A cheap, generic tuberculosis vaccine lowered blood glucose levels in nine patients with Type I diabetes and the effects lasted for years, according to a study published this week in npj Vaccines. The study was conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital by Dr. Denise Faustman – a name that has long been saddled with controversy in the diabetes community, […]
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This fluorescent dye could create clearer biological imaging
Massachusetts researchers have repurposed a commercially-available dye that has been around since the 1950s to make short-wave infrared easily available for clearer imaging. Fluorescence imaging is often used to visualize biological tissues or blood vessels during reconstructive surgery to see if vessels are connected properly. Currently, researchers use a dye that runs at the near-infrared […]
Artificial intelligence could prevent breast cancer false positives: Here’s how
Artificial intelligence could improve detection and diagnosis of breast cancer and eliminate false positives, according to new research out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). A team of researchers from MIT’s CSAIL, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School developed an AI system with machine learning that can […]
How WiFi could monitor sleep disorders
Monitoring sleep disorders could be as easy as measuring the radio waves around a patient through WiFi, according to new research from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Massachusetts General Hospital. Some people suffer a lot during the night when they´re not able to sleep, that´s why it is very important to go through every detail […]
Prolonging the lives & independence of Alzheimer’s patients with artificial intelligence
With modern medicine and public health measures extending the average person’s life expectancy, a growing population is coming face to face with the challenges of age – including cognitive decline. Addressing the needs of people dealing with cognitive change is no simple task. And today’s healthcare workers are hungry for objective, meaningful data to help […]
Antibiotic-eluting polymer could help treat prosthetic joint infections
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital have developed an antibiotic-eluting polymer that could be used to treat infections in orthopedic implants, according to a report published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. Traditionally, treating a prosthetic joint infection involves removing an implant and replacing it with a temporary spacer made from antibiotic-releasing bone cement for at least six […]
Blood test could accurately diagnose heart disease
A simple blood test could accurately diagnose heart disease in 2 hours, according to new data published by life science company Prevencio. Prevencio researchers and the Massachusetts General Hospital collaborated to develop a clinical and multi-protein blood test that could diagnose obstructions in coronary arteries, leading to the prevention of a heart attack. The blood test, known […]
Researchers’ bionic pancreas outperforms standard insulin pump therapy
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, […]
PAVmed partners with Boston institutions for antibiotic-eluting ear device
PAVmed Inc. (NSDQ:PAVMU) said today that it inked an exclusive licensing agreement with academic institutions to develop and commercialize antibiotic-eluting resorbable ear tubes based on an aqueous silk technology designed by the institutions. The licensing deal includes agreements with Tufts University, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary and Massachusetts General Hospital, who developed the aqueous silk technology. As […]
Mass General researchers regenerate working heart muscle in decellularized human hearts
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have regenerated functional heart muscle in a decellularized human heart. The donated hearts used in the study were stripped of components that would generate an immune response, and the regenerated tissue was generated from induced pluripotent stem cells, which the researchers said could come from a potential recipient. Investigators said […]
Study: Medication errors occur in 1 out of 2 surgeries
A new study from Harvard Medical School investigating the incidence of drug dosing errors and adverse events before, during and after surgeries found a 50% rate of errors in the OR. The study, which examined more than 275 operations at the Massachusetts General Hospital, also indicated that a 3rd of the errors discovered resulted in […]