Nihon Kohden Corp. has acquired Advanced Medical Predictive Devices, Diagnostics and Displays Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The company provides data analytics and artificial intelligence solutions for proactive clinical care.

New look at CABANA data provides economic argument for ablation for AF

Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation has enjoyed an uneven reputation at best over the years, but the prospect of eliminating anti-arrhythmic drugs has proven difficult for both patients and clinicians to ignore. A new analysis of data from the Catheter Ablation vs. Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation study seems to answer the cost effectiveness question for ablation, however, representing yet another piece of evidence that should support increased sales of these devices in the coming years.

Biospectal raises $4.3M to develop its smartphone-based blood pressure monitoring platform

PARIS - Biospectal SA closed a $4.3 million seed round to scale its Optibp smartphone blood pressure monitoring application and data platform technology worldwide. The round was led by digital health investors Seedlink SL, boosted by additional funding from Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Athensmed OY and Privilège Ventures SA as well as other European and stateside investors.

AHI captures vital signs via smartphone or webcam

Advanced Human Imaging’s technology eliminates the need for vital sign equipment during telehealth visits by calculating blood pressure, heart and respiratory rate, and body mass index with a quick scan using a smartphone or webcam. The company’s algorithms use blood flow information from a face scan to also assess the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, heart attack and mental stress.

T-cell exhaustion is durable, but specific

It's a good news, bad news scenario for exhausted T cells in chronic infections. Multiple groups of investigators reported in the July 26, 2021, online issue of Nature Immunology that even after a chronic hepatitis C virus infection was cured, T cells that had become dysfunctional during the infection retained epigenetic "scars" that prevented them from becoming fully functional memory T cells. Those findings were "disappointing," Debattama Sen told BioWorld. "If chronic stimulation drives exhaustion, we were really hoping that if you take the chronic stimulation away, then the exhaustion would also go away."

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