Hacker News with Generative AI: Medical Technology

The first US hub for experimental medical treatments is coming (technologyreview.com)
Montana just passed a new bill backed by longevity enthusiasts that will enable access to drugs and therapies that are not approved by the FDA.

Medical Technology, Legislation, Healthcare, Experimental Treatments, Montana

3 points by vjulian 7 days ago | 0 comments

US doctors rewrite DNA of infant with genetic disorder in medical first (theguardian.com)
Doctors in the US have become the first to treat a baby with a customised gene-editing therapy after diagnosing the child with a severe genetic disorder that kills about half of those affected in early infancy.

Genetics, Medical Technology, Science, Healthcare

9 points by pseudolus 8 days ago | 0 comments

A Simple Spit Test Could Reveal Prostate Cancer, Outperforming a Blood Test (discovermagazine.com)
A simple spit test that can be taken at home is among the most promising methods for detecting prostate cancer, which an estimated 1 in 8 men are diagnosed with during their lifetime.

Prostate Cancer, Health, Medical Technology, Testing

16 points by jnord 9 days ago | 12 comments

Engineers develop wearable heart attack detection technology (medicalxpress.com)
Every second counts when it comes to detecting and treating heart attacks. That's where a new technology from the University of Mississippi comes in to identify heart attacks faster and more accurately than traditional methods.

Medical Technology, Health, Heart Disease, Wearable Devices

74 points by PaulHoule 16 days ago | 40 comments

Engineered adipocytes implantation suppresses tumor progression in cancer models (nature.com)
Tumors exhibit an increased ability to obtain and metabolize nutrients. Here, we implant engineered adipocytes that outcompete tumors for nutrients and show that they can substantially reduce cancer progression, a technology termed adipose manipulation transplantation (AMT).

Cancer Research, Bioengineering, Adipose Tissue, Medical Technology, Drug Development

26 points by richardboegli 17 days ago | 0 comments

A new hairlike electrode for long-term, high-quality EEG monitoring (psu.edu)
The future of electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring may soon look like a strand of hair.

Biotechnology, Neuroscience, Medical Technology, Healthcare

58 points by westurner 17 days ago | 14 comments

Researchers Create a Brain Implant for Near-Real-Time Speech Synthesis (hackaday.com)
Brain-to-speech interfaces have been promising to help paralyzed individuals communicate for years. Unfortunately, many systems have had significant latency that has left them lacking somewhat in the practicality stakes.

Brain-Computer Interfaces, Medical Technology, Neuroscience, Communication Technology

6 points by tmseidman 18 days ago | 0 comments

Brain interface allows speech decoding in ALS patient (medicalxpress.com)
University of California, Davis researchers have developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) that enables computer cursor control and clicking, using neural signals from the speech motor cortex.

Neuroscience, Brain-Computer Interfaces, ALS, Medical Technology

5 points by geox 19 days ago | 0 comments

Popular CT Scans Could Account for 5% of All Cancer Cases a Year (ucsf.edu)
Computed tomography (CT) scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually, according to a new study out of UC San Francisco that cautions against overusing and overdosing CTs.

Cancer, Health, Medical Technology, Medical Research

26 points by hsuduebc2 34 days ago | 9 comments

Japan's big bet on stem-cell therapies might soon pay off (nature.com)
Japan is brimming with signs of an approaching medical revolution. Shiny white robots are tending dishes of cells, rows of incubators hum in new facilities, and a deluxe, plush-carpeted hospital is getting ready to welcome its first patients.

Japan, Medical Technology, Healthcare

15 points by rbanffy 34 days ago | 0 comments

First open-source MRI scanner presented: the OSI² ONE (2023) (opensourceimaging.org)
What a milestone! The first open-source MRI scanner, the OSI² ONE, has been built and delivers exciting first in-vivo MR images.

Medical Technology, Open Source, MRI

16 points by Tomte 44 days ago | 1 comments

Smallest Pacemaker Is the Size of a Rice Grain (sciencealert.com)
Scientists said Wednesday they have developed the world's tiniest pacemaker, a temporary heartbeat regulator smaller than a grain of rice that can be injected and controlled by light before dissolving.

Medical Technology, Bioengineering, Health, Innovation

95 points by lnyan 49 days ago | 14 comments

Doctors Told Him He Was Going to Die. Then A.I. Saved His Life (nytimes.com)
A little over a year ago, Joseph Coates was told there was only one thing left to decide. Did he want to die at home, or in the hospital?

Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare, Medical Technology, Life-Saving, Health

33 points by asnyder 64 days ago | 14 comments

AI diagnoses major cancer with near perfect accuracy (cdu.edu.au)
One of Australia's most common gynaecological cancers could be detected sooner and more accurately thanks to a specialised Artificial Intelligence (AI) model, new research shows.

AI, Cancer, Medical Technology, Research

14 points by geox 64 days ago | 4 comments

Portable MRI Scans Patients for Signs of Stroke (ieee.org)
According to the World Health Organization, strokes are the second most common cause of death worldwide. Of the 15 million patients annually, one-third die and another third are left with permanent disabilities. A new design for a portable MRI scanner has the potential to make a major impact on those numbers.

