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Low-Dose Multidrug Shown Effective in Hypertension Trial
A small-scale clinical trial shows a combination of four current drugs to treat hypertension, or high blood pressure, formulated in low doses, reduces blood pressure to normal levels in four weeks.
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Gates Grant Funding Malaria Control Test Products
Two universities in the U.K. are developing testing protocols for a new generation of technologies coming to market to prevent mosquitoes from spreading diseases.
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System Slashes Time to Detect Bacteria in Blood
A biomedical engineering lab developed a compact system that detects harmful bacteria in blood samples in less than four hours, a process that now takes days.
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DNA Tags Speed Nanoparticle Gene Therapy Discovery
Biomedical engineers developed a technique with unique DNA identifiers that makes possible faster screening of gene therapies delivered with nanoscale particles.
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Trial Testing Artificial Pancreas for Type 1 Diabetes
A clinical trial testing day-to-day use of a smartphone-controlled artificial pancreas for people with type 1 diabetes began enrolling participants.
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Stomach Acid Harnessed to Power Ingestible Devices
Researchers at MIT and Harvard University designed a tiny device that in tests with animals show it can run for days powered by acids in the stomach.
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Company, NC State Partner on Tissue Oxygen Patch
Profusa Inc. and a research center at North Carolina State University are developing a new device to monitor tissue oxygen levels in people with peripheral artery disease.
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Companies Recognized for Patient Safety Innovations
Three companies received awards for their products aimed at reducing the number of preventable deaths occurring in American hospitals.
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Alliance to Study Brain Tumor Precision Diagnostics
A group of medical centers and companies, mainly in Philadelphia, is beginning a study of genomic profiling to diagnose brain tumors in adults and children.
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Univ. Spin-Off Offering Pediatric Care Software
A company spun-off from Indiana University is marketing software written in its medical school to relate pediatric clinical guidelines to parents’ concerns during office visits.