Medical News
Managing complications related to diabetic nephropathy
EurekAlert! - 25 Mar 2020 06:00
(Bentham Science Publishers) The first volume of the new book series Diabetes: Current and Future Developments presents comprehensive information on diabetes in conditions of kidney disease.
Lung cancer therapy may improve outcomes of metastatic brain cancer
EurekAlert! - 25 Mar 2020 06:00
(St. Michael's Hospital) A medication commonly used to treat non-small cell lung cancer that has spread, or metastasized, may have benefits for patients with metastatic brain cancers, suggests a new review and analysis l...
COVID-19 forces three-month delay in 3GPP releases
Medical Design Technology - 25 Mar 2020 22:55
3GPP the standards body for wireless standards, has delayed the adoption of the next two releases (Release 16 and Release 17) each by three months. The delay is in response to the COVID-19 virus. 3GPP Release 16 stage 3 ...
ECIA survey on impact of COVID-19 on electronics industry shows shift toward "no" or "minimal"
Medical Design Technology - 25 Mar 2020 22:12
With the spread of the Coronavirus COVID-19 there is a need to provide visibility on how this crisis is impacting the electronic components industry and the supply chain. In order to provide this important visibility, EC...
Closing in on the New Coronavirus
Discover - 25 Mar 2020 21:00
The eye-catching spikes sticking out from the surface of SARS-CoV-2 may inspire new ways to prevent or treat Covid-19 infections.
AI inference on MCUs? Yes, with development kits
Medical Design Technology - 25 Mar 2020 19:03
The microcontroller, the most widely deployed computing platform, is ready to welcome the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. Really? For a start, MCUs don't have enough storage space needed to hold the neural netwo...
Life's Little Oscillations
Discover - 25 Mar 2020 19:00
A bevy of intricate biochemical fluctuations inside cells rule the natural world. Scientists are trying to figure out how they all work.
PMIC reference designs cover Xilinx FPGAs and SoCs
Medical Design Technology - 25 Mar 2020 18:30
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced three easy to use Power Management IC (PMIC) reference designs for powering the multiple supply rails of Xilinx Artix-7 FPGAs, Spartan-7 FPGAs, and Zynq-7000 SoCs, with and witho...
Proximity sensors from Omron feature IO-Link, world's longest sensing range
Medical Design Technology - 25 Mar 2020 17:38
Manufacturers in the automotive industry are striving to make the most of the current trend towards electric vehicles and low fuel consumption by building lighter-weight vehicles and favoring aluminum over iron. As the p...
Thin-film isolator material also helps manage heat
Medical Design Technology - 25 Mar 2020 17:04
Fujipoly offers a large selection of thin-film, thermal interface materials. Available in eight formulations, these Sarcon materials offer versatility in managing heat dissipation while exhibiting useful characteristics ...
Video IC enables MIPI CSI-2 signal transmissions surpassing 15 m
Medical Design Technology - 25 Mar 2020 16:04
THine, the leader in high-speed serial interfaces and image signal processing, today announced the high-volume availability of their new MIPI CSI-2 serializer IC, THCV243. This new chip allows engineers to extend MIPI CS...
Zero-foot-print test sockets handle SSD NAND and 3D XPoint chips
Medical Design Technology - 25 Mar 2020 16:04
New innovative SMT Grypper sockets from Ironwood include NAND, Controller, and Buffer sockets used in Solid State Drives, Cards and Modules. The Zero Foot Print (Grypper) sockets are available for the NAND and Open NAND ...
Video analyzer and generator offers comprehensive testing for DisplayPort 2.0
Medical Design Technology - 25 Mar 2020 14:23
The quantumdata M42d Video Analyzer and Generator is the industry’s first DisplayPort 2.0 protocol test instrument. The DisplayPort 2.0 standard provides for data rates up to 20 Gb/sec per lane for an overall aggregate...
Combination creates powerful central memory T cells for cellular therapy
EurekAlert! - 25 Mar 2020 06:00
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) MD Anderson researchers find that treating T cells with panobinostat and IL-21 re-programs them to a powerful central memory T cell type that persists longer.
Analysis predicts purified fish oil could prevent thousands of cardiovascular events
EurekAlert! - 25 Mar 2020 06:00
(University of California - Irvine) Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have conducted a statistical analysis that predicts more than 70,000 heart attacks, strokes and other adverse cardiovascular event...
Cellular protein shredders for the fight against cancer
EurekAlert! - 25 Mar 2020 06:00
(University of Bonn) An international team of researchers led by the Universities of Bonn and Ulm has investigated how a cell's own 'protein shredder' can be specifically programmed to fight cancer. The researchers were ...
High-resolution PET/CT assesses brain stem function in patients with hearing impairment
EurekAlert! - 25 Mar 2020 06:00
(Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging) Novel, fully digital, high-resolution positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging of small brain stem nuclei can provide clinicians with valuable ...
CAR T-cell therapy for solid tumors may advance cancer treatments
EurekAlert! - 25 Mar 2020 06:00
(Kazan Federal University) The full title of the research is 'The study of the mechanisms of effectiveness of T-cells CAR-T towards solid tumors'; it was supported by nonprofit RakFond (Cancer Fund) and CyStoreLab (a res...
AAA announces Ph3 NETTER-2 study with Lutathera as 1st Line in advanced GEP-NET
EurekAlert! - 25 Mar 2020 06:00
(Advanced Accelerator Applications) Advanced Accelerator Applications S.A. (AAA), a Novartis company, today announced that the first patient has been treated in the NETTER-2 Phase III clinical study investigating Lutathe...
Health researchers find solution to life-threatening side effect
EurekAlert! - 25 Mar 2020 06:00
(University of Copenhagen The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences) Through studies of rats, researchers from the University of Copenhagen may have found the reason behind of a large drop in blood pressure in patients ...
How trans fats assist cell death
EurekAlert! - 25 Mar 2020 06:00
(Tohoku University) Tohoku University researchers in Japan have uncovered a molecular link between some trans fats and a variety of disorders, including cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases. Their findings, publ...
IASLC postpones World Conference on Lung Cancer to January 26 to 29, 2021 in Singapore
EurekAlert! - 25 Mar 2020 06:00
(International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) Citing the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact and stress it is putting on the international health care, economic and transportation systems, the International Assoc...