Medical Technology, Healthcare, Stroke, MRI

59 points by rbanffy 78 days ago | 26 comments

Knitted microtissue can accelerate healing (news.mit.edu)
Treating severe or chronic injury to soft tissues such as skin and muscle is a challenge in health care.

Medical Technology, Bioengineering, Healthcare

5 points by gnabgib 79 days ago | 0 comments

Printable molecule-selective nanoparticles enable wearable biosensor mass prod (phys.org)
The future of medicine may very well lie in the personalization of health care—knowing exactly what an individual needs and then delivering just the right mix of nutrients, metabolites, and medications, if necessary, to stabilize and improve their condition.

Biotechnology, Wearable Technology, Nanotechnology, Medical Technology

6 points by bookofjoe 108 days ago | 0 comments

Parkinsons patient "feels cured" with new adaptive deep brain stimulation device (bbc.com)
A man fitted with a pioneering, computer-controlled brain implant to tackle his Parkinson's disease says it works so well he is sometimes able to forget he has the condition.

Medical Technology, Parkinson's Disease, Neuroscience

272 points by ck2 115 days ago | 45 comments

Building a T1D smartwatch for my son from scratch (andrewchilds.com)
My 9 y.o. son has Type 1 diabetes, which basically means his pancreas is on manual (hard) mode 24x7.

Medical Technology, Personal Projects, Diabetes

594 points by andrewchilds 115 days ago | 84 comments

The ultra-fast cancer treatments which could replace conventional radiotherapy (bbc.com)
A pioneering new treatment promises to tackle a wider range of cancers, with fewer side-effects than conventional radiotherapy. It also takes less than a second.

Cancer Treatment, Medical Technology, Radiotherapy

129 points by bentocorp 121 days ago | 6 comments

3D-printed open source optical microscope for low-cost histological imaging (biorxiv.org)
We present the manufacture and characterisation of a fully 3D printed, low-cost optical microscope using both a 3D printed chassis and 3D printed illumination and imaging optics.

3D Printing, Microscopy, Open Source, Biology, Medical Technology

5 points by walterbell 125 days ago | 1 comments

Parkinson's tremors disappear with machine that sends heat waves to the brain (sun-sentinel.com)
Delray Medical Center cut the ribbon on its newest high-tech machine last week that targets brain areas to treat movement disorders such as essential tremor and tremor-dominant Parkinson’s disease.

Medical Technology, Parkinson's Disease, Neuroscience, Treatment

4 points by Stratoscope 127 days ago | 0 comments

Researchers design wearable tech that can sense glucose levels more accurately (uwaterloo.ca)
Waterloo researchers design wearable tech that can sense glucose levels for diabetics more accurately than ever before

Wearable Technology, Health, Diabetes, Medical Technology

385 points by ndrwnaguib 139 days ago | 165 comments

No-hole surgery: no keyhole, yet surgeons can now still operate under your skin (2023) (nibib.nih.gov)
What if a clinician could 3D print something through your skin, constructing an implant or replacement organ underneath layers of tissue? The world of medicine would be transformed: a host of surgical procedures, which come with a variety of risks, could be performed without ever lifting a scalpel.

Medical Technology, 3D Printing, Surgery

107 points by aniijbod 139 days ago | 38 comments

Paralysed man communicates first words in months using brain implant (2022) (independent.co.uk)
A completely paralysed man, who was left unable to communicate for months after losing the ability to even move his eyes, has used a brain implant to ask his caregivers for a beer.

Brain-Computer Interface, Medical Technology, Neuroscience, Disability

3 points by coolcoder613 139 days ago | 3 comments

First ever fluoride-containing bioglass toothpaste wins FDA approval (nature.com)
British-developed BioMin F is to be available in the USA, known in the US as Dr.Collins BioMin Restore Plus.

Dentistry, Medical Technology, New Products, FDA Approval

3 points by paulpauper 154 days ago | 0 comments

Scientists develop coral-inspired material to revolutionise bone repair (swansea.ac.uk)
Researchers at Swansea University have developed a revolutionary bone graft substitute inspired by coral which not only promotes faster healing but dissolves naturally in the body after the repair is complete.

Biomaterials, Medical Technology, Science, Innovation

7 points by gnabgib 158 days ago | 0 comments

Brain stimulation helps partially paralyzed patients walk again (newatlas.com)
Two patients with spinal injuries have seen improvements in their ability to walk again, thanks to deep brain stimulation (DBS).

Medical Technology, Neuroscience, Rehabilitation

14 points by geox 166 days ago | 0 comments

AggiesBCI – brain-controlled wheelchair converts thoughts to real-world movement (yusiali.com)
A brain-controlled wheelchair that converts thoughts to real-world movement

Brain-Computer Interfaces, Robotics, Accessibility, Medical Technology

23 points by pabs3 170 days ago | 7 comments

A.I. Chatbots Defeated Doctors at Diagnosing Illness (nytimes.com)
In an experiment, doctors who were given ChatGPT to diagnose illness did only slightly better than doctors who did not. But the chatbot alone outperformed all the doctors.

Artificial Intelligence, Medical Technology, Chatbots

49 points by vinni2 187 days ago | 25 comments