Medical Newsletter

1 [the United States House of Representatives voted to abolish the medical consumption tax]

The United States House of representatives in June 15, 2015 280 to 140 of the voting results through the "protection of medical innovation law", the bill includes the abolition of medical consumption tax content. The bill has been combined with bipartisan support, in 280 votes in 46 from the Democratic Party, at the same time, all the votes are from the Democratic party. If the law takes effect, it will be from the first quarter by the abolition of tax rate of 2.3% of the medical consumption tax. The House Committee believes that the abolition of medical consumption tax will reduce the cost of medical care, encourage medical innovation, reduce the unfair tax burden.

2 [Internet prophet: a hit off hot medical device]

"The Internet revolution's greatest thinkers clay Shirky believes that the next hot spot will be hit off medical devices. More and more people interested in tracking and health monitoring to exercise more. China is becoming more experimental than the United States, and China has a huge population, so any problems will affect the same Chinese than in the United States more problems. Can be inferred, Chinese demand for medical devices will be huge. Hardware based mature will connect closely with the demand, gradually broke out.

3 [United States new vaccine to control HIV infection]

U.S. researchers have developed a new vaccine, to the greatest extent to activate the body's immune system to control HIV infection. The new vaccine has been by far the best reaction, or for the development of effective prevention of HIV vaccine provides key information. The study results published in the latest issue of the "cell" magazine and "science" magazine. This is the first time to get effective protection and immune response to HIV animal model of great significance.

4 [172 Han people diagnosed with Middle East respiratory syndrome deaths to 27 people]

According to South Korean media reported on 22, South Korea 3 new cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome cases. At this point, with a diagnosis of the country increased to 172. In addition, suffering from diseases such as cancer of the 2 80 year old Middle East respiratory syndrome diagnosed patients died, the Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea has caused 27 deaths, the mortality rate increased to 15.7%. According to the Korean Central mers countermeasures headquarters, in death, suffering from pneumonia and other basic diseases in elderly patients amounted to 25, accounts for all those who died in the 90%.

5 [Hong Kong mansion in cooperation to develop new MERS diagnostic reagent detection time is shortened to 15 minutes]

According to the Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao reported, Hong Kong University and Xiamen University national infectious disease diagnosis reagent and vaccine engineering technology research center cooperation successfully developed a new rapid test reagent can effectively detect the Middle East respiratory syndrome, diagnosis time only 15 minutes, compared with the past three hours has obvious progress, one can detect decades, hundreds of copies, a member of the technical staff a day can detect more than 3000 samples, ready for mass production.

6 [University of Tokyo said can use the new nano capsule accurately attack cancer cells]

Graduate School of University of Tokyo professor Kataoka Ichinori led the research team developed a nano capsule accurate sniper cancer cells, this capsule is easy to gather around the nature of cancer tissue, killing cancer cells, and almost no damage to normal tissue, the effect has been confirmed in animal experiments. Through clinical trials, the fastest make this technology in 5 years to achieve practical.

7 [Japan developed a new method to check blood cancer]

Japan, Showa University Jiang Dong Feng Zhou hospitals research team announced that they developed only need a new approach to a drop of blood will be able to diagnose cancer. This method is mainly by capturing the blood and light related substances released cancer to determine whether cancer. The method is simple and requires only a drop of blood, the outcome can be obtained within 3 minutes. Relevant research results have been published in the British "science report" magazine online edition.

8 [hayida scholars will try monkey brain transplant]

Recently, the reporter learned from the Harbin Medical University, No.2 Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University professor Ren Xiaoping announced, will lead his team to the first primate animal brain transplantation, and "human head transplant" to the forefront of medicine from the ultimate challenge. Ren Xiao Ping introduction, the operation "need deep hypothermia and anesthesia both from the neck cut head, in a very short period of time will the implementation of the central nervous system, spinal cord, blood vessels, muscles, etc. completely seamless docking, fusion is a, in order to ensure new life not only have a breath to support life. Because of this from the technology up speak 'swap operation is feasible.

9 [10 years after birth may no longer be limited by age]

More and more American women of childbearing age big. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention data show that the average age of childbearing women in the United States in 2013 the first child was 26 years old, many of them women of childbearing age more than 35 years of age, even more than 40 years old. Fertility clinics in New York City, the "center" of human reproductive scientist Norbert Gretchen believes that this trend will continue. 10 years later, Gretchen also is expected to solve the technical problems of fertility, fertility may no longer be limited by age.

10 [BOE acquisition of dignity cooperation with the United States hospital medical group to enter medical wisdom]

Recently, the BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. announced that intends to 2.5 billion yuan of its own funds to acquire entire stake in Ming Tak Investment Company Limited, the as a platform for investment and development BOE wisdom of health services and registered capital increased to 30 million yuan, mainly for the development of Beijing Matilda hospital operation Mingde's investment, and the subsequent digital hospital preparation.

11 [Australia took 3 years to complete the first print 3D chin implant]

06 Sept. 22, 3D print on numerous "first", the 32 year old Australian man Richard Stratton the success of their name in 3D printing history. But he is not the world's first implanted print chin, as early as 2012, a 83 year old woman suffering from chronic bone infection in Holland accepted the printing titanium jaw transplant. Richard is Australia's first successful surgery for the people.

[12 3D printer will soon be able to print the skin]

For 3D printing, making the skin would be a relatively easy process. A syringe in the 3D printer can move along the line and organs, very slowly squeezed out of cell solution. Then again, in order to increase layers, the thickness needed by the user. In this regard, the market research firm Lux Research's technology consultant Arnold Bos (Arnold Bos) said: "by the way it is possible to print the syringe, a variety of different types of skin. People will be able to re create the sensitive skin, or male skin.

13 clinical trials of drugs [Ebola confirmed invalid]

The Medicines Co produced by Tekmira TKM-Ebola was once considered to be the most effective drug against Ebola epidemic, the drug had done in primate animal experiments on up to 100% of the drug treatment, so rapidly in the last year by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the audit. But recently in clinical testing in Sierra Leone that still can inhibit and kill the Ebola virus. The Medicines Co has suspended the human experiment, because the treatment results showed that the drug can not prove has obvious effect on all Ebola patients.