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Detecting deadly heart condition sooner
Combining two types of heart scan could help doctors to detect a deadly heart condition before symptoms and signs on conventional tests appear, new research co-led by the University of Leeds shows.

New therapeutic target for Parkinson’s disease discovered
Restoring contacts between mitochondria and lysosomes improves neuronal function

Dissolving cardiac device monitors, treats heart disease
Soft, wireless implant monitors the heart without requiring removal

Precision Neuroscience’s brain implant maps electrical activity in a first-in-human trial
Created by a founder of Elon Musk’s Neuralink, Precision has developed a device with some 1.000 electrodes in a one square centimeter flexilbe film. the trial could open the way to a computer-brain interface.

Owlet receives FDA clearance for prescription pulse oximetry baby sock
Clearance of the new system settles a controversy that began last year when Owl sold a similar pulse oximetry device over the counter, but was ordered to pull it from sale and seek regulatory approval as a medical device.

Powerful chemotherapy drug reaches brain tumors using novel ultrasound technology
Device uses microbubbles to open blood-brain barrier to treat glioblastoma in humans

Graphene ‘tattoo’ treats cardiac arrhythmia with light
First graphene-based cardiac implant senses irregularities, then stimulates the heart