The study was [...]
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is an efficient, minimally-invasive, gold standard procedure used for removing large kidney stones. Creating an access from the skin on the back to the kidney - called renal access, is a crucial yet challenging step in PCNL. An inefficiently created renal access can lead to severe complications including massive bleeding, thoracis and [...]
Advances in nanotechnology have made it possible to fabricate structures out of DNA for use in biomedical applications like delivering drugs or creating vaccines. Scientists use a technique called DNA Origami (DO) – a process which involves folding complementary strands of DNA into double helixes over and over again. As a result they can construct [...]
Biomedicines are produced by living cells and are used to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases among other things. One challenge is that the medicines are very expensive to produce, something that limits global access. Now researchers from Chalmers University of Technology have invented a material that uses electrical signals to capture and release biomolecules. The [...]
Men with 'intermediate risk' prostate cancer may be able to avoid surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, thanks to a new method of treatment. The new approach uses high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) guided by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to destroy small tumours confined to one area of the prostate with little to no side effects. At Memorial [...]
When looking for an investor for your health technology company you should approach the search the same way you would the hunt for a romantic partner. You may have to kiss a few frogs first, but if you communicate honestly and are open about your expectations, you’ll find just the right match. Nurture the relationship [...]
Scientists in Japan have created a hot-melt tissue adhesive - a medical glue that is applied in a molten state - capable of healing operative wounds. The adhesive has excellent medical material properties in terms of its ease of use, adhesiveness to tissues, biocompatibility and ability to prevent postoperative complications. The National Institute for Materials Science [...]
US researchers have developed a tiny neural probe that can be implanted for long time periods to record and stimulate neural activity, while minimising injury to the surrounding tissue. The new neural probe, detailed in a paper published June 7 in Nature Communications, is extremely thin - about one-fifth the width of a human hair [...]
Researchers have used an artificial intelligence-based computational programme to reveal a new 3D structure in a rotavirus spike protein. Of the three groups of rotavirus that cause gastroenteritis in people - groups A, B and C - groups A and C affect mostly children and are the best characterised. Group B is the group that causes [...]
