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Researchers find biomarker that could help diagnose CTE in living people

September 26, 2017 By Sarah Faulkner

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative neurological disease found in the brains of athletes and others with a history of repetitive hits to the head, is hard for researchers to pin down. The disease’s prevalence is not known and it is only after death that scientists can confirm if someone was suffering from CTE. But now, […]

Filed Under: Diagnostics, Neurological Tagged With: Boston University

6 brain-controlled devices helping people regain movement

June 2, 2017 By Danielle Kirsh

People who have lost feeling in their limbs or have lost the ability to move them may soon have those sensations restored thanks to a slew of recent brain-controlled device innovations. While we are moving toward less invasive methods like electrode-filled caps on the head, there are still more invasive implants that are benefiting those […]

Filed Under: Neurological, Neuromodulation/Neurostimulation, Prosthetics, Surgical Robotics Tagged With: Boston University, EEG, mit, Neuolutions, Ohio State University, paralysis, University of Melbourne, University of Minnesota, University of Pittsburgh

Mind-controlled robots read your mind to correct errors

March 13, 2017 By Danielle Kirsh

Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Boston University have developed a system that allows humans to direct and correct robots using only their brains. The system uses an electroencephalography (EEG) monitor to record brain activity that the system can detect when the user notices that there was an error […]

Filed Under: Biotech, Surgical Robotics Tagged With: Boston University, EEG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MedTech, mit, robots

Researchers’ bionic pancreas outperforms standard insulin pump therapy

December 21, 2016 By Sarah Faulkner

Researchers from Boston University have developed a bionic pancreas system that outperformed conventional insulin pump therapy for patients with type 1 diabetes, according to a trial conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital. The team’s work was published in The Lancet.  This device is the latest development in the race to make an entirely closed loop insulin pump system, […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Diabetes, Digital Health, Drug-Device Combinations, Pharmaceutical, Research & Development Tagged With: Beta Bionics, Boston University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Medtronic

BU researchers examine how spinal structure affects fracture rate

February 19, 2016 By Fink Densford

A Boston University mechanical engineering professor is attempting to improve spinal fractures predictions using an unusual set of tools – the same used for analyzing stress and strain on bridges and buildings. Spine fractures affect approximately 20% of men over 50 and 40% of women over 80, according to a report from Boston University. Despite the […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Research & Development, Spine Tagged With: Boston University

Study finds biomarkers linked to NFL players’ brain injuries

April 29, 2015 By Mark Hollmer Leave a Comment

Study finds biomarkers linked to NFL players' brain injuries

Filed Under: Neurological, News Well Tagged With: Aethlon Medical Inc., Boston University, Clinical Trials, Exosome Sciences

BMJ study: Hip, knee volumes rose after RomneyCare hit Massachusetts

March 6, 2015 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

BMJ study: Hip, knee procedures rose after RomenyCare his Massachusetts

The utilization rate for hip and knee replacements jumped in Massachusetts in the wake of its pioneering universal healthcare plan, enacted under former Gov. Mitt Romney in 2006, according to a recent study published in the British Medical Journal.

Filed Under: Healthcare Reform, News Well, Orthopedics Tagged With: Boston Medical Center, Boston University, British Medical Journal

Medical Device Tax: Repeal hopes fade with SCOTUS ruling on ACA

June 28, 2012 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

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The medical device industry’s bid to repeal the medical device tax took what might prove to be a mortal blow today when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Affordable Care Act constitutional, according to a Boston University law professor who’s amicus brief was cited in the court’s opinion.

"Today was not a great day for people who were hoping to repeal the device tax," Prof. Kevin Outterson told MassDevice.com. Justice Ruth Ginsburg cited a brief prepared by Outterson, his colleagues and students supporting the government’s position that the law is constitutional.

Filed Under: Healthcare Reform, Legal News, News Well Tagged With: Boston University, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Supreme Court

Boston University lands $13.6M to study cancer detection tools | Funding Roundup

October 24, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

BUSM

Boston University School of Medicine landed a $13.6 million grant from the U.S. Defense Dept. lung cancer research program to study technologies focused on the early detection of lung cancer.

The five-year study, the Detecting Early Lung Cancer Among Military Personnel consortium, will focus on veterans and active military personnel at number of military hospitals and VA medical centers across the country.

Smoking rates are 50 percent higher in military populations than civilian populations and veterans are between 25 and 75 percent more likely to develop lung cancer than non-veterans, according to BU.

Filed Under: Funding Roundup, News Well, Oncology Tagged With: Boston University, CerviLenz, defensedepartment, Zeltiq

BUSM Receives $13.6M Grant to Develop Tools for the Early Detection of Lung Cancer

October 24, 2011 By MassDevice Contributors Network Leave a Comment

Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) is the lead institution on a $13.6 million study aimed at developing novel technologies for the early detection of lung cancer. The five-year multi-site, multi-phase study that will focus on active military personnel and veterans is funded by the United States Department of Defense (DOD) Lung Cancer Research Program and will be conducted under the direction of principal investigator Avrum Spira, MD, MSc, associate professor of medicine, pathology and bioinformatics at BUSM and a pulmonologist at Boston Medical Center (BMC)….

http://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm-news/2011/10/19/busm-receives-13-6m-grant-to-develop-tools-for-the-early-detection-of-lung-cancer/

Filed Under: Oncology Tagged With: Boston University, Press Release

Cancer: Allegro Diagnostics hunts lung cancer’s “canary in the coal mine”

August 15, 2011 By Arezu Sarvestani Leave a Comment

Avrum Spira in the clinic

Dr. Avrum Spira in the clinic

If Allegro Diagnostics’ clinical trials go as planned, the Maynard, Mass.-based company will be on its way to commercializing a test to detect the "canary in the coal mine" of the planet’s deadliest cancer: Early-stage lung cancer.

With a patented molecular diagnostic assay, Allegro co-founder and Boston University associate professor Avrum Spira has garnered over $3.5 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health and $8.9 million from investors.

Filed Under: Diagnostics, Genomics/Molecular Diagnostics, News Well, Oncology Tagged With: Allegro Diagnostics, Boston University, MassDevice Q&A, Pulmonary

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