Eylea prefilled syringe now available

The Eylea injection prefilled syringe is now available to order, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced.The Eylea (aflibercept) 2 mg, single-dose, prefilled, sterilized syringe was approved in August to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration, …

Wearable Iron Lung Helps COPD Patients Breathe Easier

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has few treatment options, with patients frequently experiencing shortness of breath. To address this most unwelcome symptom of COPD, Dr. Jake Brenner, a critical care physician specializing in pulmonology at Penn State’s Perelman School of Medicine, came up with an idea for a wearable device that (Read more...)

Hopkins Engineers Create Smallest, Most Powerful Microendoscope

Some of the latest technologies for studying the brain allow scientists to see which neurons fire in response to different stimuli. While this capability is pretty remarkable, it requires scientists to be able to see into the parts of the brain they’re studying. Microendoscopes exist for such tasks, but they can never be small enough [&hellip (Read more...)