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VoxelCloud raises $8M for expanding scope of AI-based medical image analysis services

VoxelCloud, a startup focusing on medical artificial intelligence, has raised $8M in series A financing led by Sequoia Capital. The startup utilizes artificial intelligence and cloud-computing technologies to provide automated medical image analysis and clinical decision support for medical practitioners.

17 Jul 2017

Novel technique to study flow of liquids offers hope for tackling blood diseases

A new technique to study the flow of liquids developed by scientists from Université Paris-Saclay and the University of Amsterdam offers fresh hope for tackling blood diseases like thrombosis.

17 Jul 2017

SGS Fresenius lab staff successfully use Inlabtec Serial Diluter for food quality and safety testing

Inlabtec AG reports upon the positive results from a 30-month use, by SGS Fresenius GmbH, of the Inlabtec Serial Diluter for food quality and safety testing.

17 Jul 2017

Dementia researchers to receive £1.9 million funding for brain imaging project

Dementia researchers are to receive a £1.9 million investment to identify the earliest brain changes associated with conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.

14 Jul 2017

Loyola And Gottlieb recognized as 2017 ‘Most Wired’ hospitals

For the 14th time, Loyola University Medical Center has been named one of the nation's "Most Wired" hospitals.

14 Jul 2017

Researchers discover potential substitutes for BPA that lack adverse effects

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have identified a group of potential substitutes for bisphenol A (BPA) that lack the adverse effects typically associated with BPA.

14 Jul 2017

ClearLLab reagents to aid the detection of leukemia and lymphoma receive FDA clearance

Beckman Coulter welcomes FDA announcement for received regulatory clearance to market its ClearLLab reagents for in vitro diagnostic use in the US.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Flow Cytometry 14 Jul 2017

Mount Sinai Health System honored with 2017 Most Wired award

Mount Sinai Health System has been named among "Health Care's Most Wired®," according to 2017 survey results released this week by the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Health Forum, and published in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks.

13 Jul 2017

New stent technology could help preserve vision, reduce risks in glaucoma patients

Glaucoma affects millions of Americans. Common treatments, although highly effective, remain invasive and prone to complications.

13 Jul 2017

UNC Health Care receives ‘Most Wired Advanced’ designation from AHA

UNC Health Care is one of only 27 systems in the United States to be recognized as a "Most Wired Advanced" health system by the American Hospital Association for its use of information technology to improve patient care and clinical integration.

13 Jul 2017

Experts develop first freely available data network for Huntington's disease research

Huntington's disease is a hereditary disorder of the nervous system caused by a faulty gene on chromosome four.

13 Jul 2017

New 96-well Supported Liquid Extraction microplate for high recovery extraction by Porvair Sciences

Porvair Sciences announces a new easy-to-use 96-well Supported Liquid Extraction (SLE) microplate designed for high recovery extraction of analytes from biological fluids. Using the Porvair SLE plate high analyte recovery, free of proteins and phospholipids, is routinely obtainable without the need for offline steps such as protein precipitation.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 13 Jul 2017

Aflatoxin detection in milk research, the SYMPHONY project, is completed

On 11 July 2017, Epigem celebrated the completion of its research into Aflatoxin detection in milk, as part of the EU-funded SYMPHONY project. At the same time, the company announced that it has filed a patent based on this work.

From Epigem Ltd. 13 Jul 2017

Proscia introduces new concept to transform pathology labs, drive digital evolution

Proscia Inc., a software solutions provider for digital pathology, announced today the introduction of its new concept: Software as a Lab. Proscia’s President and CEO David West will outline how the pathology lab of the future will operate in a session at the 2017 Digital Pathology Congress: USA on July 10-11 in Chicago.

13 Jul 2017

Growing threat of cyber attacks has potential implications on public health

Gordon and Landman have authored a Perspective piece in the New England Journal of Medicine that addresses the growing threat of attacks on information systems and the potential implications on public health.

13 Jul 2017

Rice engineers building flat microscope to monitor, stimulate neurons in the brain

Rice University engineers are building a flat microscope, called FlatScope TM, and developing software that can decode and trigger neurons on the surface of the brain.

13 Jul 2017

Researchers develop metal-free contrast agent that could be safer for high-risk patients

To enhance the visibility of organs as they are scanned with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), patients are usually injected with a compound known as a contrast agent before going into the scanner. The most commonly used MRI contrast agents are based on the metal gadolinium; however, these metal compounds can be harmful for young children or people with kidney problems.

13 Jul 2017

MPFI researchers reveal new technique to probe function of cerebellar interneurons

The cerebellum is an area of brain at the back of your head involved in movement. Its neuronal circuitry is relatively simple compared to other areas, but scientists still have a lot left to learn regarding its role in motor control and motor learning.

13 Jul 2017

Salford scientists may have found simple way for designing new antibiotics

CANCER researchers in the UK may have stumbled across a solution to reverse antibiotic drug resistance and stop infections like MRSA.

12 Jul 2017

DNA links deadly germs, tainted heart surgery devices to German factory

Contamination at a German factory that makes crucial machines used during open-heart surgery is the likely source of a global outbreak of deadly infections tied to the devices, the largest analysis to date shows.

12 Jul 2017

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VoxelCloud raises $8M for expanding scope of AI-based medical image analysis services

Novel technique to study flow of liquids offers hope for tackling blood diseases

SGS Fresenius lab staff successfully use Inlabtec Serial Diluter for food quality and safety testing

Dementia researchers to receive £1.9 million funding for brain imaging project

Loyola And Gottlieb recognized as 2017 ‘Most Wired’ hospitals

Researchers discover potential substitutes for BPA that lack adverse effects

ClearLLab reagents to aid the detection of leukemia and lymphoma receive FDA clearance

Mount Sinai Health System honored with 2017 Most Wired award

New stent technology could help preserve vision, reduce risks in glaucoma patients

UNC Health Care receives ‘Most Wired Advanced’ designation from AHA

Experts develop first freely available data network for Huntington's disease research

New 96-well Supported Liquid Extraction microplate for high recovery extraction by Porvair Sciences

Aflatoxin detection in milk research, the SYMPHONY project, is completed

Proscia introduces new concept to transform pathology labs, drive digital evolution

Growing threat of cyber attacks has potential implications on public health

Rice engineers building flat microscope to monitor, stimulate neurons in the brain

Researchers develop metal-free contrast agent that could be safer for high-risk patients

MPFI researchers reveal new technique to probe function of cerebellar interneurons

Salford scientists may have found simple way for designing new antibiotics

DNA links deadly germs, tainted heart surgery devices to German factory

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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