Tag: software
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University Lab Spins-Off Fertility Testing Company
29 April 2016. A new company is taking shape that aims to make it easier for women to get pregnant, based on research at a biochemistry lab at University of Wisconsin. BluDiagnostics, in Madison, founded by postdoctoral research Katie Brenner in the lab of biochemistry professor Douglas Weibel, a co-founder of the company, already raised…
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Collaboration Explores Humanitarian Satellite Applications
28 April 2016. A start-up satellite imaging provider and agency of the United Nations are partnering on new ways to use satellite imaging to further the UN’s humanitarian, peace-keeping, and climate change mitigation missions. Financial terms between BlackSky Global LLC in Seattle and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, or Unitar, were not…
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Sanofi Adopting Big Data for Diabetes Drug Adherence
27 April 2016. Drug maker Sanofi is partnering with two research institutes to harness big data analytics for predicting how people with type 2 diabetes will take their medications. Sanofi’s U.S. division in Bridgewater, New Jersey announced the collaborations today with Duke Clinical Research Institute in Durham, North Carolina and Center for Assessment Technology and…
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Phones, Wearables Studied to Monitor Brain Disorders
27 April 2016. A project now underway in Europe plans to develop techniques for smartphones and wearable devices to monitor people with depression, epilepsy, and multiple sclerosis. The 5-year, €22 million ($US 25 million) initiative known as Remote assessment of disease and relapse – Central Nervous System, or Radar-CNS, is funded by the Innovative Medicines…
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Medical Google Glass Start-Up Raises $17M in Venture Funds
25 April 2016. A company building a system that allows doctors to automatically create patient notes with Google Glass added $17 million in its second full round of venture funding. Augmedix Inc., a 2 year-old enterprise in San Francisco, says the new financing will enable the company to scale-up its service across the country to…
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Software Detects DNA Mutations in Single Cells
19 April 2016. A new computer program detects genetic variations in individual cells, rather than current methods that require analyzing DNA in millions of cells. The program, named Monovar, is described by geneticists and bioinformatics specialists at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in the 18 April issue of the journal Nature Methods (paid subscription required). Monovar…
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Smartphone-Based Sensor Gives Early Epilepsy Warning
8 April 2016. An academic and business consortium in Germany is developing a small sensor worn in the ear that detects and warns of seizures in people with epilepsy. The 3-year Epitect project to develop the system, including smartphone software and cloud-based analytics, is led by University Hospital Bonn and supported with €2 million ($US…
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$500K Challenge Seeks Mood Research Ideas with iPhone
Update, 20 July 2016. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsoring the Mood Challenge announced the competition’s 5 semi-finalists: – Aware Study, to measure mood and posttraumatic stress symptoms among the millions of adults living with PTSD. – BiAffect, a system for understanding mood and neurocognitive functioning in bipolar disorder using keystroke dynamics, such as typing…
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Study to Test Increasing Ethnic Genetic Disease Diversity
5 April 2016. The personal genetics company 23andMe is beginning a study to test techniques for increasing the diversity of disease-causing genetic variations, which now overwhelmingly favor Europeans. The study is funded by a $260,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant from National Institutes of Health. The study aims to provide better tools for genetics researchers…
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On-Demand Pharma Manufacturing System Developed
1 April 2016. Chemical engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology created a compact manufacturing system that produces small quantities of pharmaceuticals as needed. The system developed in the MIT labs of Alan Myerson, Klavs Jensen, and Timothy Jamison is described in the 31 March issue of the journal Science (paid subscription required). Making drugs at…