Tiny plastic particles drifting through the oceans may be quietly weakening one of Earth’s most powerful climate defenses.

Microplastics could be disrupting how oceans absorb and store carbon, potentially undermining a natural buffer that helps slow climate change.

WASHINGTON, DC—Three-year outcomes from the ABSORB II trial, a time point in which the Absorb GT1 bioresorbable vascular scaffold should be degraded, did not result in an improvement in vasomotor tone ...

The Absorb GT1 bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS, Abbott Vascular) will no longer be widely available in Europe as of May 31, 2017, with the company restricting use of the device to centers ...

Abbott said it will monitor bioabsorbable stent implantations in Europe, following a high rate of heart attacks in European Absorb GT1 patients, plus a separate FDA safety alert regarding adverse ...

Abbott Laboratories, one of the biggest makers of coronary stents in the world, is halting global sales of a fully absorbable stent that was once hailed as the next big breakthrough in medical devices ...

Little more than a year after receiving FDA approval for its Absorb Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (BVS), Abbott has announced it will stop selling the device. The worldwide discontinuation of sales, ...

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