Infants who are born with microcephaly due to congenital infection from presumed exposure to the Zika virus may have vision-threatening abnormalities, according to a study. The case series included 29 infants with microcephaly and a presumed diagnosis …
Monitoring of patients in the MRI suite, particularly those under anesthesia, is often impossible since traditional patient monitors don’t do well around strong magnetic fields. Philips just received FDA clearance to introduce the Expression MR400 patient monitor that works much like the monitors found in ICUs, but avoids image degradation and other interference arising from […]
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Broken neuronal connections are the cause of paralysis, organ failure, and other serious conditions. There have been attempts to bypass such injuries, with limited success, but now researchers at the University of Alberta in Canada have developed a technique that uses lasers to essentially weld neurons together. There’s still a ways to go in using the […]
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BILLERICA, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today reported financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2015. Bruker’s revenues for the fourth quarter of 2015 were $478.2 million, a decline of 5.9 percent compared to revenues of $508.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2014. Excluding a 0.6 percent net negative effect from acquisitions & divestitures, and a 7.8 percent negative effect from changes in foreign exchange rates, Bruker reported year-over-ye
There seems to be a race to develop practical neural interfaces that are implanted in a minimally invasive fashion and that don’t require wires sticking out of the scalp. We just reported on stentrodes that can be delivered into the brain through the vasculature and now we are learning of a new ability by researchers at Toyohashi University […]
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MIAMI — Anti-VEGF injections in combination with targeted retinal photocoagulation did not show a decrease in treatment burden in patients with diabetic macular edema in the DAVE trial, according to a presenter here. “While targeted laser did not seem to hinder either the anatomic or visual acuity results, to date, we have no evidence that [suggests] targeted retinal photocoagulation reduces treatment for diabetic macular edema,” David M. Brown, MD, FACS, said at Angiogenesis, Exudation, and Degeneration 2016.