Tag: heart disease
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Report – 289 Cell and Gene Therapies in Development
A report by a pharmaceutical industry organization says nearly 300 new therapies that transfer live cells or genes as treatments for disease are in clinical trials or being reviewed by Food and Drug Administration.
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Personalized Computer Models Developed for Heart Disease
Researchers in the U.K. are developing computer models of heart functions that enable physicians to simulate recommended treatments for individual patients to gauge and optimize their outcomes.
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Phone App Shown to Detect Serious Heart Attack
A smartphone app that monitors heart functions like an electrocardiogram, or EKG, can detect a dangerous form of heart attack, according to results of a clinical trial.
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Trial Underway for Inhaled Heart Rhythm Drug, Developer Raises $42M
A clinical trial is underway testing an inhaled therapy to quickly treat irregular heart rhythms, in cases where the problems occur occasionally and often resolve on their own.
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Nanotech Immunotherapy Reduces Heart Transplant Rejection
Proteins known to regulate immune cells, given as nanoscale particles, are shown in lab mice to encourage long-term acceptance of a transplanted heart.
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Trial Testing Smartwatch to Detect Heart Rhythm Problems
clinical trial is enrolling more than 400,000 participants to test an app written for an Apple smartwatch to detect atrial fibrillation, a form of irregular heart rhythms.
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NIH Stops Stem Cell Heart Failure Trial Over Retracted Data
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, or NHLBI, part of the National Institutes of Health is suspending a clinical trial of stem cells to regenerate new heart muscle.
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Multiple Sensors, A.I. Power Digital Stethoscope
Researchers in Rochester, New York are developing a system combining functions of a conventional stethoscope and an electrocardiogram or ECG to better check on implanted heart pumps.
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Patents Awarded for Stem Cell Heart Disease Technologies
A company developing treatments for heart disease using stem cells to regenerate healthy heart tissue received two new patents for techniques supporting its core processes.
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Univ. Spin-Off Developing A.I.-Boosted Heart Monitor
A new enterprise in the U.K. is developing a wearable heart monitor that diagnoses irregular heart rhythms with artificial intelligence using cloud-based algorithms.