Tag: biomedical
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FDA Okays A.I.-Guided Wrist Fracture Software
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized marketing of software to help diagnose wrist fractures using machine-learning algorithms to read and interpret X-ray images.
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Ingestible Device Designed to Monitor Gut Health
Biomedical engineers designed a sensor chip small enough to be swallowed, which in tests with pigs shows it can detect indicators of disease in the gut and transmit its readings to an external device.
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Breath Test for Throat, Stomach Cancer Developed
A new method for diagnosing cancer of the throat and stomach, two regions considered difficult to detect in cancer patients, analyzes the breath of patients for characteristic biomarkers of the disease.
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New Models Improve Suicide Risk Predictions
Statistical models derived from data in electronic health records and standard questionnaires for depression are shown to better predict a person’s risk of suicide following a doctor’s office or mental health clinic visit.
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Brain Stimulation Shown to Reduce Insulin Resistance
Electrical stimulation of an area in the brain that releases the hormone dopamine is shown to increase sensitivity to insulin, opening a potential new pathway for treating type 2 diabetes.
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FDA Urges More Industry Sun Protection Research
The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking companies making sunscreen to conduct more research on the safety of products that protect against harmful sun rays.
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Simpler Scheme Devised for Prosthetic Hand Controls
An engineering team designed a faster and more generic process for translating neuromuscular signals into computer controls for prosthetic hands than current machine-learning models.
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Long-Term Effects Shown from Hemophilia Gene Therapy
Participants in a clinical trial testing a one-time genetic therapy to treat a rare form of hemophilia sharply reduced their bleeding incidents after a year, with few adverse effects, none considered serious.
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Gene Therapy Safety Study for Heart Failure Underway
An early-stage clinical trial is testing gene therapy to treat malfunctioning heart muscle cells in people with heart failure, where the heart cannot pump enough blood for the body.
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Virtual Biopsy in Development to Detect Melanoma
An engineering professor in Colorado is developing a new process for diagnosing melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer that analyzes conditions in the skin without removing tissue samples.