MedTech News
.................... by Andrew Celentano
Blink-powered glasses could keep an eye on health
The ultra-low-power design could pave the way for smart glasses that continuously monitor health without constant charging.
FDA grants 510(k) clearance for Urolution Medical’s OpenFlo catheter
Urolution Medical is preparing comparative clinical trials to evaluate catheter performance and patient outcomes.
Experiments reveal how DNA-packaging protein mutation promotes breast cancer spread
A research team led by professor Chan Kui-ming from the Department of Biomedical Sciences at CityUHK discovered that H2BE113K, a missense H2B mutation, promotes colony formation and lung metastasis in breast cancer.
Drug combination that reduces oxygen levels in tissues improves Parkinson’s symptoms in mice
In a new study, Broad Institute researchers report that two small-molecule chemicals that reduce oxygen delivery to cells improved symptoms of neurodegeneration in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease.
Stem cell–like tumor state may help identify high-risk small-cell lung cancer
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a stem-like state in small-cell lung cancer that distinguishes a group of patients with exceptionally poor outcomes following chemoimmunotherapy, according to a study published in Cell Reports Medicine.
The shape of water at a key tau hotspot helps drive dementia-linked clumping
Diseases such as Alzheimer’s and frontotemporal dementia are considered neurodegenerative tauopathies, in which tau proteins in the brain misfold and lead to cognitive decline. Until now, it has been unclear how misfolded tau recruits other seemingly healthy tau and causes it to misfold and clump.
Tiny robots speed medicine through body to the heart
Johns Hopkins University engineers have created robots the size of a pencil tip intended to travel through the body to deliver medicine to infections inside a beating heart.
Two-trigger drugs target ‘zombie’ cancer cells with sharper aim
Stopping a cancer cell from dividing does not necessarily make it harmless. Chemotherapy can leave behind living, senescent cells. These ‘zombie’ cells can release inflammatory signals, helping tumors resist treatment. Drugs that eliminate these lingering cells could help, but they can also harm other cells.