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3D Colour X-ray Photographs Anyone?
Manchester University researchers have developed a camera that can be used to take 3D colour X-ray images, in near real time, without the need for a synchrotron X-ray source. Imagine the medical possibilities.
Surgical Innovations Shows Value Of University Partnership
UK MIS device company Surgical Innovations has successfully completed two Knowledge Transfer Partnership collaborations with both the University of Leeds and the University of Bradford, which the company says will help them to optimise their range of laparoscopic surgery devices.
University Researchers’ Polymers Prevent Bacterial Attachment To Devices
Scientists at UK’s University of Nottingham may have identified a new class of polymers that could lead to a significant reduction in hospital infections and medical device failures by preventing bacterial attachment to their surfaces.
Biodegradable Artery Graft: New Pulsatile Vessel In 90 Days
University of Pittsburgh’s cell-free, biodegradable artery graft results in a regenerated artery in 90 days, leaving behind no trace of synthetic graft materials in the body.
Could Selenium Replace Silver As “Gold Standard” In Infection Prevention: New Research Suggests It Combats Staph.
A coating of selenium nanoparticles significantly reduces the growth of Staphylococcus aureus on polycarbonate, a material common in implanted devices such as catheters and endotracheal tubes, engineers at Brown University report in a new study.
CE Mark Approval For World’s First Rechargeable Vagus Nerve Stimulator To Treat Refractory Epilepsy
Treatment of Refractory Epilepsy by Vagus Nerve Stimulation is to be made available in Europe as Neurotech’s unique rechargeable device gains CE mark approval.
Wireless ‘Tooth Tattoo’ Biosensor Detects Harmful Bacteria
Supermaterial Graphene may have found another application as researchers at Princeton University tell us about their new “Tooth Tattoo” capable of detecting tiny traces of harmful bacteria.
Centrally Funded Collaborative R&D Could Spell Future
So the EU (European Commission) funds a collaborative project to develop a technology that addresses a very real (and rather high profile) clinical need. Collaborating companies benefit and so thrive and employ more people, in so doing addressing the need to do just that. This new continental collaborative concept might just work and if it does everyone’s a winner.
MIT’s Nanoscale HA/Growth Factor Coatings Look Like A Leap Forward In Prosthetic Joint Design
Nanotechnology to combine HA and Growth factors could be the best coating solution for inducing osteo-integration of hip and knee prostheses, trauma products, dental implants.
Gold Nanoparticles Could Seek And Destroy Cancer Cells
Top universities really do churn out some brilliant work. In this case Stanford researchers have published on the use of coated gold nanoparticles which selectively find cancer cells and aid in their isolation for treatment, potentially improving accuracy with the benefit of minimising collateral damage and ensuring no cancer remains.
Turmeric The Wonder Spice
Turmeric is supposed to be good for us, but now its beginning to look like a wonder spice as researchers suggest it can reduce post cardiac surgical incidence of heart attack in a placebo study.
Researchers Unveil New Concept In Balloon Angioplasty
Sounds like a simple idea cleverly executed, which makes University of Limerick researcher Dr Michael Walsh’s claims that this new balloon angioplasty device may advance the technique sound reasonable.
Infection Breakthrough: Biofilm “Goop” May Be More Organised Than We Thought
If we can understand how bacteria protect themselves against immune responses and antibiotics, we may be able to work out how to break down their defences or even stop the formation of these so-called biofilms in the first place. Researchers at York University think that’s a possibility.
Does This Self-Healing Hydrogel Have Medical Applications?
Hydrogel heal thyself. Californian researchers have taken the hydrogel to the next level with this modified version with “self-healing” characteristics.
Carbon-based Biointerface Initiative Offers Promise Of Replacing Sensory Function.
Could advances in biointerface technology mean the blind see, the lame walk, and the deaf hear? A new initiative aims to find out.