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Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Israeli PolyPid Ready for Clinical Trials of Anti-Infective Surgical Products

PolyPid expects to use a $22 million cash infusion to get its surgical drug reservoir lead candidate into Phase III testing, while completing a trial for its doxycycline-loaded synthetic bone substitute. The latter, for BonyPid-1000, is expected to be sufficient...

March 4, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Diabetes exacerbates loss of gray matter, cognitive function in Parkinson’s patients

  Diabetes seems to hasten the loss of gray matter in the brains of Parkinson’s patients, and the effect is readily observable in the frontal lobes, where higher mental processes such as decision-making take place, according to a small study...

February 22, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Johns Hopkins is first in US to offer HIV-positive to HIV-positive organ transplants

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins is the first hospital in the United States to receive approval from the United Network for Organ Sharing to perform HIV-positive to HIV-positive organ transplants. With this approval, Johns Hopkins surgeons will be the first in the...

February 11, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Why it took years for the FDA to warn about infections tied to medical scopes

An outbreak at a Pennsylvania hospital in late 2012 should have been an early warning that a reusable medical scope was spreading deadly infections and nearly impossible to disinfect. But staff at the federal Food and Drug Administration lost the...

February 10, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Innovative Wound-Healing Could Save Human Limbs

The fight is on to save human limbs: As the rate of diabetes continues to rise, the foot ulcers and chronic wounds that can come with the condition — and can lead to amputations in severe cases — remain a...

February 9, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Wound Care BioActive to See Growth in Coming Years

Advanced wound dressing materials made from biomaterials play an important role in the wound healing process are known as bioactive wound care dressings. Bioactive wound care dressings also comprise tissue-engineered products derived from artificial sources or natural tissues. These are...

February 8, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

BSN medical Names Todd Healy President of North America

CHARLOTTE, NC–(Marketwired – Jan 11, 2016) –BSN medical, a leading global medical device manufacturer, today announced the appointment of Todd Healy as the organization’s president of North America, effective Jan. 15, 2016. With more than 30 years of experience in...

January 13, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Artificial Pancreas Trials To Begin In The U.S. 

In the U.S. alone, 1.25 million Americans suffer from type 1 diabetes, a potentially debilitating and life-changing condition. Every year, more and more people are diagnosed, and the only common treatment is regular insulin injections. A research team hoping to...

January 11, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Dressing for Disease Prevention Success

In the last couple decades, blood-borne diseases, like HIV, Hepatitis B and C and others have become a serious talking points – so much so that sharps safety has become an unofficial never event, double gloving is trending and OSHA...

January 8, 2016