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New Stem Cell Therapy Can Restore Sight to the Blind
Without a doubt, the treatment potential of stem cell therapies is extraordinary. Yet, there is one hurdle scientists have been working to overcome: making sure the cells survive in the human body long enough to ensure they function. Well, scientists at the Buck Institute may have found a way to make it happen. In a study…
Read MoreThings You Should Remove From Your Resume Immediately
Hiring managers rarely have the time or resources to look at each résumé closely, and they typically spend about six seconds on their initial fit/no fit decision. If you want to pass that test, you need to have some solid qualifications — and the perfect resume to highlight them. Here are 34 things you should strike…
Read MoreBardy Diagnostics Announces Growth Capital Funding
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. (“BardyDx” or “the Company”), which has developed and is commercializing the Carnation Ambulatory Monitor (“CAM™”), the world’s smallest and lightest P-wave centric™ ambulatory cardiac monitor and arrhythmia detection device, today announced that it has raised a significant round of growth capital from experienced healthcare investors SV…
Read MoreSinus Surgery with High-Tech Navigation Now an In-Office Procedure
NORWALK, Conn. (WTNH) – Sinus surgery with high-tech navigation. It’s similar to a GPS system and until recently, it was only offered in hospitals. Now it’s down to a small computer and benefiting patients like Eric Fleisch. He is under local anesthesia, awake for the in-office sinus procedure at Connecticut ENT Sinus and Allergy in…
Read MoreSay Hello to Your Body’s Newest Organ: The Mesentery
Over a century ago, when scientists were classifying the body’s organs, one was short shrifted, according to researchers who say part of the digestive system deserves to be upgraded to organ status. In a new medical journal report, scientists say the mesentery – connective tissue that winds around our digestive organs, holding them in place –…
Read MoreTerumo, Xenex Ink Japanese Distro Deal for LightStrike Room Disinfection Robot
Terumo Corp. (TYO:4543) said today it inked a Japanese distribution deal with Xenex to distribute its Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots in the region. The LightStrike device is designed to use pulsed xenon ultraviolet room disinfection technology to remove pathogens such as C. diff, staphylococcus aureus and carbapenem-resistent Enterobacteriaceae, Terumo said. The Xenex LightStrike device has also…
Read MoreDePuy Synthes Strategic Acquisition to Accelerate Growth in Spine
RAYNHAM, Mass., Jan. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., part of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, announced today an asset purchase and development agreement with Interventional Spine, Inc., a privately held manufacturer of expandable cage and minimally invasive surgery (MIS) technologies for spinal fusion. The Interventional Spine agreement is the latest example…
Read MoreAbbott Labs Plans to Wrap Up St. Jude Medical Deal Jan. 4
Abbott Laboratories intends to close its deal to buy medical device maker St. Jude Medical just after the new year, now that it has received permission from U.S. and international antitrust regulators scrutinizing the $25 billion acquisition. Abbott Labs, in suburban Chicago, said Friday it intends to wrap up the deal on Jan. 4; originally,…
Read MoreBionic Pancreas System Successfully Controls Blood Sugar Without Risk of Hypoglycemia
The bionic pancreas system developed by Boston University (BU) investigators proved better than either conventional or sensor-augmented insulin pump therapy at managing blood sugar levels in patients with type 1 diabetes living at home, with no restrictions, over 11 days. The report of a clinical trial led by a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) physician is receiving advance…
Read MoreThe Defeat of Breast Cancer Will Mark the Beginning of the End for Cancer
If the war on cancer is ever decisively and finally won, chances are good the world will look back and see that the first major turning point was the eradication of breast cancer. And this initial victory will be remembered as a smart place to have started. For, circa 2016-17, the fight against breast cancer…
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