Tandem Diabetes Care (Nasdaq:TNDM) announced today that it signed a multi-year R&D collaboration agreement with the University of Virginia (UVA). The collaboration with the UVA Center for Diabetes Technology aims to advance R&D efforts on fully automated, closed-loop insulin delivery systems. Tandem develops its own closed-loop systems, including the t:slim X2 and Mobi pumps, which […]
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NIH launches effort to combat type 2 diabetes in young people
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched a nationwide consortium to address the rise in youth diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. According to a press release, NIH expects that trend — which it observed over the past two decades — to continue moving forward. It aims to advance understanding of the biologic, social, and environmental […]
This simple, needle-free COVID vaccination device might stop transmission
“Finally,” many of us thought when we received our first jabs to vaccinate us against COVID-19 back in 2020 and 2021. Nearly four years later, COVID is still surging, constantly mutating to create new variants that evade our immunity from prior infections and the latest vaccines. And if the immediate and long-term harm from SARS-CoV-2 […]
Phillips-Medisize, GlucoModicum partner on needle-free CGM
Molex company Phillips-Medisize today announced a partnership with GlucoModicum to design a new continuous glucose monitor (CGM). The companies teamed up to design and eventually commercialize a proprietary, non-invasive, wearable CGM device. They aim to remove the technology and patient-care roadblocks that exist within continuous glucose monitoring. Phillips-Medisize develops drug delivery, in vitro diagnostic and […]
This biodegradable brain implant delivers cancer-treating drugs
Researchers say they developed a biodegradable brain implant capable of helping to deliver chemotherapy drugs directly to tumors. Medscape News reported that the research marks another step toward using ultrasound to combat cancer. According to the team, led by Thanh Nguyen, these drugs can penetrate the blood-brain barrier to reach these brain tumors. Nguyen serves […]
Humacyte, JDRF to develop biovascular pancreas to treat type 1 diabetes
Humacyte (Nasdaq:HUMA) and JDRF announced today that they entered into a collaboration to develop a biovascular pancreas (BVP). The collaboration aims to advance the development of Humacyte’s BVP product candidate for treating type 1 diabetes. Humacyte designed its BVP to deliver insulin-producing islets using its investigational, tissue-engineered blood vessel. The company calls it the Human […]
Researchers develop wearable patch for painless drug delivery through the skin
Researchers at MIT hope to address the difficulties of transdermal drug delivery through a new wearable patch. The MIT team sees the skin as an appealing route for drug delivery. It enables the drugs to travel directly to the necessary site, which offers benefits in wound care, pain relief and more. However, the tough outer […]
Researchers use tiny drug delivery implant to treat tumors
Researchers at Houston Methodist Research Institute developed a tiny drug delivery device for addressing difficult-to-treat cancers. The researchers published their work in a paper in Advanced Science. They used an implantable nanofluidic device they invented to deliver CD40 monoclonal antibodies (mAB). The team calls the device a nanofluidic drug-eluting seed (NDES). With the device — […]
This technology could enable time-released drug delivery
Bioengineers at Rice University developed a new technology for delivering drugs in a time-releasing manner. Kevin McHugh, corresponding author of a study about the technology, believes this could make missing doses of medicines and vaccines a thing of the past. McHugh and the Rice team saw their work published online in Advanced Materials. According to McHugh […]
These ear tubes with liquid infused materials may improve ear infection treatment outcomes
A research collaboration in Boston may have uncovered a design overhaul to improve outcomes for ear tubes known as tympanostomy tubes (TTs). These TTs create an opening between the ear canal and middle ear. Their aim is to ventilate the middle ear, provide a route for fluid to drain out and allow antibiotic drops to […]