Jennifer Aniston's no-scapel facelift has a risk of ageing
Non-invasive 'facelift' procedure Ultherapy has won celebrity plaudits including Jennifer Aniston, but some doctors have raised concerns that it speeds up the ageing process.
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Why celebrities are obsessed with the vampire facial
Experts claim it's better than a facelift for your skin, and Bachelor star, Keira Maguire, had it done on Thursday. But just what is the Vampire Facial? FEMAIL found out.
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 5, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Mom Writes Moving Letter Addressed To Her Infertility Struggles
A mom wrote a moving letter addressed to her previous infertility struggles to share what she learned on her journey to get pregnant. In a letter shared on the Love What Matters Facebook page, Desiree Fortin first wrote, “Dear Infertility, I hated you.” Throughout her message, she detailed the grief she endured before she became pregnant with her triplets. “[Infertility,] you steal dreams. You break hearts. You bring grief. You consume lives. You are the reason I couldn’t get pregnant on my own. You drowned my heart in deep misery from the inability to become a mother how most women do. Yo...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

California doctor used PHONE to diagnose his kidney stones
Dr Eric Topol, who works in La Jolla, California, was experiencing pain in his sides for several days. An ultrasound scanner connected to his phone revealed a swollen kidney, suggesting stones.
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

FDA approves J & J ’ s Mentor MemoryGel Xtra silicone breast implants
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Mentor Worldwide said today it won FDA approval for its MemoryGel Xtra silicone gel-filled breast implants. With the approval, Mentor said it also launched an Artoura breast tissue expander designed to work with the newly cleared MemoryGel Xtra implants. The Artoura breast tissue expander features a smooth shell to provide controlled expansion for reconstructive surgeries. “Since its launch in 2015, the Mentor Artoura expander platform has proven to be a welcome innovation in breast tissue expander technology. Having a new smooth shell configuration, in addition to the e...
Source: Mass Device - April 27, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Cosmetic/Aesthetic Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Women's Health Johnson & Johnson Source Type: news

Tela Bio launches post-clinical OviTex ventral hernia repair study
Tela Bio said today it initiated a post-market clinical study of its OviTex reinforced bioscaffold designed for soft tissue repair, enrolling the 1st patient at La Jolla, Calif.’s Scripps Clinic. The Ovitex reinforced bioscaffolds are designed for hernia repair or abdominal wall reconstructions, Tela Bio said. The scaffolds are designed with either permanent polymer or resorbable polymers, and are a mix of biologic and synthetic materials. “We are committed to providing surgeons with the advanced soft tissue repair materials they need, and that means we must continue to innovate and tailor OviTex products bas...
Source: Mass Device - April 25, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Clinical Trials Regenerative Medicine Tela Bio Source Type: news

LJI Professor Klaus Ley wins prestigious national award
(La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology) Professor Klaus Ley, M.D., has been selected as this year's winner of the Eugene M. Landis Award, the Microcirculatory Society's top honor, in recognition of his pioneering work in vascular biology and microcirculation. The microcirculation comprises all the small blood vessels in all tissues and organs and their contents (blood plasma and blood cells).
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 24, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Closer look at brain circuits reveals important role of genetics
(Scripps Research Institute) Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in La Jolla have revealed new clues to the wiring of the brain. A team led by Associate Professor Anton Maximov found that neurons in brain regions that store memory can form networks in the absence of synaptic activity.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 19, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Organovo CEO Murphy steps away, Crouch steps up | Personnel Moves – April 14, 2017
Organovo (PINK:ONVO) said earlier this week that Taylor Crouch has been appointed as CEO, replacing Keith Murphy who is stepping away from the company. The changes are slated to go into effect on April 21. Prior to being tapped for  the corner office, Crouch operated as CEO of investigative clinical research company eStudySite, the San Diego, Calif.-based company said. “I am extremely proud of the progress we have made in the last ten years achieving our vision for Organovo.  Our 3D bioprinted human tissues are a disruptive and game-changing technology.  Founding Organovo and guiding us to our leadership position...
Source: Mass Device - April 14, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice staff Tags: Business/Financial News Active Implants AdvaMed Alphatec Holdings Inc. Anika Therapeutics Inc. Apollo Endosurgery Aurora Spine Baxter Biocorp Biogen Idec Biolase Technology Inc Bioventus LLC Bonesupport Clal Biotech Delcath Sys Source Type: news

LJI research lab wins Best Academic Research Team Award
(La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology) Dr. Alessandro Sette's team at La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology has been named Best Academic Research Team as part of the 10th Vaccine Industry Excellence Awards at this year's World Vaccine Congress 2017 held in Washington. The ViE Awards celebrate the outstanding contributions and achievements of leaders who continually set standards of excellence and advocacy in vaccine development.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 14, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Comet 67P is constantly undergoing a facelift
Changes that the Rosetta spacecraft discovered on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, including the collapse of entire cliffs, were likely driven by seasonal events, according to a new study.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 21, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news

' Optimal ' Facelifts Do Make You Look Younger, Study Finds
THURSDAY, March 16, 2017 -- The time, money and pain spent on a facelift may be worth it, a small, new study suggests. Hundreds of people who looked at photos of 13 women before and after " optimal " facelifts agreed that the women appeared younger,...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 16, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news

New Nano-Implant could One Day Help Restore Sight
A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego and La Jolla-based startup Nanovision Biosciences Inc. have developed the nanotechnology and wireless electronics for a new type of retinal prosthesis that brings research a step closer to restoring the ability of neurons in the retina to respond to light. The researchers demonstrated this response to light in a rat retina interfacing with a prototype of the device in vitro.
Source: eHealth News EU - March 15, 2017 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news

The molecular underpinnings of T cell exhaustion
(La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology) One reason we survive into adulthood is that cell-killing T cells usually recognize and eliminate cancerous or pathogen-infected cells. But prolonged overactivity of immune cells summoned to a tumor or infection site can render them useless to dispatch invaders, a cellular state immunologists call 'exhaustion.'
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 14, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news

New nano-implant could one day help restore sight
(University of California - San Diego) A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego and La Jolla-based startup Nanovision Biosciences Inc. have developed the nanotechnology and wireless electronics for a new type of retinal prosthesis that brings research a step closer to restoring the ability of neurons in the retina to respond to light. The researchers demonstrated this response to light in a rat retina interfacing with a prototype of the device in vitro.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 14, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

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