MedTech News
.................... by Andrew Celentano
How a gentler stem cell transplant may move type 1 diabetes treatment closer
A combination blood stem cell and pancreatic islet cell transplant from an immunologically mismatched donor completely prevented or cured type 1 diabetes in mice in a study by Stanford Medicine researchers.
FDA approval of Regeneron’s hearing loss gene therapy breaks barriers
Approved Thursday via the FDA’s Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher program, Otarmeni is the first gene therapy for hearing loss—and the first treatment to target an underlying cause of the condition.
New chip can protect wireless biomedical devices from quantum attacks
Ultra-efficient chip design enables extremely strong cryptography algorithms to run on energy-constrained edge devices.
Biotronik earns FDA approval for Acticor Sky, Rivacor Sky defibrillators
Biotronik announced today that it received FDA approval for its Acticor Sky and Rivacor implantable defibrillator systems.
Bat coronavirus reveals a new way into human cells, widening the map of future spillover risks
An international team of researchers has identified an East African bat coronavirus capable of entering human cells.
Smart laser dimmer cuts neural crosstalk in brain-circuit imaging and control
Functioning as a smart dimmer, it can selectively adjust the brightness of every pixel during laser scanning, and prevent unintended neural activation, thereby significantly enhancing the precision of all-optical brain manipulation and imaging.
Biosensor works with blood samples to identify pancreatic cancer in early stages
Brazilian researchers have developed an electrochemical sensor that can detect pancreatic cancer in its early stages.
New tool can see how different brain cell types work together
Researchers from Boston University’s Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, College of Arts & Sciences, College of Engineering and Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences have developed a tool called PhysMAP to separate the “voices” of individual cell types within a crowd of electrical noise by combining several complementary features of each type’s electrical signature.