Month: February 2018
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Engineered Virus Shows Promise in Some Brain Tumors
A clinical trial testing a common virus modified to generate a specific immune response dramatically reduced deadly brain tumors in a small group of patients and extended their survival for years, but most other patients had only limited success.
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Cardiac Augmented-Reality Hologram System in Development
A start-up company spun-off from Washington University in St. Louis was awarded a grant to advance an augmented reality system that displays an interactive hologram of a patient’s heart, to simplify cardiac procedures.
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Report – Industry Pain, Addiction Drug Efforts Flagging
A report by a biotechnology industry organization says development efforts and financing for new drugs to treat pain and addiction are falling behind the health and safety needs of society.
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Infographic – Software Security Risks at Record Level
This weekend’s infographic is from our friends at Statista who published a recent chart showing the almost constant rise in security risks since 2010 due to software, recorded by Hasso-Plattner-Institute in Germany.
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Securing Your Small Business’s Profit
Unfortunately, if you don’t take the right steps, others will be able to directly copy your work and profit from it and there won’t be a whole lot that you can do.
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Biotechs Collaborate on Immunotherapies in $1.2B Deal
Two biotechnology companies developing cancer therapies harnessing the immune system are partnering on new treatments for solid tumor and blood-related cancers.
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Business Investment – Wealth Rules Backed By Science
You don’t want to be the kind of person who doesn’t use the facts to their advantage as it’s a sure-fire way to fail.
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Smart Thermometer Data Speed Flu Forecasting
Data collected from electronic thermometers are shown by researchers to track and report the spread of influenza cases in the U.S. faster than federal health authorities, as well as provide more up-to-date forecasts.
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Neuro Therapy Company Spins-Off, Gains $20.8M Funding
A company developing treatments for cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease is starting-up in Belgium, with a technology and financial backing from local and global businesses and investors.
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Low Carb Diet, Biomarker Tracking Help Reverse Diabetes
A combination of low-carbohydrate diet, with close monitoring of health indicators and coaching via a mobile app are shown in a clinical trial to reverse type 2 diabetes, including reductions in medication and insulin therapy.