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It’s no secret that blockchain technology is causing ripples worldwide as major firms, like PayPal, Goldman Sachs, and others, support BTC and other virtual currencies. Furthermore, tens if not hundreds of blockchain projects emerge each month. The competition is stiff. Blockchain projects that want to succeed in this highly competitive market must identify the best […]

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NeoChord, Inc. (“NeoChord”) announced on October 4, 2021 that it successfully completed a first-in-human procedure with the NeXuS Transcatheter Mitral Chordal Repair (TMVr) device NeoChord is developing.  NeoChord also reported that the patient has been discharged from the hospital and is back to a normal lifestyle.

In a press release David Chung, President and Chief Executive Officer of NeoChord expressed enthusiasm for their achievement. “On behalf of our entire organization, I want to thank the collective team of physicians for bringing this first-in-human procedure to success. Coupled with our successful, clinical experience with the transapical device, this transcatheter milestone further establishes NeoChord as the leader for beating heart, off-pump mitral chordal repair, providing another tool for the Heart Teams to offer patients a surgically-proven technique with an interventional approach.”

Mitral regurgitation is believed to affect more than 2 million individuals and to be the most common valvular disorder in the United States.  According to some studies, mitral regurgitation is prevalent in more than 10% of adults over the age of 75.  NeoChord notes that, if left untreated, mitral regurgitation may lead to chronic heart failure – the leading cause of hospitalization in the U.S. and Europe.

This first-in-human procedure was performed at the University Hospital of Bordeaux in France in collaboration with the Universitätsmedizin Mainz Germany.  According to Thomas Modine, MD, University Hospital of Bordeaux and Ralph Stephan von Bardeleben, M.D., Universitätsmedizin Mainz, who both co-led the procedure, “the ability to replace a ruptured native chord by precisely placing suture in the mitral leaflet and securing with an anchor contributed to a very safe procedure.”

Azeem Latib, M.D., leading cardiologist from New York USA closely involved in the development of the TMVr device and procedure believes that “minimally invasive transcatheter chordal repair offers the promise of driving surgical-like results by maintaining the physiologic construction of the mitral valve, translating to better long-term outcomes.”

NeoChord is a privately-held medical technology company focused on beating heart mitral valve repair in patients suffering from mitral valve regurgitation.

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The system uses microscopy data to detect and quantify radiation-induced problems such as defects and swelling. The researchers hope the system could speed up the development of components for advanced nuclear reactors, which may play a critical role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

“We believe we are the first research team to ever demonstrate real-time image-based detection and quantification of radiation damage on the nanometre length scale in the world,” said Professor Kevin Field, a Michigan nuclear engineer and VP of machine vision start-up Theia Scientific.

The new technology was tested at the Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory. By directing beams of ions at material samples, the lab can quickly emulate the damage sustained after years or decades of use in a nuclear reactor. The team used an ion beam of the noble gas krypton to test a radiation-tolerant sample of iron, chromium, and aluminium of interest for use in fission and fusion reactors.

“If radiation exposure makes your metal like Swiss cheese instead of a good Wisconsin cheddar, you would know it’s not going to have structural integrity,” said Field.

The krypton ions create radiation defects in the sample; in this case, a plane of missing or extra atoms sandwiched between two ordinary crystal lattice planes. They appear as black dots in the electron microscope images. The lab is able to observe the development of these defects with an electron microscope, which runs during the irradiation process, producing a video.

“Previously, we would record the whole video for the irradiation experiments and then characterise just a few frames," said Dr Priyam Patki, who ran the experiment with Christopher Field, president of Theia Scientific. "But now, with the help of this technique, we are able to do it for each and every frame, giving us an insight into the dynamic behaviour of the defects in real time." 

To assess radiation-induced defects, researchers would typically download the video and count every defect in selected frames. With the hundreds, or even thousands, of images or video frames created by modern microscopes, much of the detailed information would be lost, as counting the defects manually in every frame is so laborious. 

Instead, the team used Theia Scientific's software to detect and quantify the radiation-induced defects instantaneously during the experiment. The software displays the results in graphics overlaid on the electron microscope imagery, which label the defects (giving size, number, location and density) and summarise this information as a measure of structural integrity. 

“The real-time assessment of structural integrity allows us to stop early if a material is performing badly and cuts out any extensive human-based quantification,” said Field. “We believe that our process reduces the time from idea to conclusion by nearly 80 times.”

Theia’s software uses a convolutional neural network, a type of artificial neural network often used for interpreting images, to analyse the video frames. The neural network achieved high speed and robust interpretation across samples of varying quality, and this in turn enabled the leap from manual interpretation to real-time machine vision.

It is hoped that the interpretation technique could be adapted for other types of image-based microscopy. Field commented: “We see clear pathways to accelerate discoveries in the energy, transportation and biomedical sectors.”

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The best way to grind marijuana is certainly with a marijuana grinder. Unfortunately, these handy tools are not always around and ready when they are needed. Fortunately, improvising a clever solution isn’t so hard for the determined cannabis enthusiast who is willing to demonstrate a little bit of ingenuity. In this article, we will take

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Comic books have been keeping us entertained for centuries. From Popeye to Superman, these stories reflect the society we live in. However, if we have a closer look at some of their magic powers, we may see some recognisable substances. Could Popeye’s spinach be a substitute for cannabis? Or Superman’s kryptonite, a subtle reference to methamphetamines?

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Lax regulation and low barriers to entry have triggered cannabis’s explosive growth in Sooner State   OKEMAH, Okla. — Chip Baker surveyed a vast field on the outskirts of an old hay farm an hour east of Oklahoma City, his ponytail waving in the thick, humid air, his voice growing excited. “This is probably the largest […]

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