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                                                                     Source - https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/HomeHealthandConsumer/ConsumerProducts/ArtificialPancreas/ucm259548.htm What is the Artificial Pancreas? One of the most exciting breakthroughs our times, the Artificial Pancreas is a device that will automate the checking of blood glucose level and the dispensing(or withholding) of insulin (according to the glucose level in the blood). The system is made up of a sensor that measures blood glucose under the skin; an insulin pump; an infusion patch that delivers insulin from the pump via a catheter inserted into the skin and a computer chip that uses data to optimize insulin delivery by the minute. (More info -  http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/fda-approves-first-artificial-pancreas/) The technology This technology will give a huge relief to diabetes sufferers, especially those suffering from Type 1 Diabetes. No more pricking yourse

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority recently stirred up a controversy when it announced 85% reduction in the coronary stent price. The market leader for the same, a company called Abbott thereafter refused to sell the stent for the deflated price citing their really diminished profit margin. The NPPA however has stood its ground on this issue and set the ceiling price for stents. According to the new law, The biodegradable stent that used to cost Rs.1 lakhs upwards will now cost Rs.30,000. Bare metal stents that used to cost Rs.24,000 now will cost Rs.7500. A coronary stent keep your arteries open while patients undergo treatment for coronary disease. In India where cardiovascular diseases are rampant, stents are useful for a number of major surgeries and treatments.This move mainly will be helpful in bringing down the cost of Angioplasty in private as well as public hospitals. Stents are now a part of National List of Essential Medicines in India thus helping in s

Source - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/artificial-kidney-may-hit-market-by-end-of-decade/articleshow/56801777.cms What is it? An implantable kidney that works due to silicon microchips. These microchips will house living kidney cells that will grow on an around the microchips. These cells will then mimic the natural action of the kidney. How does it work?  It will work in the same way that a regular kidney works with the patients blood flow. The living kidney cells will create membrane that will filter your blood the way a normal kidney does. Also because it is out of reach from the bodys immune system response it cannot be rejected as with an organ transplant. Who is making it? It is being developed by University of California San Francisco (Shuvo Ray) and Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, Nephrology (William H Fissel). Fissell has been working on the implantable artificial kidney for more than a decade with University of California San Francisco bioe