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Single antibody may be responsible for life-threatening reaction to common blood thinner
Researchers at McMaster University have discovered that a rare but dangerous reaction to a widely used blood thinner is caused by a single antibody—overturning decades of medical misunderstanding and opening the door to more precise ways of diagnosing and treating this medical complication.

Foldax introduces TRIA mitral valve in India
Dolphin Life Science India handles the local production of the TRIA mitral valve.

Q&A: Daye launches at-home hormone testing service across the UK
Daye has just launched a comprehensive at-home hormone testing service across the UK, and Med-Tech Insights spoke to Valentina Milanova, founder & CEO of Daye to find out more.

Tasso and SheMed provide at-home blood testing to UK women for personalised GLP-1 treatments
Tasso, a specialist in patient-centric blood collection, and SheMed, a UK-based women’s healthcare company, have teamed up to deliver safer, more personalised weight loss treatments through convenient at-home diagnostics.

Medtronic Symplicity Spyral renal denervation tech wins regulatory nod in Japan
Medtronic (NYSE: MDT)+
announced that it received regulatory approval in Japan for its Symplicity Spyral renal denervation (RDN) system.

GE HealthCare wins FDA clearance for new coronary CT system
GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC)+
announced that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Revolution Vibe CT imaging system.

China-based Surgerii Robotics wins CE mark for single-port surgical robot
Surgerii Robotics announced on LinkedIn today that its Shurui single-port surgical robot garnered CE mark approval in Europe.

BlurryScope: A compact, AI-powered microscope for rapid, cost-effective cancer scoring
A research team at UCLA, led by Professor Aydogan Ozcan, has introduced BlurryScope, a compact, cost-effective scanning microscope that combines simple optical hardware with advanced deep learning algorithms to assess HER2 status in breast cancer tissue samples.