PARIS: Scientists using gene therapy have partially restored hearing and balance in profoundly deaf mice, according to a study published on Monday in the journal Nature Medicine. Continue reading
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NinePoint Medical Imaging Technology Highlighted in Nature Medicine Publication
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– NinePoint Medical, Inc., an emerging leader in the development of medical devices for in vivo imaging, today announced that data demonstrating positive results related to a new tethered capsule endomicroscopy technology, licensed from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), were published online this week in the journal Nature Medicine. The research, performed at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at MGH, where the technology was developed, shows the pill-sized imaging system creates detailed, microscopic, three-dimensional images of the esophageal wall and is expected to offer several advantages over traditional endoscopy. This tethered capsule endomicroscopy technology has been licensed for commercial development by NinePoint Medical, as part of its 2010 licensing agreement with MGH, the largest technology IP license in MGH history Continue reading
Can’t smell anything? Discovery may give you hope
ScienceDaily (Sep. 2, 2012) Scientists have restored the sense of smell in mice through gene therapy for the first time — a hopeful sign for people who can’t smell anything from birth or lose it due to disease. The achievement in curing congenital anosmia — the medical term for lifelong inability to detect odors — may also aid research on other conditions that also stem from problems with the cilia. Continue reading
Can't smell anything? This discovery may give you hope
Public release date: 2-Sep-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Kara Gavin kegavin@umich.edu 734-764-2220 University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich. Scientists have restored the sense of smell in mice through gene therapy for the first time — a hopeful sign for people who can’t smell anything from birth or lose it due to disease. The achievement in curing congenital anosmia — the medical term for lifelong inability to detect odors — may also aid research on other conditions that also stem from problems with the cilia Continue reading
Medistem Receives Notice of Patent Allowance Covering Fat Stem Cell Therapy of Autoimmune Diseases
SAN DIEGO CA–(Marketwire -06/29/12)- Medistem Inc. Continue reading