Tag: heart disease
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Trial to Test Engineered DNA Therapy for Preeclampsia
31 March 2014. The biopharmaceutical company rEVO Biologics in Framingham, Massachusetts is starting a clinical trial of its drug ATryn to treat women in mid-pregnancy with preeclampsia. The company says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave its approval for the trial to begin. Preeclampsia is a life-threatening condition resulting from a sudden rise in…
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Engineered Cardiac Tissue Helps Veins Return Blood to Heart
27 March 2014. A pharmacologist at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. developed a technique to produce heart muscle tissue from an individual’s stem cells that helps weak veins return blood back to the heart. The creator of the process, GWU medical school professor Narine Sarvazyan, discussed the technology in a recent online issue of…
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Early Trial Shows Wireless Pacemaker Safe, Effective
24 March 2014. Researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York found in an early-stage clinical trial, a smaller and lead-less heart pacemaker could be safely implanted and operate for at least three months without complications. The team led by Mount Sinai cardiologist Vivek Reddy — with colleagues in Netherlands, Germany, and Czech Republic, and…
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Start-Up Company Licenses University Stroke Drug Research
10 March 2014. Zocere Inc. in Albuquerque, New Mexico is licensing a neurological protein from University of New Mexico for development into a drug to protect ischemic stroke victims from extensive brain damage. Financial terms of the deal with the university’s technology transfer office were not disclosed. Nearly 800,000 people in the U.S. have a stroke each…
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Quality Assurance Techniques Proposed for Stem Cells
7 March 2014. Biomedical engineers at Harvard University proposed a scheme for assessing the quality of stem cells used in drug testing to assure they transform into the cells and tissue they purport to represent. The team from Harvard’s Disease Biophysics Group, led by Kevin it Parker, published its findings online yesterday in the journal…
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Implanted Heart Membrane Device Created by 3-D Printer
25 February 2014. Engineers and medical researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and University of Illinois in Champaign used a three-dimensional printer to create a membrane that fits over the heart, with electronic components to monitor its functions. The team led by Washington University’s Igor Efimov and Illinois’s John Rogers published its findings today…
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Paper Test Strips Devised to Diagnose Cancer, Blood Clots
25 February 2014. Biomedical engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed and tested with lab mice a simple, inexpensive paper test strip system to diagnose non-communicable diseases. The team led by medical engineering professor Sangeeta Bhatia published its findings online yesterday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (paid subscription required). Early…
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Vanderbilt, Records Company Partner on Clinical Data Network
21 February 2014. Greenway Medical Technologies in Carrollton, Georgia and Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville are creating a clinical records data network to cover the mid-South region in the U.S. Greenway is a developer of electronic medical and health records. The 18-month project, funded by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), has a…
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Chip Designed to Capture Images Inside Heart, Blood Vessels
19 February 2014. Engineers at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta designed and lab-tested a microscopic chip to create real-time, three-dimensional images from inside the heart and blood vessels. The team led by mechanical engineering professor Levent Degertekin, with colleagues from Georgia Tech and Istanbul Technical University in Turkey, published its findings in this month’s issue of…
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Xerox Testing Video to Monitor Patient Vital Signs
6 February 2014. Engineers at Xerox Corporation research centers in Bangalore, India and Webster, New York are testing the feasibility of video sensing combined with data analytics to track the status of patients with chronic conditions. The project is led by Xerox research fellow Lalit Mestha in Webster. The techniques tested by Xerox use video…