August 2020 - Page 3 of 5 - BioMedWire (BMW)

TuesdayAug 18, 2020 1:00 pm

Scientists Seek to Develop Decoy Cells to Kill Viruses

Thousands of researchers globally are working around the clock to develop a vaccine to attack the SARS-COV-2 virus. However, researchers in the nanoengineering laboratories are taking a different way towards dealing with the SARS-COV-2 infection. Besides boosting the immune system to attack and kill the virus, the researchers have opted to create a defense mechanism. The mechanism is to work by shielding healthy human cells that are affected by the virus. The strategy is straightforward as it employs the creating of decoy structures looking like the human cells that the SARS-COV-2 attacks. These decoy cells can then attract and later…

TuesdayAug 18, 2020 11:34 am

DarioHealth Corp. (NASDAQ: DRIO) Beats Street Q2 Revenue Estimates by 20% and Reveals Late Stage, Virtual Healthcare, B2B2C Sales Pipeline

DarioHealth Corp. reported its second quarter financial results Aug. 12, showing a revenue increase on a quarter-to-quarter basis, as well as gross profit increases of 95 percent and 60 percent on year-over-year quarterly and six-month measures, respectively CEO Erez Raphael recently appeared on Fox Business news forum “The Claman Countdown” to discuss the company’s health and the state of the telemedicine industry amid reports of high-value M&A activity Telemedicine has gained significant popularity as a means of maintaining health standards while reducing or eliminating the risk of virus transmission during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic U.S. President Donald Trump recently signed…

FridayAug 14, 2020 1:00 pm

How Africa Plans to Create Its Own Medical Technology

Some technological advancements, such as biomedical engineering, can be used in saving lives because the biomedical engineering field draws knowledge from different disciplines such as computer science, public health, clinical practice and biomedical sciences. The information from these four areas has been combined to design medical devices for proper diagnosis and treatment of diseases. In Africa, most of the medical equipment is imported since they cannot be produced locally, yet. It is also challenging to use some of the machines since the medical staff lack the knowledge to operate them. However, it is high time that Africa develops and produces…

ThursdayAug 13, 2020 2:00 pm

Scientists Develop Tests to Track Skin Cancer Treatment Success

Cancer has long been a dangerous disease accounting for lots of deaths worldwide. Diagnosing and treating it has also become a big challenge because as the tumors grow, the old cancer cells are replaced by the newly formed ones. These cells then die off, releasing their DNA into the bloodstream of the patient. However, new blood tests have been developed to help in diagnosing it. The new blood test has been designed to aid in treating skin cancer and the tests have proven to be effective after a few days of drug therapy. Researchers from the Perlmutter Cancer Center and those from…

ThursdayAug 13, 2020 10:00 am

Connecting Medicine and Engineering Could Hold the Key to Better Healthcare

Engineering and medicine have been synchronized in various ways. For instance, prosthetic hips, bedside monitors, artificial valves and MRI machines emerged due to the interface of medicine and engineering. Since medical and health records involve the storage of big data, artificial intelligence and personalized medicine can attest to the importance of engineering in medicine. Rise of Biomedical Engineering Engineering faculties have been preparing for the future of biomedical engineering. They have to induct their students to learn the concepts and tools of engineering and how to apply them in the biomedical field. For example, designing implants capable of surviving for…

WednesdayAug 12, 2020 3:30 pm

New DNA Test Could Detect Several Cancers Simultaneously

As the latest innovations are cropping up daily, the health sector is also enjoying those benefits. Several methods of testing and detecting various diseases are being developed day by day. For instance, identifying conditions like cancer at the early stages is growing as the day goes by, and recent discoveries show that any disease can now be detected at its most initial stage. Detecting Cancer Through DNA Evaluation of Fragments for Early Interception Packaging A novel test has been discovered recently which can detect different kinds of cancer from blood samples. Researchers have developed the new method at the Johns…

WednesdayAug 12, 2020 11:00 am

Researchers Seek Answers Explaining Why Bones of Diabetics Are Fragile

People with type two diabetes are more likely to suffer broken bones than non-diabetic persons. As the number of people with diabetes rises, the skeletal brittleness in persons with type two diabetes is also increasing, and much is not known about the reasons responsible for this reality. The bone's fragility is usually attributed to its density, but that is not the case with type two diabetes patients since they have normal bones. The puzzle is that they still suffer from fractures at a very high rate. However, researchers are on the verge of establishing the cause of these high fragilities…

TuesdayAug 11, 2020 3:45 pm

Drug Homing Method Could Offer New Insights into Parkinson’s

The most complex and least-understood organ in the body is the brain and it is made up of many specialized areas that work together. Now modern methods, such as pharmacology and gene editing, can show how certain drugs and genes affect the cells in specific regions of the brain. Causes of neuropsychiatric disorders A researcher, Michael Tadross, MD, PhD, has developed a method to ensure that any drug injected into an area of the brain will only affect the targeted cell type. The researcher genetically modified a cell type of interest so that the special receptor protein known as the…

TuesdayAug 11, 2020 1:15 pm

Predictive Oncology Inc. (NASDAQ: POAI) Appoints New Board Members; Adds Depth of Knowledge, Experience to Strengthen Company’s Vision

Appointments signify POAI’s commitment to aligning board’s expertise with company’s strategic vision Board members to support development, commercialization of unique offering that improves outcomes for oncology patients, value to shareholders New appointments effective immediately Predictive Oncology (NASDAQ: POAI), a knowledge-driven company focused on applying artificial intelligence (“AI”) to personalized medicine, announced the appointment of three new highly qualified individuals to its board of directors (http://ibn.fm/YAU80). The three new board members — Dr. Nancy Chung-Welch, PhD; Charles L. Nuzum, CPA; and Greg St. Clair — bring with them more than a century of invaluable experience in business development, marketing and financial expertise…

TuesdayAug 11, 2020 1:15 pm

3D Model Provides Insights on How to Treat Bomb Injuries

For thousands of people who have suffered terrible blast injuries, the only remedy to this is always amputation. Barrel bombs and other explosive devices usually cause the worst form of these injuries. These explosions are dangerous, damaging the limbs of those who survive them. Since most of these blasts still occur in developing nations without sophisticated medical care, the victims are continuously subjected to amputations. 3D Modeling in Treating Blast Injuries A cheaper and simpler way of handling such patients is by the use of 3D printed bone bricks. These bone bricks are designed with ceramic materials and polymers and…