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Augmented reality system to help medical professionals
A mixed reality system which allows medical practitioners to view and interact with virtual replicas of patients’ organs, bones or body parts is being developed by academics.
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New web calculator to more accurately predict bowel cancer survival
For many bowel cancer patients, following the initial shock of their diagnosis, thoughts quickly turn to estimating how much time they have to live...
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BioGeneration Ventures secures €66m for European biotech fund
BioGeneration Ventures (BGV) announces an investment by the European Investment Fund (EIF) and other new investors in BGV III...
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3D printing with living tissues may help treat joint diseases
Degeneration of cartilage and other joint tissues is a major cause of disability.
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Cognitive Phenotypes in MS Mouse Models
22 June 2017 | By Charles River Laboratories
40-65% of MS patients have cognitive impairment and touchscreen testing in animal models is a new method to test cognitive issues in MS animal models...
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£22m fundraise targeted for innovative diabetes monitoring platform
Radisens Diagnostics, an Irish medtech business, is aiming to raise £22 million to bring its innovative diabetes management platform to market...
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Paper: Acquisition and reversal of visual learning in CVN mice
Peer-reviewed paper on how touchscreen testing is a translational tool to assess cognitive function in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease...
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Artificial Medical Intelligence to introduce medical record tech
AMI has released the full version of HCC Coding as part of the EMscribe suite of tools in support of medical records processing and abstraction.
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Research database to help promote pharma/academic collaborations
The ABPI has developed a new tool to help build research relationships between the pharmaceutical industry and UK academics.
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New blood test uses nanotechnology to predict prostate cancer
A new diagnostic will allow men to bypass painful biopsies to test for aggressive prostate cancer.
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Artificial intelligence to assist in the treatment of heart patients
Artificial intelligence can be used to recognise difficult to predict complications as early as possible within the home care of heart patients.
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Application note: The reliability of assay-ready plates for cell-based screening enabled by the Echo® 550 Liquid handler
In this application note, Sheraz Gul (Fraunhofer-IME SP), Markus Wolf (Fraunhofer-IME SP), Enda O’Connell (National University of Ireland Galway) and Howard Fearnhead (National University of Ireland Galway), demonstrate that the Echo 550 Liquid Handler can precisely and accurately transfer nanolitre volumes of compound with acoustic energy in a completely contact-free…
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SOPHiA artificial intelligence empowers liquid biopsies to fight cancer
Sophia Genetics injects artificial intelligence in liquid biopsies to accelerate early detection of cancer and monitor treatments’ effectiveness.
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Eisai and Charles River Laboratories announce extension of integrated drug discovery partnership
Companies to continue collaboration in discovery of next generation anti-malaria drugs...
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Using native mass spectrometry to inform drug discovery
Mass spectrometry (MS) performed under native-like conditions (nMS) is a promising approach for studying protein-drug interactions, and has already informed treatments of some of the most intractable diseases including cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer’s.
