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Etched Nanopillars Kill Bacteria, Fungi on Titanium Implants
Researchers at RMIT in Australia have developed a drug-free approach to kill bacteria and fungi that can infect surfaces on medical implants. Such pathogens can cause serious and difficult-to-treat infections around medical implants, sometimes requir...
Source: Medgadget - September 20, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Materials Medicine Public Health Candida RMIT Source Type: blogs

Cells Release Insulin in Response to Music
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed an insulin delivery system that relies on music as a trigger. The unusual technology is based on calcium ion channels that typically reside in the cell membrane. Such channels are sensitive to mechanical defor...
Source: Medgadget - September 19, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Genetics Medicine diabetes ETH Zurich Source Type: blogs

Microneedle Skin Patch Measures Cancer Biomarkers
Researchers at the Harvard Wyss Institute have developed a technique that lets clinicians to characterize and monitor melanoma. The system involves using a microneedle patch that can draw deep interstitial fluid into itself through a series of penetr...
Source: Medgadget - September 14, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Dermatology Diagnostics Medicine Oncology harvard wyssinstitute Source Type: blogs

Organoids Produce Tooth Enamel Proteins
Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine have developed a method to create stem cell-derived organoids that can produce tooth enamel proteins. The breakthrough could pave the way for lab grown enamel that can be used in dental r...
Source: Medgadget - September 12, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Dentistry Genetics Materials uwsomwwami Source Type: blogs

Enzyme Treatment Strips Mucins from Cancer Cells
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new type of cancer therapy. The technology targets mucins, sugar-coated proteins that help cancer cells to metastasize and avoid the immune system. In particular, mucins enable cancer cells to survi...
Source: Medgadget - September 12, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Medicine Oncology Source Type: blogs

Device for Rapid COVID-19 Breath Testing
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have developed a COVID-19 breathalyzer test. The technology requires someone to breathe into it just once or twice, and it can then provide an indication if the person is infected with SARS-CoV-...
Source: Medgadget - September 7, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Diagnostics Medicine Public Health wustl WUSTLmed Source Type: blogs

Peptoid Oligomers Target Viral Membranes
Researchers at New York University have developed a new method to target many viruses that cause disease. For viruses with a lipid membrane, which includes many that commonly cause disease, this new technique could prove to be fatal. By targeting the...
Source: Medgadget - August 30, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Medicine Public Health Source Type: blogs

UV-Free Air Decontamination: Interview with Sorel Rothschild, VP at Quantum Innovations
LumaFlo, a medtech company based in Israel, has developed a decontamination technology that does not require UV light, something that can be dangerous for people nearby. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for safe and effective decontaminatio...
Source: Medgadget - August 25, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Medicine Public Health Source Type: blogs

mRNA Immunotherapy Targets Cancer
Researchers at the Mount Sinai Hospital have developed an mRNA-based treatment for cancer. The approach combines the delivery of mRNA therapy in lipid nanoparticles and also involves co-delivering dendritic cells that have also been primed through tr...
Source: Medgadget - August 25, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Genetics Medicine Oncology immunotherapy MountSinaiNYC mRNA Immunotherapy Source Type: blogs

Gene Therapy Targets Chronic Pain
Scientists at New York University have developed a gene therapy for chronic pain. The technology works by targeting the NaV1.7 sodium ion channel present on neurons, which is an important component of the pain response. The researchers encoded a vers...
Source: Medgadget - August 25, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Genetics Medicine Pain Management chronic pain nyu Source Type: blogs

Drug Delivery System for Ectopic Pregnancy
Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a drug delivery system that is intended to treat ectopic pregnancy. Often occurring in the fallopian tubes, ectopic pregnancies are non-viable and are the leading cause of maternal death in the fi...
Source: Medgadget - August 22, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Medicine Ob/Gyn Source Type: blogs

3D Printed Heart Muscle Beats
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a technique that allows them to 3D print a heart ventricle, that can then go on to beat rhythmically. The technology could allow researchers to creat...
Source: Medgadget - August 22, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Materials Medicine artificial heart harvard hseas Source Type: blogs

Bacteriophages to Diagnose and Treat Bladder Infections
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a bacteriophage system to identify and treat bacterial bladder infections. Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria, but these microorganisms have fallen out of favor as a treatment method for infection...
Source: Medgadget - August 8, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Medicine Public Health Urology bacteriophages ETH ETH_en Source Type: blogs

Biomaterial Injection Combines T Cell and Cancer Vaccine Treatments
Researchers at the Harvard Wyss Institute have developed an anti-cancer biomaterial treatment that combines adoptive T cell therapy and cancer vaccine technology to treat solid tumors. The researchers have called their technique SIVET, which is short...
Source: Medgadget - August 7, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Materials Medicine Oncology harvard wyssinstitute Source Type: blogs

Above Elbow Amputee Controls Individual Bionic Fingers
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed a new technique that could allow above-elbow amputees to better use robotic prostheses, including making individual finger movements. Unlike below-elbow amputees, these patient...
Source: Medgadget - August 4, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Rehab chalmersuniv Source Type: blogs