Medical

  Insulin injection, if you’ve never done it, takes two hands. One hand holds the insulin injector. The other hand pinches the skin, to form a bulge so the hormone enters fat under the skin while avoiding muscle, where it can be absorbed quickly enough to cause a seizure. Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that regulates sugar in the blood.

At electronica, imec – Holst Centre (set up by imec and TNO), introduced their next gen health patch. The small form-factor comfortable to wear health patch has been optimised for low power consumption and is the first of its kind to track physical and cardiac activity, while monitoring bioelectrical impedance.

Microscopic crystals could soon be zipping drugs around your body, taking them to diseased organs. In the past, this was thought to be impossible - the crystals, which have special magnetic properties, were so small that scientists could not control their movement. But now a team of Chinese researchers has found the solution, and their discovery has opened new applications that could use these crystals to improve - and perhaps even save - ma...

The previously announced acquisition between Molex and Phillips-Medisize Corporation has been completed. Phillips-Medisize will operate as an indirect subsidiary of Molex. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “Phillips-Medisize brings strong capabilities to Molex in the medical solutions market globally,” said Martin Slark, Chief Executive Officer of Molex. 

A universal and powerful platform for rapid development of smart and secure connected devices was introduced by Digi International. The ConnectCore for i.MX6UL Starter Kit delivers a complete hardware and software platform to create a wide range of connected devices for medical, healthcare, energy or industrial applications.

  A hot topic in medical technology is Integration. steute Meditec is furthering this trend with the development of wireless user interfaces to control different medical devices – as well as other innovations also based on integration and wireless technologies.

Biochemists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have created the first atlas that maps where molecular tools that can switch genes on and off will bind to the human genome. It is a development they say could enable these tools to be targeted to specific parts of an individual’s genome for use in precision medicine, developing therapies and treating disease. The study is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy...

Organ transplantation has come a long way from its early days in the mid-twentieth century. But even with major medical advances, there’s still an admittedly familiar factor at play: ice. Just prior to transplantation, an organ is reconstructed and prepared in the sterile operating room during what is known as the “backbench procedure.” As surgeons prepare the organ, it stays cooled and preserved in a hypothermic state in a...

  The genetic code that allows cells to store the information necessary for life is well-known. Four nucleotides, abbreviated A, C, G, and T, spell out DNA sequences that code for all of the proteins cells need. MIT researchers have now discovered another layer of control that helps cells to rapidly divert resources in emergency situations.

  Manufacturing medical prosthetic devices for a patient’s face or another part of their body is a skilled job, as everyone is different and needs to be handled with sensitivity, seeing as both functional and cosmetic considerations are involved.