Tag: software
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Foundation Supporting ALS Progression Model Study
31 March 2016. A study to validate computer models that predict progression and survival of patients with ALS is underway by a bioinformatics company and biopharmaceutical developer. The 3-year project is funded by a grant of nearly $500,000 from ALS Association in Washington, D.C. ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease,…
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Exome Profiles Tapped for Precise Cancer Therapies
30 March 2016. Informatics and genomics researchers at University of Colorado in Denver designed an automated system that matches genetic variations with FDA-approved cancer drugs. The team led by oncology and informatics professor Aik Choon Tan published its findings yesterday (29 March) in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association; paid subscription required. Tan and…
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Organ Chip Spin-Off Gains $28M in Venture Funds
28 March 2016. A two year-old company developing chip devices that simulate human organs is adding $28 million in venture capital to its treasury. This is the second venture funding round for Emulate Inc., in Boston, a spin-off enterprise from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. Emulate Inc. creates plastic chip…
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Smartphone App to Support Alzheimer’s Caregivers
25 March 2016. Researchers at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis are designing a smartphone app that taps social media to assist caregivers providing help for people with Alzheimer’s disease. The team of IUPUI social work professor David Wilkerson, gerontology psychiatrist Daniel Bateman, and informatics professor Erin Brady are supported by an innovation grant from the…
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Propeller, Boehringer Partner on Inhaler Adherence Study
23 March 2016. The pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim is collaborating with a mobile health technology developer to track use of its medications for asthma and COPD administered with its inhaler. Financial aspects of the agreement between Propeller Health in Madison, Wisconsin, and Boehringer Ingelheim were not disclosed. Boehringer Ingelheim, headquartered in Germany, markets a number…
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23andMe Creates Research Software for iPhone Apps
21 March 2016. The personal genetics company 23andMe wrote a software module for Apple’s ResearchKit platform that makes it possible to add genetics data to iPhone apps used in medical research. The module, says 23andMe, in Mountain View, California, also supports genetics data from other sources, with three research apps now using the software to…
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EKG Technology Integrated into Apple Watch Band
16 March 2016. Owners of an Apple Watch will soon be able to track their heart rhythms, using electrocardiogram or EKG sensors built into the wrist band for the device. The Kardia Band and supporting Apple Watch app are made by AliveCor Inc. in San Francisco, a developer of medical devices adapting smartphone technology for…
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Vibration Technology Developed to Diagnose Back Pain
11 March 2016. Researchers at University of Alberta adapted engineering technologies using vibrations to develop a new way to diagnose spinal problems causing back pain. The team led by Alberta physical therapy professor Greg Kawchuk reported results of tests comparing its technology to MRI in today’s (11 March) issue of the journal Scientific Reports. Kawchuk…
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Genetics Company Makes Available Cancer Sequencing Database
8 March 2016. A genetic testing company is making freely available a database of genomic sequencing data from patients with breast and ovarian cancer. The database, from 10,000 human genomes but with personal identity removed, is offered by Ambry Genetics in Aliso Viejo, California. Ambry Genetics is a 16 year-old company offering genetic tests for…
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Bayer Funding Studies of Honey Bee Health, Management
18 February 2016. Bayer Crop Science is seeking research ideas for improving the health of honey bee colonies in the U.S. Proposals for studies in the $1 million program addressing urgent needs highlighted by Bayer’s Healthy Hives 2020 initiative are due by 1 March 2016. Bees, which play a key role in agriculture, are facing…