Tag Archives: gene therapy

Artificial pancreas for type 1 diabetes

Discussed in a press release from the University of Virginia Health System, "Aritificial Pancreas Proves Effective in Treating Type 1 Diabetes Overnight in Pilot Study." Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System are reporting remarkable results from their pilot clinical study of the artificial pancreas, a computerized, subcutaneous system that could one day revolutionize the [...]

Stem cell / gene therapy success in vitro

Researchers at the Salk Intitute for Biological Studies have demonstrated that a technology to correct the genetic defect in human disease and induce cell differentiation at the site of the manifested disease is feasible, an achievement demonstrated previously only in mice.   In the May 31, 2009, edition of Nature, Salk reseachers published their findings [...]

Trends and drivers (continued) in medical technology

 More medtech trends Nanotechnology advances.  The use of nanotechnology in medicine has faced as many overblown promises as any other application of nanotechnology. However, any realistic view of future medical technologies with big impact would be amiss if it did not consider the myriad applications of "nanotechnology", which we place in quotes to denote that [...]

Wound care technology balance is shifting

The global market for wound management includes many products that fall into more than one category. For simplicity sake, however, product-based revenues can be assembled into categories including fabric dressings, first aid dressings, dressings and internal wound management products for surgery, advanced wound management products, active pharmaceutical wound care products, tissue engineering, physical therapies for [...]