A 2014 study showed that inflammation-causing proteins known as cytokines were present in the plasma of lupus patients up to several weeks before their disease flared up. Conversely, these Oklahoma researchers found that inflammation regulators are present during periods when the disease is stable. Now, researchers at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (Manhasset, N.Y.) are working […]
Bioelectronic Medicine
Glympse Bio raises $22M for disease-detecting sensors
Sensor-driven disease detection company Glympse Bio has raised $22 million in a Series A round to fund clinical trials for its technology. The Cambridge, Mass.-based company uses bioengineered activity sensors transported to the site of disease in patients to investigate biological targets such as proteases – a class of enzymes that drive critical disease pathways. Once a disease […]
Could bioelectronic medicine could help the fight against sepsis?
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a New York researcher $1.65 million to study the vagus nerve’s role in sepsis, the body’s overwhelming and life-threatening response to infection. Valentin Pavlov of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (Manhasset, N.Y.) received the five-year grant to examine how the vagus nerve affects the inflammation and metabolism associated with sepsis. Having […]
MedAutonomic implants device to treat metabolic syndrome
MedAutonomic said today it has successfully implanted a brain neuromodulation device, the Phoenix, into the stomach wall of a human through an innovative digestive endoscopic procedure. Powered without a battery, the Phoenix sends signals to the limbic system to reset an imbalance in the autonomic nervous system to treat metabolic syndrome and functional diseases […]
3 flexible electronics outfits you need to know
Want to know where flexible electronics could take the medtech space? A good bet might be to look at where NextFlex is putting its money. The San Jose, Calif.–based hybrid electronics manufacturing institute provides funding for promising projects in areas ranging from healthcare to avionics to infrastructure monitoring. NextFlex recently announced $12 million in awards to fund […]
Murata to boost MEMS production in Finland
Murata Manufacturing announced it is investing $45 million in the purchase of two factory buildings and the construction of a third to manufacture micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) sensors in Finland. The Kyoto-based company had been leasing the two buildings it purchased and expects to complete the adjacent 172,000-square-foot factory in Vantaa, Finland, by the end of […]
SetPoint Medical touts 2-year relief from rheumatoid arthritis
Startup SetPoint Medical has demonstrated “significant, sustained improvement” over two years in a first-in-human study using bioelectronic therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Seventeen subjects with moderate to severe symptoms were implanted with a vagus nerve stimulator in the European study. At three months, the therapy was shown to have significantly reduced RA symptoms […]
Bioelectronic medicine: Targeting inflammatory disease with electricity
Clinical Results in RA and Crohn’s, Looking Ahead at MS By Anthony Arnold, CEO of SetPoint Medical Inflammation – it’s a term that conjures up two very different scenarios in the body: one that is vital to healing and another that can lead to chronic inflammatory diseases. Inflammation, at its best, is the part of […]