Tag: Europe
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Infographic – Q3 A.I. Health Investments Set Record
Venture capital funding for companies worldwide building artificial intelligence solutions in health care set new highs in the third quarter of 2019.
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Engineered Organ Transplant Company Raises New Funds
An enterprise that applies gene editing to create replacement organs from pigs for human transplant is raising $100 million in new venture financing.
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Consortium Building Framework to Boost IoT Data Trust
A group of companies and not-for-profit organizations are creating an open-source matrix of technologies to build trust in distributed smart networked systems.
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Infographic – Govt Research Funds Fall Behind in U.S.
Funding for research at universities in the U.S. by government agencies is falling behind most other advanced countries, according to a new report.
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Touch Senses Added to Synthetic Skin, Robot Arm
Computer scientists in the U.K. and France created techniques for adding a refined sense of touch to highly sensitive artificial skin and an inexpensive robotic arm.
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Trial to Test CBD for Parkinson’s-Related Psychosis
A clinical trial is planned to test cannabidiol, or CBD, derived from cannabis as a treatment for hallucinations and delusions among people with Parkinson’s disease.
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Nanoparticles Designed to Cross Blood-Brain Barrier
Nanoscale particles derived from viruses are shown in tests with lab mice to cross the blood-brain barrier, and reach nerve cells in the brain.
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A.I. Image Analysis Computes Stroke Damage
A review study shows an analysis of CT scans using artificial intelligence matches calculations of damage from stroke made with more advanced imaging.
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Companies Developing Hemophilia Gene Editing Therapy
A partnership between drug maker Novo Nordisk and biotechnology company bluebird bio is designing a treatment for hemophilia with gene-editing proteins.
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Merck Gaining Gut Microbe Technology for Vaccines
Drug maker Merck & Co. is partnering with a developer of treatments for disease derived from microbes in the gut, for discovery of up to three vaccines.