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Online brain games could help elderly improve cognitive abilities

Researchers from the University of California Irvine, have found that spending time playing online brain game exercises could be beneficial for septuagenarians and octogenarians in terms of their cognitive abilities.

20 Aug 2019

Discharge incentives in emergency departments could increase patient return visits, readmissions

In an effort to address emergency department overcrowding, pay-for-performance (P4P) incentive programs have been implemented in various regions around the world, including hospitals in Metro Vancouver.

20 Aug 2019

California clamps down on amateur use of gene-editing technologies

California state officials have passed the first law to prohibit genetic biohacking in an effort to regulate at-home gene editing.

20 Aug 2019

Albumedix announces evaluation agreement with a top pharma collaborator

Novartis and Albumedix Ltd. have entered into an agreement to evaluate the development of several first-in-class therapeutics using Albumedix’s Veltis technology platform and associated technologies.

From Albumedix Ltd. 20 Aug 2019

Mini kidneys grown in the lab could be used to better understand kidney diseases

An international team of researchers led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has grown 'miniature kidneys' in the laboratory that could be used to better understand how kidney diseases develop in individual patients.

20 Aug 2019

FDA approves cold atmospheric plasma technology for first-ever use in clinical trial

Cold atmospheric plasma technology, currently the only way to remove microscopic cancer tumors remaining from surgery, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for first-ever use in a clinical trial.

20 Aug 2019

New contest shows how assistance technologies could provide support in day-to-day life

'Pilots' with physical impairments, who control computer avatars with their thoughts, will demonstrate how far brain-computer interface research has come as they compete in live events at CYBATHLON.

20 Aug 2019

Researchers develop new gene editing system that could be used for anticancer immunotherapy

Dr. Mihue Jang and her group at the Center for Theragnosis of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology announced that they have developed a new gene-editing system that could be used for anticancer immunotherapy through the simultaneous suppression of proteins that interfere with the immune system expressed on the surface of lymphoma cells and activation of cytotoxic T lymphocyte, based on the results of joint research conducted with Prof. Seokmann Hong and his group at Sejong University.

20 Aug 2019

Computer simulations may guide precise treatment of patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

Scientists at Johns Hopkins have successfully created personalized digital replicas of the upper chambers of the heart and used them to guide the precise treatment of patients suffering from persistent irregular heartbeats.

19 Aug 2019

Technologies for TB testing could help millions of patients in poor, remote settings

Affordable technologies for tuberculosis testing could help millions of patients in poverty or remote settings.

19 Aug 2019

HCI unveils new mobile outreach vehicle to offer education, cancer screening services

Today Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah unveiled the Cancer Screening and Education bus.

19 Aug 2019

Sepsis digital alert system could save lives says NHS

According to the NHS, many lives across the country could be saved with the new and improved digital alert system for possible cases of sepsis at hospitals.

19 Aug 2019

New painless skin patch can speed up diagnostic testing

Many diagnostic tests require blood, but NIBIB-funded researchers have developed a skin patch with tiny needles that painlessly collect interstitial fluid (ISF) for testing.

19 Aug 2019

Humic substances extracted from coal can help fight viruses

Scientists from Russia demonstrated a novel approach leveraging the combination of high-resolution mass spectrometry and chemoinformatics to identify biologically active molecular components of humic substances extracted from coal, and discovered substances with antiviral activity against the tick-borne encephalitis virus.

19 Aug 2019

Technology News and Research

Online brain games could help elderly improve cognitive abilities

Discharge incentives in emergency departments could increase patient return visits, readmissions

California clamps down on amateur use of gene-editing technologies

Albumedix announces evaluation agreement with a top pharma collaborator

Mini kidneys grown in the lab could be used to better understand kidney diseases

FDA approves cold atmospheric plasma technology for first-ever use in clinical trial

New contest shows how assistance technologies could provide support in day-to-day life

Researchers develop new gene editing system that could be used for anticancer immunotherapy

Computer simulations may guide precise treatment of patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

Technologies for TB testing could help millions of patients in poor, remote settings

HCI unveils new mobile outreach vehicle to offer education, cancer screening services

Sepsis digital alert system could save lives says NHS

New painless skin patch can speed up diagnostic testing

Humic substances extracted from coal can help fight viruses

Easy-to-clean ultrasonic flowmeter for laboratory applications

UniSA researchers discover new way to find and beat superbugs

DIY tech gives people more freedom in managing diabetes

Implantable brain chip could solve obesity epidemic

New MRI technique captures image of a brain thinking

Stanford engineers develop stickers to detect physiological signals emanating from the skin

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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