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26 April 2018
Lab-on-phone enables fast detection of infections
Researchers from Washington State University (WSU) in the US have invented a portable laboratory-on-phone device to quickly test for common bacterial and viral infections.
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26 April 2018
US researchers develop technology to 3D print cells on skin
Researchers at the University of Minnesota in the US have developed technology capable of directly 3D printing biological cells and electronics on skin in real-time.
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26 April 2018
Machine learning used on Mars analyses effect of cancer treatment
Research team at the University of Manchester in the UK has refined their machine learning technique, Linear Poisson Modelling, to analyse the effect of a cancer treatment.
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25 April 2018
Portable test box provides immunity data for vulnerable populations
Researchers from the University of Toronto have developed a portable, reconfigurable lab-on-a-chip diagnostic platform that can gauge the level of immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases among vulnerable populations.
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25 April 2018
Implantable islet oxygen device could treat type 1 diabetes
Researchers at MIT have collaborated with Beta-O2 Technologies to develop an implantable device that can provide transplanted islet cells with a supply of oxygen so they have a chance of...
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25 April 2018
Medtronic’s DCB gets FDA approval for femoral artery lesions treatment
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Medtronic’s IN.PACT Admiral drug-coated balloon (DCB) for the treatment of long superficial femoral artery (SFA) lesions.
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25 April 2018
Hacking group attacks healthcare imaging devices
US-based software firm Symantec has reported that a new attack group called Orangeworm is targeting global healthcare and related sectors in the US, Europe and Asia.
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25 April 2018
Vascutek and Bolton Medical combine into single business
UK-based medical device company Vascutek has merged with its US-based sister organisation Bolton Medical to form a single entity called Terumo Aortic.
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24 April 2018
World’s first scrotum and penis transplant performed
A team of reconstructive surgeons at Johns Hopkins Hospital in the US have performed the world’s first total penis and scrotum transplant.
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24 April 2018
Living Heart Project develops ‘walk-in’ heart simulation to aid research
French software company Dassault Systèmes’ US simulation subsidiary Simulia has developed the Living Heart Project, a 3D model of a beating human heart that people can walk through, to assist...
