Handheld MasSpec Pen for Molecular Cancer Detection During Surgeries
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have developed a new handheld pen for rapid intraoperative cancer detection. Their work demonstrates that the tool can identify different molecular profiles between cancerous and non-cancerous tissue without harming the sampled tissues. This exciting development can one day improve cancer diagnosis and allow for more precise surgical removal of tumors.
Currently, surgeons rely on tissue sectioning and histology to determine whether or not the tumor has been fully excised. This process, which takes at least 30 minutes and requires trained operators, is time- and reso...
Source: Medgadget - August 30, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Siavash Parkhideh Tags: Diagnostics Oncology Pathology Surgery Source Type: blogs
Where Does Diabetes Technology Stand In 2019?
Diabetes management went through a radical
transformation in the last years due to technology: the diabetes patient
community found a strong voice online, continuous glucose monitors are taking
the place of finger pricks, digital patches and insulin pumps make the dosage
of insulin more predictable, and connected devices promise the era of
artificial pancreas real soon. We looked around where diabetes technology
stands today and what could we expect in the next 5-10 years?
The diabetes community and digital health tech
companies pushing for change
Diabetes continues to affect the lives of millions
around the globe. A...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 27, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine artificial artificial pancreas blood blood sugar community diabetes diabetes management diabetic digital digital health health management insulin patient technology Source Type: blogs
Ivanka Trump to Head New Agency of Precrime
APrecog capable of predicting future crimes in the film version ofMinority Report.In a strange twist suitable for the dystopian reality show broadcast from theWest Wing dining room, a charity formed to fight pancreatic cancer has morphed into projectSAFE HOME— “Stopping Aberrant Fatal Events by Helping Overcome Mental Extremes”.SAFE HOME — “Stopping Aberrant Fatal Events by Helping Overcome Mental Extremes” — project by this hypothetical HARPA. Because guns don ' t kill people, mental extremes do...— sarcastic_f (@sarcastic_f)August 23, 2019After three highly publicizedmass shootings killed 34 people in the...
Source: The Neurocritic - August 23, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Neurocritic Source Type: blogs
Mass Shootings & Mental Illness: Sloppy Reporting Paints False Connection
There’s an unfortunate confusion that exists when talking about mass shootings in America. This confusion is reinforced by politicians and the media, each pushing their own agendas and biases.
Some have erroneously claimed it’s a mental illness issue. I’m not being pedantic when I say we should not confuse mental illness with other, related concerns, such as psychological distress. The two are very different things. A person can be under psychological distress and still not have a mental illness.
Here’s why the distinction is important and why sloppy reporting by both journalists and law enforcement...
Source: World of Psychology - August 22, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: Brain and Behavior General Minding the Media Research Violence and Aggression Mass Shootings Mental Illness Source Type: blogs
Support for LIfT Biosciences to Develop the LIFT Approach to a Universal Cancer Therapy
It is good to see that more of the promising technical approaches to aspects of aging, originally put forward by people in the SENS rejuvenation research network some years ago, are now making solid progress towards commercial implementation. The LIFT, or GIFT, approach to cancer therapy involves the transplantation of suitably aggressive leukocyte or granulocyte immune cells from a donor. At the time it was first demonstrated to be highly effective in mice, more than a decade ago, the underlying mechanisms were not well explored, and that always makes it hard to obtain further support from scientific funding institutions....
Source: Fight Aging! - August 15, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
NvisionVLE System FDA Cleared to Analyze Pancreas and Bile Duct
NinePoint Medical, based out of Bedford, Massachusetts, won FDA clearance for its NvisionVLE Imaging System to be used in assessing the pancreas and bile duct.
The system can image tissue around a catheter tip up to 3 mm below the surface.
It does so thanks to a rotating light beam emanating from the catheter as it is moved through the pancreas or bile duct.
The system creates 2D slices of the surrounding tissue, which it can then reconstruct into a 3D representation and provide a variety of 2D visualizations to allow clinicians to better understand the relevant anatomy.
At 7 micron resolution, the system can ...
Source: Medgadget - August 13, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: GI Source Type: blogs
Are Radiologists Prepared for The Future?
This article originally appeared on Medium here. (Source: The Health Care Blog)
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Technology Medical Practice Physicians AI Alex Logsdon Artificial intelligence Radiology Source Type: blogs
Insulin in the Human Body
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What is insulin?
To do the tasks, the body needs energy and sugar can be considered a good source of energy to be obtained from inside. As a matter of fact, sugar cannot be directly reached to most of your cells. Thus, there are cells emitted from the pancreas, which will release the sugar in the human body which is termed as insulin.
