Tag: software
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Student Project Leads to Medical Device Start-Up
A group of engineering and business students developing an imaging device that quickly finds veins for blood draws is starting a company to take the device to market.
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Artificial Pancreas Shown Feasible for Young Children
An integrated system combining a glucose monitor and insulin pump to simulate the human pancreas is shown to be feasible for young children with type 1 diabetes.
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Univ. Spin-Off Designing Heart Disease Screening App
A spin-off enterprise from Massachusetts Institute of Technology is creating a system using a smartphone camera to detect heart rhythm problems that lead to a stroke.
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Heart Assoc, Amazon Partner on Precision Medicine Data
American Heart Association and Amazon Web Services are collecting data from researchers to advance precision medicine in cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
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Sensors, Wearables Track Moods and Eating Behavior
A system that captures and interprets spoken words by individuals and groups can track their various moods, which also predict eating behaviors leading to obesity.
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Software Aims to Boost Lab Results Reproducibility
A software package that claims to tackle a growing problem of the failure to reproduce results of scientific research, is being field tested in an academic lab.
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Mobile App Shown Feasible for Asthma Data
An academic-industry team found a smartphone app can reliably collect data from people with asthma about their conditions, but some limitations remain.
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Air Sampling Device Finds Unreported Allergens
A system designed to sample the air in homes of people with allergies found a number of airborne allergens in residences that previously went undetected by other devices.
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Mobile App-Controlled Patch Reduces Migraine Pain
A patch worn on the arm providing stimulation to nerve cells was shown in a clinical trial to reduce the amount of pain experienced by people with migraines.
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Cancer Blood Test Company Raises $65M in Early Funds
Freenome, a company applying machine learning to analysis of liquid biopsies, is raising $65 million in its first round of venture financing.