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Emphasizing the need to educate future medical professionals on concept of machine learning

Artificial intelligence driven by machine learning algorithms is a branch in the field of computer science that is rapidly gaining popularity within the healthcare sector.

27 Sep 2018

New approach promises to forecast cultivar resistance at much earlier stage

Bacterial wilt devastates food crops all over the world. It destroys major crop plants such as tomatoes, potatoes, bananas, ginger and pepper. It occurs in many countries and attacks over 200 plant species.

27 Sep 2018

New cell-based profiling service from RBC and Promega

A new cell-based profiling service for drug discovery has been announced by RBC and Promega Corporation.

From Promega Corporation 27 Sep 2018

AVITA Medical announces results revealing safety, effectiveness of RECELL System for burn care

AVITA Medical , a global regenerative medicine company, today announced that the results from two U.S. pivotal clinical trials demonstrating the effectiveness and clinical benefits of the RECELL Autologous Cell Harvesting Device were presented at the 46th Annual Eastern Great Lakes Burn Conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

27 Sep 2018

New book provides evidence that new drugs, medical technologies are safe and effective

Does a new medicine or diagnostic test work? Is it safe? Should the government approve it and insurers pay for it? The answers are not as straightforward as they may seem - and the reasons are the subject of a new book by Karen J. Maschke, a research scholar at The Hastings Center, and Michael K. Gusmano, a Hastings Center research scholar and an associate professor of health policy at Rutgers University School of Public Health.

27 Sep 2018

Scientists develop new protocol for measuring background levels of drugs in forensic labs

When crime lab chemists handle evidence that contains illegal drugs, trace amounts of those drugs are inevitably released into the laboratory environment.

27 Sep 2018

Hope for paraplegics in the horizon

According to a new study from the University of Louisville, four paraplegics have found hope. Paraplegia is complete paralysis of the lower limbs due to damage or injury to the spinal cord. The team of researchers have published their success story in a study in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

26 Sep 2018

Research findings could bring relief to millions of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

Patients undergoing cancer treatment confront a number of well-documented side effects.

26 Sep 2018

RTI Surgical showcases innovative spine portfolio at NASS 2018

RTI Surgical, Inc., a global surgical implant company, will showcase research reinforcing the strength of its spine portfolio, notably the Fortilink IBF series featuring TETRAfuse 3D Technology, at the North American Spine Society's 33rd Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, September 26-29.

26 Sep 2018

How Sensors are Changing the Way We Deliver Physiotherapy

An interview with Sandrine Ortega from SWORD Health, at the NHS Health and Care Innovation Expo, discussing the greatest barriers to physiotherapy in the UK, and how SWORD Phoenix is improving patient outcomes for musculoskeletal disorders.

From SWORD Health 26 Sep 2018

Who is Your Possible Self?

An interview with My Possible Self, discussing how it is helping patients with mental health conditions who are waiting for NHS counseling.

From My Possible Self Limited 26 Sep 2018

Exploring parallels between biological and computing world

RNA-based algorithms can advance cellular computing and enable new biological solutions for healthcare and industrial biotechnology.

26 Sep 2018

Bridging the gap between psychology and gamification

A multi-disciplinary research team is bridging the gap between psychology and gamification that could significantly impact learning efforts in user experience design, healthcare, and government.

26 Sep 2018

Cash gift offered to NTU Singapore to establish new postdoctoral fellowship program

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, the largest private financier of research in Sweden, is making a S$9 million cash gift to Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) to establish a new postdoctoral fellowship program to support up to 40 fellows over the next six years.

26 Sep 2018

New findings show importance of physical forces in tumor metastasis

A malignant tumor is characterized by its ability to spread around its surroundings. To do so, tumor cells stick to the surrounding tissue (mainly collagen) and use forces to propel.

26 Sep 2018

Researchers discover novel targeting agents to prevent cancer metastasis

Recently, a research team led by Maurizio Pellecchia at the University of California, Riverside, discovered a way for chemotherapy drug paclitaxel to target migrating, or circulating, cancer cells, which are responsible for the development of tumor metastases.

26 Sep 2018

TGen-UNM consortium awarded NIH grant to discover new treatments for diabetic blindness

Diabetes is an increasing global epidemic that is expected to grow by more than 50 percent in the next two decades, leaving more than half a billion patients worldwide exposed to potentially life-altering medical complications, including pain and numbness in the feet, lost limbs, life-threatening disorders of the heart, liver and kidneys -- and even blindness.

26 Sep 2018

Technology News and Research

Emphasizing the need to educate future medical professionals on concept of machine learning

New approach promises to forecast cultivar resistance at much earlier stage

New cell-based profiling service from RBC and Promega

AVITA Medical announces results revealing safety, effectiveness of RECELL System for burn care

New book provides evidence that new drugs, medical technologies are safe and effective

Scientists develop new protocol for measuring background levels of drugs in forensic labs

Hope for paraplegics in the horizon

Research findings could bring relief to millions of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

RTI Surgical showcases innovative spine portfolio at NASS 2018

How Sensors are Changing the Way We Deliver Physiotherapy

Who is Your Possible Self?

Exploring parallels between biological and computing world

Bridging the gap between psychology and gamification

Cash gift offered to NTU Singapore to establish new postdoctoral fellowship program

New findings show importance of physical forces in tumor metastasis

Researchers discover novel targeting agents to prevent cancer metastasis

TGen-UNM consortium awarded NIH grant to discover new treatments for diabetic blindness

Research reveals three-dimensional structure of membrane channel that controls blood pressure

KTU researchers engineer experimental bone to help treat osteoarthritis patients

Hybrid operating room enables faster diagnosis, treatment of patients with lung cancer

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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