A team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health geneticists has shown, for the first time, that a gene “silencer” that resides in junk DNA is directly sparing people from a devastating and fatal progressive neurological disease.
VADUZ, Liechtenstein, Feb. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Implantica AG (publ.), a medtech company at the forefront of introducing advanced technology into the body, including a unique device RefluxStop™ for the treatment of acid reflux, a treatment field with 1 billion sufferers, is pleased to announce that the FDA has accepted Module 1 of the company’s premarket approval (PMA) application, and that this module is now considered closed.
Johnson & Johnson MedTech (NYSE: JNJ)+
announced today that it launched the CereGlide 92 catheter system for treating acute ischemic stroke.
Sinocare announced recently that it successfully defended itself in court against trademark infringement claims brought by Abbott (NYSE:ABT).
The company announces CE MDR approval for its novel Delphi-MD neurodiagnosis medical device in preparation for EU commercialization, improving patients’ clinical outcomes and well being while reducing healthcare systems and payors’ financial burden.
A team of UC Berkeley engineers from the Embodied Dexterity Group has developed a wearable device to enhance grasping functionality in this population. Dubbed the Dorsal Grasper, this assistive device leverages voluntary wrist extension and uses supernumerary robotic fingers on the back of the hand to facilitate human-robot collaborative grasping.
Researchers at the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) have invented an oral formulation of arsenic trioxide (Oral-ATO; ARSENOL) for the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), a blood cancer that once had a high fatality rate.
Monash research could transform how broken bones are treated, with the development of a special zinc-based dissolvable material that could replace the metal plates and screws typically used to hold fractured bones together.
Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in wearable health technology by developing a novel self-healing electronic skin (E-Skin) that repairs itself in seconds after damage. This could potentially transform the landscape of personal health monitoring.
Georgia Tech researchers have created a 3D-printed heart valve made of bioresorbable materials and designed to fit an individual patient’s unique anatomy. Once implanted, the valves will be absorbed by the body and replaced by new tissue that will perform the function that the device once served.