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Custom blood vessel grafts made in minutes

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Harvard bioengineers have developed a way to create customized synthetic vascular grafts in minutes.

Journal: Advanced Materials

The Lancet publishes landmark trial of Duchenne muscular dystrophy therapy

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An investigational cell therapy preserved heart and muscle function in boys and young men with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, according to Phase III clinical trial results from Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University investigators and colleagues published in The Lancet.

Journal: The Lancet

Scientists at UMass Chan Medical School develop microRNA-based gene therapy that halts ALS progression in mice

UMass Chan Medical School
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A single IV injection of a microRNA-based biologic developed by UMass Chan Medical School scientists suppressed production of the mutant SOD1 protein that causes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); delayed disease onset by 60 days; and extended lifespan by 100 days, more than triple the average survival time, in mice models of the disease.

Journal: Nature Communications

RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers researchers find AI tool helps detect patient deterioration earlier, reducing hospital deaths

Rutgers University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School found that an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled early warning system helped identify hospitalized patients at risk of rapid clinical decline sooner, contributing to fewer deaths among high-risk patients.

Journal: NEJM AI

The Lancet: Bloodstream-delivered cell therapy slows muscle decline in young people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, phase 3 trial finds

The Lancet
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A cell therapy called deramiocel could slow muscle weakening in boys and young men with advanced Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), and may also slow heart damage in those who already have heart muscle disease, a phase 3 clinical trial published in The Lancet has found. It is the first phase 3 trial of a cell therapy made from donor cells and administered through the bloodstream to treat a genetic disease, and the first such trial in boys and young men whose DMD is already advanced. The therapy is grown from heart cells that were donated for transplant but could not be used.

Journal: The Lancet

Widening inequalities in stroke identified in 30-year research

King's College London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The prevalence of stroke risk factors such as high blood pressure and diabetes are higher and increasing faster among black African and Caribbean groups, compared to people from white backgrounds.

Journal: EClinicalMedicine

JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting invites submissions on Algorithmic Parenting: The Rise of Data-Driven Child-Rearing

JMIR Publications
Business Announcement

JMIR Publications invites submissions to a new section on “Algorithmic Parenting: The Rise of Data-Driven Child-Rearing” in its open access journal JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting.

Biofilm clue opens route to anti-infection treatments of the future

John Innes Centre
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A multidisciplinary study has uncovered a critical component in the formation of biofilms, the complex structures used by bacteria to colonise surfaces. The research may have implications for future infection treatments, including for people with cystic fibrosis.

Journal: PLOS Pathogens
Funder: UKRI/BBSRC

Sensing-storage monolithically integrated system for wearable physiological sensing

Tsinghua University Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A flexible sensing-storage integrated system have been developed for wearable health monitoring. This system is fabricated using a low-cost solution spin-coating process, combining a flexible floating-gate organic thin-film transistor memory with an organic thin-film transistor pressure sensor to achieve in-situ acquisition and storage of physiological signals, which provides an innovative platform for constructing low-cost, fully flexible electronic skins capable of simultaneous physiological sensing, data storage, and wireless transmission.

Journal: Nano Research