MedTech News
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Carea launches woman wellbeing service
Carea, the pregnancy and postnatal wellbeing app, has launched Carea Connect, a service that analyses a woman’s wellbeing data to identify when additional support may be beneficial and proactively connects her with the right maternal health expe
Gene editing tool reduces Huntington’s toxic protein fragments and symptoms in mice
A gene-editing tool designed to precisely rewrite the gene that causes Huntington’s disease reduced toxic protein fragments and symptoms associated with the disease in mice, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign report.
New mechanism reveals how heart cells resist regenerative reprogramming
Specialized cells in the human body make biological trade-offs to perform certain jobs. Because the adult human heart cannot repair itself the way skin does, scientists have studied ways to “reprogram” heart cells to regenerate after heart attacks.
Scientists develop microRNA-based gene therapy that halts ALS progression in mice
A single IV injection of a microRNA-based biologic developed by Guangping Gao, Ph.D., Robert H. Brown Jr., DPhil, MD, Jun Xie, Ph.D., and Zuoshang Xu, MD, Ph.D., suppressed production of the mutant SOD1 protein that causes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), delayed disease onset by 60 days and extended lifespan by 100 days—more than tripling the average survival time—in mouse models of the disease.
CorVista wins FDA clearance for AI heart failure assessment add-on
CorVista’s AI-based pulmonary capillary wedge pressure add-on test represents the third FDA clearance for its cardiopulmonary platform.
Saber-C AVIA is a zero-profile construct providing biomechanical stability similar to that of traditional plate systems.
Saber-C AVIA is a zero-profile construct providing biomechanical stability similar to that of traditional plate systems.
Smith+Nephew gets FDA nod for TESSA spatial surgery platform
Smith+Nephew (NYSE:SNN) announced today that the FDA granted de novo clearance for its TESSA spatial surgery system.
Novel hydrogel offers a smarter approach to wound healing
Deep wounds are vulnerable to bacterial infection and the accumulation of harmful molecules called reactive oxygen species (ROS), which damage cells and disrupt normal repair mechanisms.