Tag: software
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Many Health Apps Found Not Helping People in Need
Many mobile apps designed to help manage one’s health are not assisting people in most need of that help and often do not appropriately respond to information with dangerous consequences.
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Why Personalization and Psychology are Crucial to Modern Ecommerce Stores
Putting your products and services online for the world to see is perhaps simpler than ever. But why are so many ecommerce brands struggling to make consistent sales?
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Targeted Leukemia Drugs Sharply Raising Costs of Care
Drugs directly attacking cancer cell growth show high remission rates with a common form of leukemia, but a new study suggests the high costs of these drugs could impose difficult economic burdens on patients and the health care system.
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Fertility Device Company Gains $9.7M in Early Funds
A two year-old medical device enterprise making a fertility tracker for women is raising $9.7 million in its first venture finance round.
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Liquid Biopsy Lab to Reside at Cancer Institute
A designer of liquid biopsy tests to diagnose cancer is establishing a lab to study circulating tumor cells at John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica, California.
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Phone-Based Microscope Developed for Water Testing
An engineering lab at University of Houston in Texas designed an inexpensive lens that when placed over a smartphone’s camera, turns the phone into a microscope.
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Crowdfunded Digital Health Investment Fund Launches
An investment fund raising its capital through crowdfunding began operations this week to back start-up enterprises developing digital health technologies.
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Synthetic Virus Created to Treat Cancer in Dogs
Two companies partnering with Auburn University developed a synthetic virus to find and destroy tumor cells in a type of bone cancer in dogs.
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ALS Soy Peptide Trial Completes Enrollment
A clinical trial testing a peptide found in soy as a potential treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS completed its enrollment of 50 participants.
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Google Acquires Visual Interaction Tech Company
Google is acquiring Eyefluence Inc., developer of a technology that allows individuals to interact with computers, phones, and other devices using only their eyes.