A Medtronic implant was three times better than an external monitor at detecting new atrial fibrillation in stroke patients, a new study says. The Post-Embolic Rhythm Detection With Implantable Versus External Monitoring (PER DIEM) study pitted Medtronic’s Reveal Linq implantable device, which monitors for AFib over 12 months, against the Spiderflash-T external device made by […]
University of Alberta
DNA motors could power molecular machines for drug delivery
Researchers from the University of Alberta have developed nanomachines powered by synthetic DNA motors to improve disease detection and drug delivery. The team’s work was published this week in Nature Communications. The scientists developed the nanomachine using compartments composed of DNA enzyme molecules and substrates. “This nanomachine has the required fuels, DNA tracks, and a molecular switch,” […]