For the one in eight couples struggling to conceive, the improvements in infertility treatments achieved by employment of artificial intelligence (AI) in diagnostics, personalized therapies and embryo selection may soon mean the difference between childlessness and the family of their dreams. Read More
For a company that dominates the market for devices designed to improve breathing during sleep, Royal Philips NV has had the devil of time catching its own breath over the last 15 months as it has issued wave after wave of recalls. Read More
Genomics is moving out of the research lab to become a routine element of health care, particularly in oncology to detect gene variants that indicate a patient will respond to a targeted cancer drug, and in the diagnosis of rare diseases. Read More
Researchers from the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) in Los Angeles are developing a contact lens that can capture and detect exosomes. These are nanometer-sized vesicles found in bodily secretions which have the potential to be diagnostic cancer biomarkers. The team published its work and findings in August 2022 in Advanced Functional Materials. Read More
Communication between adipose tissue and the brain increases the risk of cognitive impairment in patients with insulin resistance through extracellular vesicles (EVs) containing microRNAs (miRNAs). Neurons could be damaged when these nucleotides reach the hippocampus guided by membrane proteins in prediabetic overweight people. Read More
New hires and promotions in the med-tech industry, including: Checkpoint Surgical, Conformal Medical, Glucomodicum, Lynxdx, Miach Orthopaedics, Oncolytics Biotech, Rockwell Medical. Read More
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Electrocore, Premia Spine, Vektor Medical. Read More
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Accuray, Aevis Victoria, Apollo Neuroscience, Basecamp Vascular, BCV, Diadem, Oncocyte, Tearlab, Trukera, Voxneuro, Zoll Medical. Read More
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Serpex Medical, Viewray. Read More
