Month: May 2018
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Wearable Devices Explored to Detect Emotional States
An engineering lab in Houston, Texas is developing techniques for assessing a person’s mental state by measuring changes in the skin’s chemistry using sensors worn on the wrist.
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Could Your Business Benefit from an Electrical Upgrade?
Improving your workers’ safety and working conditions will help you decide whether your workshop could benefit from an electrical upgrade.
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Trial Testing Radio Waves to Clear Nasal Blockages
A small-scale clinical trial is recruiting participants to test radio signals for clearing nasal passages obstructed by deformed soft tissue, instead of drugs or surgery used today in many cases.
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Genetic Repair Company Starts-Up, Gains $87 Million
A company is getting underway to develop therapies that extend genome editing to repair genetic disruptions, not just remove them from DNA.
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You Call That a Drug Pricing Policy?
Although he called it, “the most sweeping action in history to lower the price of prescription drugs for the American people,” the plan was anything but that.
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Is Your Business Covered When It Comes To Security?
When your mind is only really plugged into growing your business, that business may be at risk, which is why you need to make sure that you cover off your business security as well.
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Mobile App Helps Screen for Substance Abuse
A mobile app written for computer tablets was designed by a New York medical center to help clinicians screen patients for signs of addiction or substance abuse, and refer individuals for treatment.
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Improving Your Business’ Warehouse Operations In 2018
It’s important to regularly review your warehouse to ensure that you’re operating at an optimal level of efficiency.
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Crispr Deployed to Correct Inherited Vision Disorder
Researchers at Columbia University developed and tested in lab mice a technique using the genome editing technology Crispr with gene replacement therapy to correct the inherited eye disease retinitis pigmentosa.
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University, Industry Labs Partner on Bioprinted Tissue
A joint project between Indiana University and the company Lung Biotechnology is investigating three-dimensional bioprinting to produce animal tissue for research on organ transplantation, and eventually for transplants themselves.