Tag: heart disease
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Convalescent Plasma Found Safe as Covid-19 Therapy
Donated blood plasma from people who recovered from Covid-19 infections is found to cause few serious side effects when given as a treatment for infections in others.
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Crispr Heart Disease Start-Up Raises New $63M
A one year-old company developing a one-time gene-editing treatment for coronary artery disease is adding $63 million to its first venture funding round.
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Mayo Clinic, A.I. Company Study Covid-19 Heart Disease
A developer of software to diagnose heart disease from images with artificial intelligence is assessing Covid-19 infection patients for heart ailments with the Mayo Clinic.
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Digital Health Research Platform Set for Covid-19
A group of medical technology companies are forming a research platform and registry for clinical trials of Covid-19 treatments among home-bound participants.
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Wearable Defibrillator Maker Gains $145.6M
The developer of a patch device that monitors and adjusts heart rhythms to prevent sudden cardiac death is raising $145.6 million in a new venture funds.
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A.I. Heart Ultrasound Software Cleared by FDA
Software guided by algorithms that capture top-quality ultrasound images of the heart is now authorized by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Incubator Seeks Heart, Lung, Blood Device Entrepreneurs
A business incubator in Massachusetts is seeking entrepreneurs and their companies developing medical devices for heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders.
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Gene Therapy Licensed for Multiple Aging Diseases
A university spin-off company developing treatments to extend the lifetimes of dogs is gaining a gene therapy for preventing multiple age-related diseases.
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FDA Clears A.I. Algorithms for Stethoscopes
Algorithms used in analytical software for digital stethoscopes to diagnose irregular heart rhythms received marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Heart Tissue 3-D Printed in Space Station
A patch of human heart tissue returned to earth today after being produced with a three-dimensional printing system on the International Space Station.