GI & Endoscopy

Lumendi completed the first-in-human trials of its DiLumen Endolumenal Interventional Platform technology, meeting the study's primary endpoint.

New York City-based South Brooklyn Endoscopy Center serves residents of the Brooklyn borough by performing 10,000 procedures annually.

Here are three practices and hospitals making headlines this past week.

The U.S. Patent and Trademarks Office granted Immuron a patent for its non-alcoholic steatohepatitis treatment.

Troy, Mich.-based Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Center is an AmSurg center providing patients with gastroenterology services.

Here are four updates on GI companies from the past week:

UC San Diego researchers discovered that a synthetic double-stranded RNA, plC, can boost anti-tumor innate immune functions in developing liver cancer.

A study, published in Gastroenterology, examined how differences in insurance coverage, comorbidity, tumor characteristics and treatment affected colorectal cancer survival in African American and white patients.

The Colon Cancer Foundation and New York Jets' running back Bilal Powell partnered to promote colon cancer awareness and generate research funding.

Thomas Ma, MD, is a gastroenterologist who will join State College, Pa.-based Penn State College of Medicine, to serve as chair of the department of medicine, effective Jan. 1, 2018.