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Crispr Heart Disease Biotech Raises $94M in New Funds

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A company applying Crispr gene-editing technology to treat inherited heart disease is raising $94 million in its second venture funding round. . . . → Read More: Crispr Heart Disease Biotech Raises $94M in New Funds

AI Process Devised for Drug Repurposing

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A biomedical informatics lab developed techniques with artificial intelligence to find new uses for existing drugs from millions of electronic health records. . . . → Read More: AI Process Devised for Drug Repurposing

Fitness, Phone Data Captured for Heart Health Project

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A digital health company is partnering with a cardiologist group to capture data from smartphones and wearable devices to provide users personalized heart health information. . . . → Read More: Fitness, Phone Data Captured for Heart Health Project

Trial Assesses Remote Drug-Phone Blood Pressure Mgmt

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A clinical trial is testing a combination of smartphone reporting and medication to help individuals personalize their blood pressure therapy. . . . → Read More: Trial Assesses Remote Drug-Phone Blood Pressure Mgmt

Flexible Device Attaches to Heart, Monitors Functions

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Biomedical engineers designed a thin flexible implantable patch that attaches to the heart, monitors its functions, and can perform therapeutics. . . . → Read More: Flexible Device Attaches to Heart, Monitors Functions

Engineered Heart Tissue Mechanisms Probed

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A research institute is partnering with a company creating heart tissue patches from stem cells to better understand the details of how the patch works. . . . → Read More: Engineered Heart Tissue Mechanisms Probed

Heart Disease Biotech Acquired in $13.1B Deal

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A company developing precision medicine drugs to treat inherited heart disorders was acquired by drug maker Bristol Myers Squibb, or BMS, for $13.1 billion. . . . → Read More: Heart Disease Biotech Acquired in $13.1B Deal

Phone Camera, A.I. Detect Early Diabetes

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Researchers devised techniques with a smartphone app, and data analyzed with artificial intelligence, to identify people in early stages of type 2 diabetes. . . . → Read More: Phone Camera, A.I. Detect Early Diabetes

Women’s Heart Health Diagnostics in the Works

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An organization for redressing health disparities faced by women awarded a new grant to advance better tools for predicting risk of women’s heart disease. . . . → Read More: Women’s Heart Health Diagnostics in the Works

Crispr Heart Therapy Demonstrated in Monkeys

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An experimental therapy using a precise gene editing technique is shown in lab monkeys to reverse the cause of a chronic form of heart disease. . . . → Read More: Crispr Heart Therapy Demonstrated in Monkeys