UCSD’s Joe Wang has developed a soft, flexible, pacifier-based biosensor that continuously monitors glucose levels in saliva to detect diabetes in babies. Until now, continuous glucose monitoring in newborns, available only in major hospitals, requires piercing the infant’s skin to reach interstitial fluid. The team created a proof of concept pacifier where small amounts of saliva […]
Conference
Wearable Tech + Digital Health + Neurotech Boston
Join ApplySci at the 12th Wearable Tech + Digital Health + Neurotech Boston conference on November 14, 2019 at Harvard Medical School featuring talks by Brad Ringeisen, DARPA – Joe Wang, UCSD – Carlos Pena, FDA – George Church, Harvard – Diane Chan, MIT – Giovanni Traverso, Harvard | Brigham & Womens – Anupam Goel, UnitedHealthcare – Nathan Intrator, […]
Cancer
PET scan tracer detects both cancer and lung disease
Stanford’s Sanjiv Gambhir has developed an imaging molecule that can identify pancreatic, cervical and lung cancer early– and, surprisigly, hard-to-detect idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The tracer clings to integrin alpha-v beta-6. In a PET scan, the tracer glows due to radioactivity emissions, which allows doctors to see exactly where the tracer is docked in the body. A […]
Brain
MRI-detected microbleeds may help determine disability after brain injury
NINDS researcher Lawrence Latour has used an advanced imaging method to detect vascular microbleeds after head injury. The lesions, which are too small to be detected by CT, may predict worse outcomes. 439 head injury patients who were treated in the emergency department were studied. MRI scans within 48 hours of injury, and again […]
Cancer
Infrared light detects tumors under the skin
Stanford’s Hongjie Dai has developed a deep-tissue imaging technique that clearly illuminates tumors beneath the skin. It relies on nanoparticles containing erbium, which glows in the infrared. The promising technology has only been tested on mice, so far. In a study, the technique was used to predict cancer patient response to immunotherapy, and to measure drug […]
Heart
First all-digital clinical trial studies app-driven physical activity interventions
Stanford’s Euan Ashley has conducted an entirely digital clinical trial using the MyHeart Counts app, which is being used for patient recruitment, consent and interventions, and returns data to participants. 1075 participants completed at least one intervention, and 493 completed the entire trial. The higher than normal completion rate was attributed to the ease of enrollment […]