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Many people perceive the use of facial analytics in healthcare settings as a potential privacy threat

Uses of facial images and facial recognition technologies – to unlock a phone or in airport security – are becoming increasingly common in everyday life. But how do people feel about using such data in healthcare and biomedical research?

18 Oct 2021

Machine learning can yield "proxy measures" for brain-related health issues

A study published today by an interdisciplinary collaboration, directed by Denis Engemann from Inria, demonstrates that machine learning from large population cohorts can yield "proxy measures" for brain-related health issues without the need for a specialist's assessment.

18 Oct 2021

Serologic testing algorithm to detect disparities in SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence and vaccination uptake

A new study recently published on the medRxiv* preprint server demonstrates the use of a serological testing algorithm for identifying disparities in infection rates and vaccine uptake amongst the study population to enable public health interventions.

17 Oct 2021

Researchers develop new technique to improve understanding of how acid damages teeth

The University of Surrey and the School of Dentistry at the University of Birmingham have developed a new technique to improve understanding of how acid damages teeth at the microstructural level.

15 Oct 2021

NIH RADx initiative announces $77.7 million to develop new rapid COVID-19 diagnostic tests

The NIH Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative announced today that it has issued contract awards totaling $77.7 million to develop and manufacture 12 new rapid diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

15 Oct 2021

Lateral flow tests are more accurate at detecting Covid-19 than previously reported

Lateral flow tests are more accurate than previously reported and cannot be compared directly to how PCR tests work, finds a new paper led by UCL researchers.

15 Oct 2021

New program could be added to the COVID alert app to improve vaccination campaigns

Researchers are developing a program that could be added to the COVID alert app used on smartphones to better target vaccination campaigns.

15 Oct 2021

Policymakers may need to focus on increasing telehealth use by rural older adults, analysis suggests

About one in six doctor's office visits by older Americans no longer takes place in an actual doctor's office, but rather online or over the phone, a new analysis of telehealth visits billed to Medicare in the past two years finds.

15 Oct 2021

$2.6 million grant to help develop first online certificate programs for clinical engineering

Clinical engineers can help fill a crucial role in today's heath care industry by providing the technical expertise needed to manage the health care technology, such as X-rays, CT scans and MRIs, that clinicians use to help make life-saving decisions for their patients.

14 Oct 2021

MR-guided focused ultrasound can safely deliver antibody therapy to Her2-positive brain metastases

In a first-in-world clinical trial, researchers at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada, have demonstrated that magnetic resonance (MR)-guided focused ultrasound can be used to safely deliver antibody therapy to breast cancer that has metastasized to the brain.

13 Oct 2021

Researchers develop a cervical myelopathy screening tool using non-contact sensor and machine learning

Cervical myelopathy (CM) results from compression of the spinal cord in the neck and causes difficulty moving the fingers and unsteady gait.

13 Oct 2021

Role of CRISPR-Cas12a visual biosensor in detection of SARS-CoV-2

A new study aimed to develop a novel CRISPR-Cas12a powered visual biosensor for the detection of SARS-CoV-2.

13 Oct 2021

New high-throughput assay could help development of anti-COVID-19 drugs

In a recent study, researchers develop a new high-throughput assay that allows for rapid screening of potential inhibitors.

13 Oct 2021

Comparing lateral flow testing with RT-PCR to detect SARS-CoV-2

Lateral flow devices (LFDs) are point-of-care tests that require significantly more time to develop than RT-PCR assays but can be used locally with minimal to no training, some of which can provide results in as little as 30 minutes. However, there have been some worries about the sensitivity of such kits. As a result, researchers from Micropathology Ltd have been comparing the two methods.

12 Oct 2021

Wrist accelerometer data reveals how sleep is disrupted in mental illness

Multiple measures of sleep patterns and sleep efficiency are associated with lifetime diagnoses of mental illness, according to a new study that used wrist accelerometer data to track sleep.

12 Oct 2021

Rapid measurement of SARS-CoV-2 spike T-cells

Researchers measure SARS-CoV-2 T-cell responses in individuals vaccinated or in those who developed immunity from a prior natural infection.

12 Oct 2021

A survey on computational methods in discovering protein inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers review diverse computational methods for drug/inhibitor design and enzymes as potential targets for inhibitors to treat coronaviruses diseases.

12 Oct 2021

Linkam Launches New Water Circulation Pump to Optimise Cooling of its Temperature Control Stages

New Water Circulation Pump, designed to provide optimized water cooling to its range of temperature and environmental control stages from Linkam.

12 Oct 2021

Linkam Launches New Water Circulation Pump to Optimise Cooling of its Temperature Control Stages

New Water Circulation Pump, designed to provide optimized water cooling to its range of temperature and environmental control stages from Linkam.

From Linkam Scientific Instruments 12 Oct 2021

A new bacterial two-hybrid assay to study SARS-CoV-2 interactome

Recently, scientists have developed a bacterial two-hybrid (B2H) system to study the PPIs of SARS-CoV-2 in a heterologous non-eukaryotic system. This study is available on the bioRxiv* preprint server. Put simply, the B2H system could be used to analyze the SARS-CoV-2 proteome.

11 Oct 2021

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Many people perceive the use of facial analytics in healthcare settings as a potential privacy threat

Machine learning can yield "proxy measures" for brain-related health issues

Serologic testing algorithm to detect disparities in SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence and vaccination uptake

Researchers develop new technique to improve understanding of how acid damages teeth

NIH RADx initiative announces $77.7 million to develop new rapid COVID-19 diagnostic tests

Lateral flow tests are more accurate at detecting Covid-19 than previously reported

New program could be added to the COVID alert app to improve vaccination campaigns

Policymakers may need to focus on increasing telehealth use by rural older adults, analysis suggests

$2.6 million grant to help develop first online certificate programs for clinical engineering

MR-guided focused ultrasound can safely deliver antibody therapy to Her2-positive brain metastases

Researchers develop a cervical myelopathy screening tool using non-contact sensor and machine learning

Role of CRISPR-Cas12a visual biosensor in detection of SARS-CoV-2

New high-throughput assay could help development of anti-COVID-19 drugs

Comparing lateral flow testing with RT-PCR to detect SARS-CoV-2

Wrist accelerometer data reveals how sleep is disrupted in mental illness

Rapid measurement of SARS-CoV-2 spike T-cells

A survey on computational methods in discovering protein inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2

Linkam Launches New Water Circulation Pump to Optimise Cooling of its Temperature Control Stages

Linkam Launches New Water Circulation Pump to Optimise Cooling of its Temperature Control Stages

A new bacterial two-hybrid assay to study SARS-CoV-2 interactome

Redefining control and consistency in anaerobic microbiome workflows

AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

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