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Using AI to adapt and personalize live radio for people living alone with dementia

A £2.7m project is to use artificial intelligence to adapt and personalize live radio, with the aim of transforming life for people living alone with dementia.

21 May 2019

TTP partners with Quotient to transform transfusion diagnostics and beyond

TTP plc, a leading independent technology and product development company, has announced today that it has partnered with Quotient Ltd, a commercial-stage diagnostics company committed to transforming transfusion diagnostics and beyond – to develop and implement a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for Quotient's proprietary MosaiQTM system.

From TTP plc 21 May 2019

Directed Systems awarded InnovateUK funding to develop clinical decision support software

Pioneering software that enables anesthetists to make better decisions for high risk patients during surgery has been awarded InnovateUK funding.

21 May 2019

Wearable device to record, stimulate brain's dynamic activity with high resolution

A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University is starting a project to design and implement a noninvasive neural interface that can be used as a wearable device.

21 May 2019

Honey from strawberry trees stops cell proliferation in colon cancer lines

Spanish and Italian researchers have proven that when honey from strawberry trees, a product typical of Mediterranean areas, is added to colon cancer cells grown in the laboratory, cell proliferation is stopped.

21 May 2019

Sophisticated molecular machinery is used by dangerous pathogens to infect hosts

Gastric cancer, Q fever, Legionnaires' disease, whooping cough--though the infectious bacteria that cause these dangerous diseases are each different, they all utilize the same molecular machinery to infect human cells.

20 May 2019

Broccoli contains an ingredient that could target the "Achilles’ heel" of cancers

A new study from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has come up with a new study that reveals that broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kale, cauliflower, cabbage and collard greens contain a substance that could inactivate a vital gene that plays a role in cancers.

19 May 2019

Using health IT to reduce disparities in healthcare

An innovative health information technology program helps primary care providers to detect and manage depression and posttraumatic stress disorder in traumatized refugees, reports a study in a special June supplement to Medical Care.

18 May 2019

Microsoft and Birmingham City University are developing new system to assist people with disabilities

Microsoft and Birmingham City University are developing new technology to help people with disabilities become more independent in the workplace.

18 May 2019

Gut microbiome diversity can be explained by dietary habits and evolution history

What determines the composition of microorganisms in the digestive tract of animals? A large study by the Vienna University of Technology and the Karl Landsteiner University Krems together with the MPI Tübingen has now gone into this puzzle.

17 May 2019

Leveraging health information technology tools to reduce disparities in care

Disparities in health care delivery and health outcomes present distressing challenges to underserved populations, who often experience a greater burden of chronic diseases and are more likely to show signs of poor disease management.

17 May 2019

Electron microscopy project could revolutionize the search for new drugs

The search for new drugs to combat diseases more effectively could be revolutionized through a new £30 million electron microscopy project.

17 May 2019

New app helps improve the lives of children with asthma

An app that allows parents and doctors to monitor a child's asthma has a big impact on managing the disease.

17 May 2019

Researchers develop new microfluidic device to capture tumor cells

Instead of searching for a needle in a haystack, what if you were able to sweep the entire haystack to one side, leaving only the needle behind? That's the strategy researchers in the University of Georgia College of Engineering followed in developing a new microfluidic device that separates elusive circulating tumor cells from a sample of whole blood.

17 May 2019

Technology News and Research

Using AI to adapt and personalize live radio for people living alone with dementia

TTP partners with Quotient to transform transfusion diagnostics and beyond

Directed Systems awarded InnovateUK funding to develop clinical decision support software

Wearable device to record, stimulate brain's dynamic activity with high resolution

Honey from strawberry trees stops cell proliferation in colon cancer lines

Sophisticated molecular machinery is used by dangerous pathogens to infect hosts

Broccoli contains an ingredient that could target the "Achilles’ heel" of cancers

Using health IT to reduce disparities in healthcare

Microsoft and Birmingham City University are developing new system to assist people with disabilities

Gut microbiome diversity can be explained by dietary habits and evolution history

Leveraging health information technology tools to reduce disparities in care

Electron microscopy project could revolutionize the search for new drugs

New app helps improve the lives of children with asthma

Researchers develop new microfluidic device to capture tumor cells

AI coach feasible and useful for behavioral counseling of teens in weight-loss program

Experts share tips on how to stay out of harm's way in summer

Exhaust particles from aircraft turbine engines cause direct damage to lung cells

Decline in ischemic stroke among middle-aged adults not as steep as in older people

Study can lead to better treatment of persistent post-concussion symptoms

Recombinant insulin could potentially address key concerns about the lifesaving drug

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Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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