Medical News
Ethernet TSN gPTP stack now available as open source software
Medical Design Technology - 8 Jan 2020 18:22
Excelfore announces that it is making its generalized Precision Time Protocol (gPTP) source code available to developers to freely use, share and modify. The Excelfore gPTP software conforms to the IEEE 802.1AS-Rev speci...
Pancreatic cancer cells secrete signal that sabotages immune attack on tumors
EurekAlert! - 8 Jan 2020 07:00
(NYU Langone Health / NYU School of Medicine) A key immune signal has a previously unknown role in turning off the immune system's attack on pancreatic cancer cells.
PMICs optimized to handle multiple automotive HD camera modules
Medical Design Technology - 8 Jan 2020 22:36
Renesas introduced its latest solution to streamline power supply design for automotive, expanding its support for automotive surround view cameras into the design of HD satellite cameras. The highly integrated ISL78083 ...
E-Scooter Accidents Are Increasing -- And Head Injuries Are the Most Common
Discover - 8 Jan 2020 22:30
Researchers say helmet usage would keep more riders out of the emergency room.
Slow-blow fuses in 2410 SMD packages sport high dc interrupt ratings
Medical Design Technology - 8 Jan 2020 22:08
Bel Fuse-Circuit Protection announces their 0680L Series of ceramic surface mount fuses with in-rush current withstand capability in a 2410 SMD package size. These slow blow fuses are designed for automotive and applicat...
AC-DC series expand power supply portfolio range from 3 W to 550 W
Medical Design Technology - 8 Jan 2020 22:03
CUI Inc. today announced the addition of six low power, open frame ac-dc power supply series to its VOF product family. The VOF-15C, VOF-30C, VOF-40C, VOF-45C, VOF-60C and VOF-65C are 15, 30, 40, 45, 60 and 65 W addition...
SoM delivers software-defined vehicle interface for development work
Medical Design Technology - 8 Jan 2020 19:19
Polysync Technologies announced the introduction of Prism, its flagship vehicle interface platform. Prism is specifically designed to enable OEMs and AV industry partners to easily and safely interface with a wide range ...
High-power 150 A, 450 Vdc/ break 5 A, 450 Vdc relay features long contact life
Medical Design Technology - 8 Jan 2020 19:12
Fujistu Components America has announced a 150A power relay with a mechanical life of 300,000 operations (min.) -- one of the highest in its class -- an electric life of 30,000 operations (min.) for 150A, 450VDC/ break 5...
Multi-mode LTE Cat 1 modules support global 4G, 3G and 2G radio access
Medical Design Technology - 8 Jan 2020 19:07
Quectel Wireless Solutions launched two "all-in-one" multi-mode LTE Cat 1 modules EG21-G and its Mini PCIe variant at CES 2020 today. Both modules support global 4G, 3G and 2G radio access on up to 30 bands with a single...
Processors target ADAS, automotive gateway applications
Medical Design Technology - 8 Jan 2020 18:57
Texas Instruments introduced the new Jacinto 7 processor platform. Built on the foundation of TI’s decades of automotive systems and functional safety expertise, the new Jacinto processor platform brings enhanced deep ...
Security platform now runs on in-vehicle network processors
Medical Design Technology - 8 Jan 2020 18:51
Green Hills Software announced it has expanded its Green Hills Platform for Secure Gateway to include the new S32G Vehicle Network Processor from NXP Semiconductors. The platform combines the newly-announced and segment-...
i.MX 8M family of chipsets to host digital audio platform
Medical Design Technology - 8 Jan 2020 18:46
Swedish sound pioneer Dirac and NXP Semiconductors today announced a collaboration to combine one of the world's most powerful audio chipsets with a market-leading digital audio platform. By equipping the NXP i.MX 8M fam...
First Bluetooth LE audio codec for power-sensitive audio and voice applications
Medical Design Technology - 8 Jan 2020 18:36
Synopsys announced availability of the Bluetooth LE Audio LC3 Codec optimized for Synopsys’ DesignWare ARC EM DSP and HS DSP processor IP. The LC3 codec is an important feature of Bluetooth LE Audio, the soon-to-be-rel...
Children's Hospital Colorado uncovers largest US outbreak of neurologic disease to date
EurekAlert! - 8 Jan 2020 07:00
(Children's Hospital Colorado) The Lancet Infectious Diseases recently published the results of an observational study conducted by researchers at Children's Hospital Colorado that led to a discovery of the largest outbr...
Certain steps help lead to healthy pregnancies in women with rheumatoid arthritis
EurekAlert! - 8 Jan 2020 07:00
(Wiley) For women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), taking certain steps to ensure that they have a healthy pregnancy leads to a reduced risk of complicated birth or miscarriage, according to a study in Arthritis Care & Re...
An often-made claim that e-cigarettes are '95% safer' is not valid
EurekAlert! - 8 Jan 2020 07:00
(Virginia Commonwealth University) The frequently cited claim that e-cigarettes are '95% less risky' or '95% less harmful' than combustible cigarettes is outdated, misleading and invalid -- and should no longer be made i...
Cancer mortality continues steady decline, driven by progress against lung cancer
EurekAlert! - 8 Jan 2020 07:00
(American Cancer Society) The cancer death rate declined by 29% from 1991 to 2017, including a 2.2% drop from 2016 to 2017, the largest single-year drop in cancer mortality ever reported. The news comes from Cancer Stati...
How dying cells prevent dangerous immune reactions
EurekAlert! - 8 Jan 2020 07:00
(German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ)) Dying cells in the body can keep the immune system in check, thus preventing unwanted immune responses against the body's own tissues. Scientists f...
Brazilian scientists unveil chemotherapy resistance mechanism related to p53 mutation
EurekAlert! - 8 Jan 2020 07:00
(Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem (INBEB)) Brazilian study uncovered an anticancer chemotherapy resistance mechanism related to amyloid aggregation of mutant p53. The researc...
Alcohol-related deaths have increased in the United States
EurekAlert! - 8 Jan 2020 07:00
(Wiley) An analysis of death certificates published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research suggests that the number of alcohol-related deaths doubled in the United States between 1999-2017.
Human immune cells produced in a dish in world first
EurekAlert! - 8 Jan 2020 07:00
(Murdoch Childrens Research Institute) A Melbourne research team has reproduced and visualised the earliest developmental steps in human immune cell production in the laboratory and are now set to advance our understandi...
Hundreds of novel viruses discovered in insects
EurekAlert! - 8 Jan 2020 07:00
(Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) New viruses which cause diseases often come from animals. Well-known examples of this are the Zika virus transmitted by mosquitoes, bird flu viruses, as well as the MERS virus whi...