Royal Philips NV received a second round of funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to speed adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms on the Lumify hand-held ultrasound device, bringing its total commitment to the project designed to reduce maternal mortality to $60 million.
Femasys Inc. received U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for Femaseed, an infertility treatment that delivers sperm directly to the fallopian tubes. Less invasive and more straightforward than in vitro fertilization, the procedure offers what the company said is a new and more affordable alternative to family building for couples encountering fertility issues.
Choosing blastocysts for transfer based on size could give prospective parents a much better chance of success in welcoming a new member to the family, a study published in the Nature portfolio journal Scientific Reports demonstrates.
Celmatix Inc. and Aché Laboratórios Farmacéuticos SA will study the role of melatonin receptors and their agonists in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The two companies announced a collaboration, with a separate license and development agreement upon conclusion of the research.
A new study has shown that a uterine bacterium is one cause of endometriosis and that preventing the infection could prevent development of the pathology, in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows in the abdominal cavity.
Comanche Biopharma Corp. has received IND clearance from the FDA to conduct a first-in-human study of CBP-4888, its novel, small interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA) therapy to treat pre-eclampsia.
Disrupted meiosis, the cell division process that leads to the production of reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms, led to a decline in overall health by triggering an accelerating aging signature in the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans.
The work is “the first direct evidence that manipulating the health of reproductive cells leads to premature aging and a decline in healthspan,” senior author Arjumand Ghazi, an associate professor of pediatrics, developmental biology, and cell biology and physiology at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Children’s Hospital, said in a press release.
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