Sofregen lands $6.2m Series A
Sofregen Medical said yesterday that it landed a $6.2 million Series A round from Polaris Partners and other founding investors, bringing their total funding raised to more than $11 million. The Medford, Mass.-based company was founded in 2014 to advance silk-based medical technology developed at Tufts University and the University of Pittsburgh for soft tissue defects. It also raised $1.6 million from seed investors and agreed on a $3.5 million in bank debt financing to fund technology made from what Sofregen calls “nature’s healing fiber”. The company aims to regenerate soft tissue defects using the biomate...
Source: Mass Device - September 16, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Funding Roundup Materials Testing Regenerative Medicine Surgical Serica Technologies Sofregen Medical Source Type: news

Editors' Choice More roles for mitochondria in the immune response
Macrophages remodel complexes in the electron transport chain of mitochondria to mediate appropriate immune responses to bacteria.
Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment - September 14, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Nancy Gough (mailto:ngough at aaas.org) Source Type: news

Bonesupport touts high infection eradication rate in prospective trial
Bonesupport today released data from the prospective trial of its Cerament G injectable antibiotic-eluting bone substitute, touting a 96% infection eradication rate in patients treated with the substitute. Data from the study was published in The Bone and Joint Journal, the company said. Cerament G is an osteoconductive, ceramic substance designed to promote bone healing while preventing bone infection, or osteomyelitis. The resorbable bone graft substitute is designed to remodel into healthy bone within 6-12 months, while preventing colonization of microorganisms by eluting the antibiotic gentamicin. “The results th...
Source: Mass Device - September 1, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Clinical Trials Orthopedics Bonesupport Source Type: news

MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for August 12, 2016
Say hello to MassDevice +5, a bite-sized view of the top five medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 5 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s news to make sure you’re up to date on the headlines that continue to shape the medical device industry. Get this in your inbox everyday by subscribing to our newsletters.   5. Bonesupport wins FDA nod for Cerament G trial Bonesupport said it won an investigational device exemption for the Fortify clinical trial of its next-generation Cerament G injectable antibiotic-eluting bone substitute. Cerament ...
Source: Mass Device - August 12, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: News Well Plus 5 Source Type: news

Bonesupport wins FDA nod for Cerament G trial
Bonesupport said it won an investigational device exemption for the Fortify clinical trial of its next-generation Cerament G injectable antibiotic-eluting bone substitute. Cerament G product is an osteoconductive, ceramic substance designed to promote bone healing while preventing bone infection, or osteomyelitis. The resorbable bone graft substitute is designed to remodel into healthy bone within 6-12 months, while preventing colonization of microorganisms by eluting the antibiotic gentamicin. Bonesupport said Cerament G, which won CE Mark approval in the European Union back in February 2013, is on the market in 19 co...
Source: Mass Device - August 12, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Clinical Trials Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Orthopedics Regulatory/Compliance Source Type: news

Dare To Be 100: Too Many Steps
As a kid I was always very active kicking, throwing, chasing, being chased, catching schussing. etc. but I never really ran for running's sake. Until my wonderful dad died when I was 39. I crashed, clinically depressed , but as a physician informed about the fact that exercise was clearly the best treatment for depression, so I took up running. The Boston Marathon was the only open running event of international consequence. It was legendary, and back then it was public with no qualifications. So I was enough of a Walter Mitty to reach for it. I entered. I started to run slowly around my neighborhood in Ked sneakers and c...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Engineering adult stem cells to regenerate tissue twice as fast
(Lehigh University) Kelly Schultz, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Lehigh University, received a three-year NIH grant to study how cells remodel their microenvironment -- a crucial step toward engineering cells to move through synthetic material and tissue more quickly for faster wound healing and tissue regeneration.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - August 4, 2016 Category: Biology Source Type: news

How I Learned To Live Again After The Death Of My 23-Year-Old Son
For some reason I was compelled to look, no, to stare at the latest photo of my son wingsuiting. He was flying so close to the treetops that he could almost touch them. I simply couldn't stop staring at that photo. "He isn't going to die doing that," my boyfriend said, "that's not his destiny." I put my phone away feeling stupid for staring at his picture during dinner. We had a typical and normal evening; dinner, television, bed. I drove home the next morning, going with the flow of 60+ mph traffic in the fast lane of the 15 in Salt Lake City. Life had finally gotten to a place of contentment and peace. My youngest had ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 2, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

To prevent falls, it may pay off to remodel the house
(Reuters Health) - Home renovations could be well worth the expense for older adults and people with a history of falls because they prevent injuries and might curb medical spending, a study in New Zealand suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - July 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Newly discovered features of collagen may help shed light on disease processes
Scientists are reporting new, unexpected details about the fundamental structure of collagen, the most abundant protein in the human body. In lab experiments, they demonstrated that collagen, once viewed as inert, forms structures that regulate how certain enzymes break down and remodel body tissue. The finding of this regulatory system provides a molecular view of the potential role of physical forces at work in heart disease, cancer, arthritis, and other disease-related processes, they say.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - July 12, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Farmland Produces $4.5M Transaction (Real Deals)
A 1,145-acre farm in southeast Pulaski County tipped the scales at $4.52 million. Resicomm Properties LLC, led by Bryan and Sonja Glaze, bought the land, a mile southeast of Sweet Home along Fourche Creek and Harper Road. The seller is Kingridge Enterprises Inc., led by Mark Jackson. The deal is financed with a one-year loan of $4.52 million from Centennial Bank of Conway. The mortgage is secured additionally by other property in Pulaski and Phillips counties. The property previously was tied to a November 2014 mortgage of $3.5 million held by AgHeritage Farm Credit Services of Little Rock. Kingridge acquired the land for ...
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - June 27, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Focus Tumor microenvironment on the move and the Aselli connection
The innate immune response mediates signals that remodel the tumor microenvironment and promotes lymphangiogenesis.
Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment - June 26, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey J. Rodvold and Maurizio Zanetti Source Type: news

Long Distance Running Effects On Your Health
Long distance running is becoming more and more popular. Close to two million people every year drag themselves across the finish lines. And that’s just in half marathon races. Runners in these 13.1 mile events have increased six-fold over the past 25 years.  All these amateur athletes think they’re getting really healthy as they work themselves up to full marathons. But the truth is they are cutting years off their life.  You can see it for yourself if you stand at the finish line of any race. The hardcore runners look terrible. They look gaunt and malnourished. They are hunched over and have a stiff awkwa...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - June 20, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Fitness Source Type: news

Bathroom Remodel With Stylish Seachrome Bath Accessories
Seachrome products offer a range of secure accessibility bathroom fixtures that add long-lasting, versatile style to your remodeling project
Source: Disabled World - June 3, 2016 Category: Disability Tags: Home Design Accessibility Source Type: news

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