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7 diagnostic devices to boost healthcare in the developing world

August 16, 2017 By Danielle Kirsh

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The World Health Organization estimates that a quarter of death and disease globally is caused by hazards and environmental burdens in developing countries with little to no access to preventative care and diagnostic devices. Since developing countries are poor agricultural regions that are still becoming economically and socially advanced, it is harder for doctors to […]

Filed Under: Diagnostics, Featured, mHealth (Mobile Health), Research & Development Tagged With: Binghamton University, centrifuge, diagnostic devices, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, medtech, North Carolina State University, Stanford University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Researchers combine modified insulin and red blood cells to regulate blood sugar in diabetic mice

May 9, 2017 By Sarah Faulkner

Modified insulin and red blood cells

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have designed a glucose-responsive “smart” insulin delivery system using modified insulin and red blood cells. In an animal study of mice with Type I diabetes, the system effectively reduced blood sugar levels for 48 hours. The team’s work was published […]

Filed Under: Diabetes, Featured, Pharmaceuticals, Preclinical Trials, Research & Development Tagged With: North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Researchers win $1.8m NIH grant to develop implantable system for HIV prevention

March 27, 2017 By Sarah Faulkner

Researchers win $1.8m NIH grant to develop implantable system for HIV prevention

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill won a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop an implantable drug delivery system for sustained HIV-prevention. The team said it plans to develop an injectable system that steadily releases pre-exposure prophylaxis over long periods of time. The injectable compound is […]

Filed Under: Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Funding Roundup, Implants, Research & Development Tagged With: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Researchers develop responsive, insulin-releasing skin patch

January 19, 2017 By Sarah Faulkner

Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University and Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a skin patch that measures blood glucose levels and releases insulin when levels climb too high. The team’s work testing the patch in mice was published earlier this month […]

Filed Under: Diabetes, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Research & Development Tagged With: Chinese Academy of Sciences, North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Smart patch monitors blood, releases blood thinners to prevent clots

November 29, 2016 By Sarah Faulkner

Researchers from the North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a patch designed to monitor a patient’s blood and release blood-thinning drugs to prevent dangerous blood clots, or thrombosis. The team’s work was published in Advanced Materials. When blood clots disrupt the flow of blood throughout the body, […]

Filed Under: Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Pharmaceuticals, Research & Development Tagged With: North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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