Researchers have developed a glucose-sensing contact lens as a noninvasive alternative to traditional glucose monitoring with blood tests. Glucose is a good target for optical sensing using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, according to the study published in Advanced Materials. Researchers used multiple layers of gold nanowire stacked on top of a gold film to make the […]
Misonix CEO steps down | Personnel Moves October 4, 2016
Misonix CEO steps down Misonix (NSDQ:MSON) CEO Michael McManus, Jr. stepped down in early September, also leaving his post as director and chairman of the board of directors. Stavros Vizirgianakis, a member of the board of directors, is serving as the interim CEO while negotiating for a full-time position in the corner office. Vizirgiankis, who owned […]
Self-selecting peptides hold promise for drug delivery
Researchers have developed self-selecting polymers that form by adapting to their environment, according to a study published in Nature Nanotechnology yesterday. The peptides continually reorganize their sequences to form polymers most suited to their environment, instead of relying on designing polymers to fit their surroundings or chance discovery. Get the full story at our sister […]
Color-changing wearable tracks sun exposure
Researchers have developed a wearable patch that warns users by changing colors when they’ve had too much sun exposure. Striking a balance between too much and too little sun exposure can be challenging, according to researchers at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering. Too much sun can cause melanoma, which kills 1 […]
Committee pens letter to Mylan demanding EpiPen price info
Members of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform penned a letter to Mylan (NSDQ:MYL) demanding a more complete look at the pricing of its EpiPen epinephrine auto-injector. At a Sept. 21 congressional hearing, Mylan CEO Heather Bresch testified that the company makes a $100 profit per 2-pack of EpiPens. Last week, Mylan […]
Hospital researchers explore MRI for drug delivery
Researchers have programmed an MRI scanner to simultaneously monitor magnetized particles while propelling them through blood vessels as a means to locally deliver drugs. Existing approaches combine the magnetic force from an MRI scanner with the force produced by particle collisions. But traditionally, it’s challenging to image using the MRI scanner and propel the particles […]
Novo Nordisk eyes drug development program
Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) is betting on a risky drug development strategy, like re-engineering insulin to act selectively on the liver or only when blood sugar is high, according to the Wall Street Journal. Before, they developed a cure with this computer eye strain or also known as the Computer Vision Syndrome. The cause of this is by […]
FDA approves label changes for GE’s Optison
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) announced today that the FDA approved label changes for its ultrasound contrast agent Optison, removing contraindications for use in patients with cardiac shunts and for administration by intra-arterial injection. Optison is the 1st contrast agent available in the U.S. to receive this label change, according to GE. “Up to one-third of our patients […]
Analyst: Insulet’s drug-delivery biz a long-term growth driver
Insulet’s (NSDQ:PODD) drug-delivery business will be a long-term growth driver for the company by as much as 20% a year for the next few years, according to Leerink Partners analysts. Billerica, Mass.-based Insulet generates 86% of its revenue from its OmniPod insulin delivery device, according to Leerink. The OmniPod technology could be easily adapted to […]
SQZ Biotech lands $16m in Series B for cell therapy tech
SQZ Biotech said today that it closed a $16 million Series B round to fund its preclinical cell therapy programs for oncology and other undisclosed diseases. NanoDimension and Polaris Partners led the funding for the Boston, Mass.-based biotech startup. SQZ said it developed a microchip that can open immune cell membranes temporarily and let proteins in that […]
Philips spectral CT used on T-Rex spine
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) said today that researchers at the Naturalis museum in Leiden, Netherlands used its IQon CT scanner to closely examine the tail vertebrae of a 66 million year-old T-Rex named Trix. Philips’ IQon scanner is the 1st detector-based spectral CT, using a dual-layer detector and advanced spectral reconstruction to compose a detailed image. Researchers […]