Tag: biomedical
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The Future of Health Care
Health care is phenomenally advanced, and advances in the sciences have made it possible to live longer and better than ever before.
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Personalized Breast Cancer Trial Advances 7 Drugs
A clinical trial with a design that allows for changes in its processes to meet the needs of individual patients says its results helped advance 7 new drugs for breast cancer into review by FDA.
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Simple, Less Expensive Ultrasound Probe Developed
12 September 2018. Engineers designed a device that sends and receives ultrasound signals with polymer plastics instead of silicon-based circuits, which can lower the cost of medical images. A team at University of British Columbia in Vancouver describes its device in yesterday’s issue of the journal Microsystems and Nanoengineering. Researchers led Carlos Gerardo, a doctoral…
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Clinical Trial Testing Anti-Resistant Malaria Therapy
A clinical trial is getting underway that tests the safety and dosage levels of a new drug to treat malaria and block resistance from developing to it.
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Appeals Court Backs Broad Institute in Crispr Case
A U.S. appeals court supported the Broad Institute’s claims it invented a separate Crispr technology from University of California, affirming a previous U.S. patent office ruling.
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Infographic – Nations with Most Organ Donors
Data from surveys conducted by the international polling company Ipsos show percentages of respondents willing to donate their organs upon their death.
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A.I. to Identify Treatment Drivers for Colorectal Cancer
A study will soon get underway with artificial intelligence and simulation analyzing data from clinical trials to identify factors behind responses to a treatment for colorectal cancer.
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Machine Learning Detects More Cancer Mutations
Medical researchers and data scientists developed a system for analyzing genomic data from cancer patients that accurately detects more cancer-causing mutations than other current techniques.
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Start-Up Offers Digital Health Prescriptions, Raises $1.8M
A new enterprise that offers electronic health service prescriptions is raising $1.8 million in seed funds and starting a program for prescribing digital health services simultaneously to groups of people.
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Clinical Trial Underway for Lassa Fever Treatment
An early-stage clinical trial is underway to test a treatment for Lassa fever, a viral disease found in West Africa, infecting as many as 300,000 individuals a year.