Chris Lo

All articles by Chris Lo

1. A trick of the light: photodynamic therapy illuminates healthcare

   Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is not a new innovation in the medical space. Early forms of the technique have been in…
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   7 Aug
2. Hidden figures: lifting the lid on medical device failure reporting

   For the last year or more, there has been unprecedented global scrutiny around the regulation of medical devices. While pre-market…
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   24 Jun
3. Israel: a medtech innovation hub for the world

   In the late 90s, Toronto native Dr Morry Blumenfeld was mulling the prospect of retirement after 35 illustrious years at…
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   19 Jun
4. Is software a blind spot for the medical device industry?

   As the provision of healthcare continues its transition towards preventative care, medical device software and complex algorithms have formed the…
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   1 May
5. Virtual pain relief: could VR start a rehab revolution?

   Although virtual reality (VR) in various forms has been rattling around the consumer and industrial markets for several decades, the…
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   27 Mar
6. Roche’s cobas pro: the automated lab

   Behind the scenes at hospitals, health centres and private facilities all over the world, hundreds of thousands of medical laboratory…
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   25 Mar
7. The high-tech hunt for new biomarkers

   If modern drug discovery is a game of needles and haystacks, researchers need every bit of help they can get…
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   21 Feb
8. Democratising data: the key to better healthcare?

   In the age of information, it’s easy to forget a time when ‘health data’ was limited to scrawls on paper…
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   11 Feb
9. Form and function: a revolution in 3D-printed anatomical models

   From the wax and ivory figures of the 18th century to the sophisticated renderings of today, anatomical models have played…
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   23 Jan
10. The magic touch: bringing sensory feedback to brain-controlled prosthetics

    For centuries prosthetics have been limited to basic attachments replacing missing limbs or extremities, but in the last 20 years,…
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    21 Jan