Researchers from the Mayo Clinic have developed a type of cancer-fighting nanoparticle that is designed to shrink breast cancer tumors and prevent recurrence. In a mouse model, the therapy yielded a 70-80% reduction in tumor size and mice treated with the nanoparticles demonstrated resistance to future tumor recurrence a month later. The nanoparticle is coated […]
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7 medtech stories we missed this week: April 21, 2017
From new and renewed partnerships to FDA approvals, here are 7 medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning. 1. Life Spine receives FDA clearance for cervical spacer system Life Spine announced in an April 19 press release that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Plateau-C Ti Cervical Spacer […]
New blood-based test could detect all lung cancer types
Exact Sciences and the Mayo Clinic recently collaborated on a blood-based lung cancer test that researchers say has shown high accuracy for detecting all stages of lung cancer. “These results reveal an opportunity to detect lung cancer from a simple blood draw,” said Kevin Conroy, chairman and CEO of Exact Sciences, in a news release. “Our […]
Researchers develop 3D-printed, bioabsorbable scaffold for ACL reconstruction
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic‘s tissue engineering and biomaterials laboratory have developed a 3D-printed, porous scaffold for the delayed delivery of recombinant-human bone morphogenetic protein 2, rhBMP-2, to facilitate bone regeneration in patients undergoing ACL reconstruction. The team’s work developing the scaffold and comparing different delivery methods for rhBMP-2 was published this week in Tissue Engineering. […]
ImpediMed, Mayo Clinic ink dev deal
Australian medtech developer ImpediMed said last week it inked a 3-year joint development deal with the Mayo Clinic. ImpediMed develops and distributes medical devices which use bioimpedance spectroscopy to provide non-invasive monitoring of fluid status in patients. ImpediMed said it will work with the Mayo Clinic to develop new body composition and fluid status monitoring tech […]
Mayo Clinic study yields potential stem cell treatment for bronchopleural fistulas
A new study from the Mayo Clinic has yielded a possible solution for treating bronchopleural fistulas using stem cells harvested from the patient’s abdominal tissue seeded into bioabsorbable meshes. Bronchopleural fistulas are holes that lead from the large airways in the lungs to the membrane that lines the lungs, often caused by postoperative complications of […]
Boston Scientific, Mayo Clinic reveal hush-hush development program
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) and Mayo Clinic today revealed a 3-year-old development program that has about a dozen new products in the pipeline, including a centering catheter for replacement heart valves and a heart failure application for the Precision Spectra spinal cord stimulator. Four of the roughly 12 products in the hush-hush program, reportedly winnowed from a field of 50 […]
Major healthcare players form diabetes consortium
Four major players in healthcare said today they inked a collaborative partnership to develop a phone-based, low-cost diabetes platform for Type II patients worldwide. Gentag, Mayo Clinic, NovioSense and the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems will partner for the consortium, combining their resources and over 75 issued patents for the development, the groups said. “By pooling […]
Pulmonx taps ex-Asthmatx CEO French for the corner office | Personnel Moves
Pulmonx said yesterday that it named Glen French, the co-founder and CEO of Asthmatx who led it to an acquisition by BSX, to be its new president and chief executive.
Boston Scientific seeks heart failure innovation in partnership with Optum Labs
Mayo Clinic team, tech entrepreneurs raise $1.1M for mobile data management
A Mayo Clinic team and a group of seasoned technology entrepreneurs launched a new company called Ambient Clinical Analytics, aiming to provide real-time data and analyses for intensive care units and operating rooms.