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The Power of AI to Enhance Clinical Trials

The Power of AI to Enhance Clinical Trials     Clinical trials are essential to the development and implementation of safer and more effective devices and medications, but clinical trial success rates have been shockingly low. The likelihood of a new drug advancing to the next trial stage or regulatory approval is less than 14% across …

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Etched Nanopillars Kill Bacteria, Fungi on Titanium Implants

Researchers at RMIT in Australia have developed a drug-free approach to kill bacteria and fungi that can infect surfaces on medical implants. Such pathogens can cause serious and difficult-to-treat infections around medical implants, sometimes requiring the removal of the implant. In addition, many microbes are increasingly resistant to common antibiotics, highlighting the need for drug-free …

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Growth Factor-Loaded Microparticles Enhance 3D Bioprinted Muscle

Researchers at the Terasaki Institute in Los Angeles have developed a new method to create 3D printed muscle constructs with enhanced muscle cell alignment and maturation. The technique involves creating microparticles loaded with insulin-like growth factor (IGF) using a microfluidic platform. Then, these particles are included in a bioink that also incorporates myoblast cells and …

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Instructional Materials: The Basis for Safety Between Users and Medical Devices

Instructional Materials: The Basis for Safety Between Users and Medical Devices     In the rapidly advancing world of medical devices, ensuring user safety and optimal performance is paramount. This calls for meticulous attention not only to the design of the devices themselves, but also to the instructional materials that accompany them. The efficacy of these …

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FDA Updates Breakthrough Devices Program Guidance

FDA Updates Breakthrough Devices Program Guidance     The FDA has issued an update to the final guidance: Breakthrough Devices Program. The updates are intended to clarify how the Breakthrough Devices Program applies to certain innovative medical devices that may address health inequities, as well as devices that may offer a non-addictive option to treat pain or …

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Battery Charged by Tears for Smart Contact Lenses

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have developed a tiny, flexible battery that is intended for use in smart contact lenses. The device is as thin as the human cornea and can be charged by a saline solution, which is particularly useful in the eye, as it is full of salty tears. When the …

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EEG Headset Could Spot Early Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have developed a technique that may spot the very early signs of Alzheimer’s disease, years before symptoms arise. The method may alert patients and clinicians to an increased risk of the disease, potentially allowing them to take steps to slow the disease progression. The method involves …

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Cells Release Insulin in Response to Music

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed an insulin delivery system that relies on music as a trigger. The unusual technology is based on calcium ion channels that typically reside in the cell membrane. Such channels are sensitive to mechanical deformation and these researchers discovered that sound waves will activate the channels. When insulin-producing cells are …

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Brain Computer Interface Decodes Speech and Facial Expressions

Researchers at the University of California San Francisco have developed a brain computer interface that can lets someone with severe paralysis communicate with both speech and facial expressions, in the form of a digital avatar. The breakthrough advances what has been possible, with previous brain computer interface systems providing speech only, and allows people to …

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