Insulin is a hormone that is secreted by the pancreas that is responsible for the regulation ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - August 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Chandan Singh Tags: health and fitness Source Type: blogs
Viruses and autoimmunity
by Gertrud U. Rey Type 1 diabetes is an organ-specific autoimmune disease that is characterized by the loss of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. The loss of these cells leads to decreased insulin production (hypoinsulinemia) and increased levels of glucose in the blood (hyperglycemia). While it is still unclear what exactly causes the loss […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - August 1, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Gertrud Rey autoimmunity coxsackievirus inflammation pancreatic beta cells type 1 diabetes viral viruses Source Type: blogs
CompCyst Tool Developed to Identify Precancerous Cysts
In this study, the researchers evaluated molecular information
from over 800 different pancreatic cysts, along with clinical and imaging data
into an algorithm known as MOCA: Multivariate Organization of Combinatorial
Alterations. They demonstrated that CompCyst performed better than physicians
in classifying whether cysts were cancerous.
“We think CompCyst has the capacity to substantially reduce unnecessary surgeries for pancreatic cysts. Over the next five years, we hope to use CompCyst in many more patients with cysts in an effort to guide surgical treatment — to determine when surgery is needed and when it is ...
Source: Medgadget - July 22, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Siavash Parkhideh Tags: GI News Pathology Radiology Source Type: blogs
Pancreas on a Chip to Study Causes and Treatments of Diabetes
Dysfunction of the pancreas is related to a number of diseases, most famously diabetes. Conditions such as cystic fibrosis-related diabetes (CFRD), are particularly difficult to study in a laboratory setting, but researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have now developed a device, and an accompanying methodology, to mimic the functionality of the human pancreas. The technology is already being used to answer important questions about how CFRD comes about and will certainly help in solving other medical mysteries.
The team’s microfluidic device has two chambers separated by a porous membrane ...
Source: Medgadget - July 17, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Materials Medicine Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, July 15th 2019
In conclusion, we show here that sEVs are responsible for mediating paracrine senescence and speculate that they could be involved in inducing bystander senescence during therapy-induced senescence or aging. In fact, when compared to soluble factors, sEVs have different biophysical and biochemical properties as they have a longer lifespan than do soluble factors and they are more resistant to protease degradation. The idea that blocking sEV secretion could be a potential therapeutic approach to alleviate senescence "spreading" during chemotherapy-induced senescence or in aging tissues presents itself as a very attractive t...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 14, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Executive Order Changes Approaches to Treating Kidney Disease
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
Few people would say that the system of payment and organ distribution is perfect. About 37 million Americans suffer from kidney disease and 94,831 are candidates (as of July 10, 2019) for kidney transplant. In 2018, 21,167 kidney transplants and 836 combined kidney/pancreas transplants were performed in the U.S. Many ESRD patients (468,000) receive dialysis treatment, usually in privately owned clinics, while 193,000 have received a transplant. The system of distribution of kidneys was changed a year ago, when the system sought to increase the number of successful transplants by decreasing the amou...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - July 10, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Craig Klugman Tags: Clinical Trials & Studies Featured Posts Health Care Health Regulation & Law HIV/AIDS Informed Consent Organ Transplant & Donation Privacy Public Health Source Type: blogs
More Supporting Evidence for Pancreatic Fat to be the Cause of Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is, for the vast majority of patients, a condition caused by being significantly overweight. Age does has an influence on the risk of being overweight leading to metabolic syndrome and then type 2 diabetes; it is reasonable to say that type 2 diabetes is an age-related condition. In essence, the younger you are, the more fat tissue it requires to push your metabolism over the red line. A few years back, researchers demonstrated that it is specifically fat in the pancreas that causes type 2 diabetes. Of course the only way to put that fat into the pancreas in the normal course of affairs is to become very ov...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 9, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Into The Future of Gastroenterology With Digestibles And Microbiome Testing
Gluten? Lactose? Stomach pain? Digestive troubles? Way too many people suffer from gastrointestinal issues, and much less are aware of the digital technologies that can come to their aid. Did you know that digestibles could successfully replace the dreaded colonoscopy? Or have you heard about microbiome testing? What about the swarm of health apps supporting dietary restrictions? We took a deep breath and jumped into the universe of digital technologies just to bring you as much information about the future of gastroenterology as possible. Will you jump after us?
IBS,
colorectal cancer, and other animals
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Source: The Medical Futurist - July 4, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Genomics Health Sensors & Trackers diet dieting digestibles digestion digital health gastro gastroenterologist gastroenterology gastrointestinal gluten gut Innovation lactose microbiome stomach techno Source Type: blogs
