Tag: software
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3-D Printing Devised for Blood Vessel Implants
3 November 2015. A medical and engineering team developed a technique for three-dimensional printing of blood vessels that deliver oxygen and nutrients quickly to regenerated tissue. Researchers from Rice University in Houston and University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia published a description of their work in a recent issue of the journal Tissue Engineering Part C:…
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Computer Model Devised to Predict Drug Side Effects
2 November 2015. A systems biology lab developed a prototype computer model that can test for potential side effects of drugs from an individual’s blood sample. The team led by bioengineering professor Bernhard Palsson at University of California in San Diego published its proof-of-concept results last week in the journal Cell Systems. Palsson and first…
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Mobile App Collecting Placenta Health Data
27 October 2015. A new iPhone app allows women to report on the health of their placentas as their pregnancies develop, in a research study of placenta health to help reduce fetal death. The app is designed by researcher Harvey Kliman at Yale University medical school, director of the school’s reproductive and placental research unit.…
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iPhone App Capturing Hepatitis C Research Data
5 October 2015. An app made for the Apple iPhone now allows people with hepatitis C to record real-world data on their experiences with treatments and living with the disease. The C-Tracker app, developed by Boston Children’s Hospital, is available as a free download from the iPhone App Store. Hepatitis C is a viral infection affecting…
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Full Genome Sequencing Offered for Under $1,000
29 September 2015. A genetics analysis company in Boston is offering full genomic sequencing, priced at under $1,000, for people willing to share the results with biomedical researchers. Veritas Genetics, a spin-off enterprise from Harvard Medical School, is making the offer to participants in the Personal Genome Project. Genomic sequencing reveals the order of nucleic acids, the…
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Special: The Next Health Care Disruption
– Sponsored Content – This blog post is part of the ‘Think Further’ series sponsored by Fred Alger Management. For more “Think Further” content, please visit www.thinkfurtheralger.com.” The frustration of the physicians comes through, piercing the structured format of a scientific journal. In July 2015, 118 oncologists at leading medical centers and cancer research institutes…
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Sensor Network, Google Maps to Track California Air Quality
28 September 2015. A San Francisco company that designs environmental sensors and networks is partnering with Google Maps to track air quality in three California regions. Aclima Inc. and Google Maps announced the partnership today at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, but no financial details were revealed. Aclima Inc. develops…
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3-D Printed Guide Devised to Regrow Nerve Fibers
18 September 2015. Researchers from medical and engineering faculties at five universities in the U.S. developed a technique combining three-dimensional printing with tissue regeneration to grow new peripheral nerves in lab rats. The team led by mechanical engineering professor Michael McAlpine at University of Minnesota in Minneapolis published its findings today in the journal Advanced…
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Allied Minds Forming Space Signaling Company
17 September 2015. Allied Minds, a research commercialization company in Boston, is forming a new enterprise harnessing space satellites to detect wireless signals from earth for maritime, emergency, and commercial applications. The company, HawkEye 360 Inc., is licensing research on radio-frequency communications from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, designed initially for U.S. defense and…
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Alliance Mounts Comprehensive ALS Research Program
9 September 2015. A coalition of three medical centers in the U.S. is leading a comprehensive research initiative to find treatments and eventually cures for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. The collaboration, known as Answer ALS brings together researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, and Massachusetts General Hospital…