Category: New products
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Start-Up Offers Digital Health Prescriptions, Raises $1.8M
A new enterprise that offers electronic health service prescriptions is raising $1.8 million in seed funds and starting a program for prescribing digital health services simultaneously to groups of people.
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Clinical Trial Underway for Lassa Fever Treatment
An early-stage clinical trial is underway to test a treatment for Lassa fever, a viral disease found in West Africa, infecting as many as 300,000 individuals a year.
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Genetic Engineering with Algae Boosts Crop Photosynthesis
Researchers developed a genetic engineering technique adding algae genes to some staple crops for capturing more carbon dioxide during photosynthesis and improving their yields.
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Nanoscale Sponges Deliver Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment
An engineering lab developed a technique to load molecules from white blood cells into tiny particles that act like sponges to reduce joint damage in lab mice from rheumatoid arthritis.
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Smartphone Device IDs Dangerous Mosquitoes
A study shows a smartphone-based system can quickly and inexpensively identify the species of mosquito that carries many infectious diseases, as well as a natural enemy of those mosquitoes.
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Non-Invasive Imaging Technology Probes Deeper Into Tissue
An imaging process that combines ultrasound and lasers is shown in tests with lab samples and in animals to provide clearer and more detailed images of tissue deeper in the body.
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A.I., Imaging Shown to Predict Immunotherapy Success
Researchers in France developed a system for computing data from CT scans and genomic analysis to predict the success for therapies that invoke the immune system in patients with solid-tumor cancers.
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Graphene Extended for 3-D Printing, Medical Devices
Two recent studies describe methods for fabricating the material graphene into complex shapes with 3-D printing, as well as showing graphene can likely degrade inside the human body.
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Hand-Held Device Inspects Individual Retina Cells
A medical engineering team created a small lightweight device that can inspect individual photoreceptor cells in the retina, the part of the eye that converts visual images to brain signals.
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A.I. System Catches Tiny Lung Tumors Missed by Humans
Engineering researchers developed a system with machine learning that analyzes CT scans to detect tiny early-stage lung tumors at a higher rate than visual inspections by radiologists.