MedTech News
.................... by Andrew Celentano
Roche’s test for Bordetella infections gains FDA clearance
The test, which runs on the cobas liat system, is said to deliver results in 15 minutes.
FDA clears Francis Medical’s water vapour ablation treatment for prostate cancer
The Vanquish device’s clinical data demonstrated an elimination of MRI visible intermediate risk disease in 91% of patients after a single procedure.
Astrin Biosciences Launches Certitude™ Breast, the First Non-Imaging Breast Cancer Detection Test
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Astrin Biosciences, a cancer intelligence company transforming how cancer is detected and treated through deep proteomics and AI, announced the launch of Certitude™, the first-of-its-kind, non-imaging, blood-based early cancer detection test. Results from the latest study will be presented at the upcoming San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), taking place December 10–14, 2025.
Age-related muscle wasting tied to cell recycling defect
Two related studies published today in Nature Metabolism show that a specialized intracellular recycling mechanism—chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA)—is essential for muscle health.
How the brain protects itself from Alzheimer’s disease
High levels of calcium are toxic to cells and contribute to loss of neurons in Alzheimer’s disease. A new study published in JCI Insight identifies a mechanism through which the young brain protects itself against high calcium levels, and it could help scientists learn how to protect the brain from this devastating neurodegenerative condition.
Newly defined benign soft tissue tumor with bony shell may mimic malignancy
It’s not often that a pathologist gets to make a diagnosis that works for the patient by preventing treatment from occurring.
Breast cancer remodels lymphatic vessels to accelerate its spread, research reveals
Breast cancer is able to modify the lymphatic vessels through which it travels to the draining lymph nodes
New test distinguishes vaccine-induced false positives from active HIV infection
Since the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was identified in 1983, roughly 91.4 million people around the world have contracted the virus and an additional 44.1 million have died from related causes.