MedTech News
.................... by Andrew Celentano
First AI-designed ‘universal vaccine’ tested in humans: UK researchers
The new vaccine aims to produce an immune response that will protect against many pathogens—including some circulating among wild animals that might jump into humans in the future.
Novel prostate cancer treatment can reduce risk of disease progression by half, clinical trial shows
A Phase III clinical trial led by Neeraj Agarwal, MD, FASCO, senior director of clinical research at Huntsman Cancer Institute and professor of internal medicine at the University of Utah (the U), has found that a combination prostate cancer treatment could prevent the disease from progressing into a harder-to-treat form of cancer in select patients.
New hantavirus sequencing tool maps whole genomes from hard-to-test samples
A new method for whole-genome sequencing of hantaviruses improves on today’s strategies for identifying outbreaks.
Zepto Life Technology’s mould infection panel obtains FDA breakthrough designation
Zepto Life’s FungiFlex mould panel is designed to identify 14 clinically important mould species based on cell free fungal DNA detected in plasma.
Tandem wins CE mark for automated insulin delivery in type 2 diabetes, pregnancy
Tandem Diabetes Care (Nasdaq:TNDM) announced today that it received expanded CE mark for its automated insulin delivery (AID) systems.
Blood test spots 14 proteins that predict lung cancer risk up to five years early
Published today in Cell, the team applied machine learning to blood plasma protein data from more than 48,000 UK Biobank participants, using matched cancer registry records to identify those who later developed lung cancer.
AI decodes epilepsy signals in brain waves before seizures appear
University of Delaware researchers are using artificial intelligence to detect early warning signs hidden in the brain’s electrical rhythms.
Smartphone unlock can measure heart rate, potentially bringing health monitoring to billions worldwide
A recent study has found a way to track heart rate without requiring people to wear anything at all. Instead, all they need is for someone to use their smartphone, which is quite convenient, since the average person already spends upwards of five hours a day on their phone.