R&D

Apple Deepens Medical Research Commitment Through New App

The tech giant has announced three health studies its U.S. customers can now enroll in through a new research app.

Intelligent Metamaterials Could Make MRI’s Faster and More Affordable

Boston University researchers have developed a metamaterial that could completely change the MRI paradigm.

You're Not an Engineer, You're a Creative Problem Solver

A MD&M Minneapolis speaker used humor to make his point about why engineers and product designers need to see themselves as creative problem solvers.

Most Provocative Statements Heard at MD&M Minneapolis 2019

These were some of the most thought-provoking comments MD+DI editors heard from industry experts who spoke at MD&M Minneapolis 2019.

Changes in the Blood Could Hold Key for Better Alzheimer’s Detection

Researchers from the University of Turku used the latest genome-wide methods to examine a pair of twins’ blood samples for any disease-related differences in epigenetic to help develop a detection method for Alzheimer’s Disease.

Feast Your Eyes on this New Technology for Early Alzheimer's Screening

RetiSpec's technology is designed to identify Alzheimer's biomarkers years before the emergence of clinical symptoms.

MIT Model Automates AI for Medical Decision-Making

MIT computer scientists are hoping to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence to improve medical decision-making, by automating a key step that’s usually done by hand — and that’s becoming more laborious as certain datasets grow ever-larger.

Tiny Implant Can Control Neural Circuits in the Brain via Smartphone

Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the University of Washington in Seattle have the developed the device and said it has the potential to speed up efforts to uncover brain diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, addiction, depression, and pain.

How a New Sensor Could Diagnose Sepsis in 25 Minutes

MIT researchers designed a sensor that could dramatically accelerate the process of diagnosing sepsis, a leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals.

Design Formulation for Drug Delivery Devices

Technical considerations for designing syringes and other drug-delivery devices.

Best Medical Technology Nominees in the 2019 Prix Galien USA

The list of nominees reflects the convergence of drug, device, and delivery technologies to improve healthcare.

Will Medtech Rise to FDA's Sterilization Challenge?

In response to recent shutdowns of plants that use a gas called ethylene oxide to sterilize medical devices, FDA is challenging the industry to develop new approaches to device sterilization and to find ways to reduce emissions from the ethylene oxide sterilization process.

Will NeuroPace’s RNS System Shock the Obesity Treatment Market?

The Mountain View, CA-based company’s technology is being used in a clinical investigation that will examine whether neuromodulation could be effective as a means of managing loss-of-control eating for patients. If successful NeuroPace has the potential to shake up the obesity-treatment device market.