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Samsung, UCSF to Partner on Mobile Health Care Technologies

By Alan, on February 21st, 2014%

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet (Samsung Electronics Co.)

21 February 2014. University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) and Samsung Electronics Company are establishing a lab to develop and test new mobile technologies in health care. Financial and intellectual property arrangements for the new UCSF-Samsung Digital Health Innovation Lab were not disclosed.

UCSF . . . → Read More: Samsung, UCSF to Partner on Mobile Health Care Technologies

Vanderbilt, Records Company Partner on Clinical Data Network

By Alan, on February 21st, 2014%

(HealthIT.gov)

21 February 2014. Greenway Medical Technologies in Carrollton, Georgia and Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville are creating a clinical records data network to cover the mid-South region in the U.S. Greenway is a developer of electronic medical and health records. The 18-month project, funded by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute . . . → Read More: Vanderbilt, Records Company Partner on Clinical Data Network

Artificial Muscle Created from Fishing Line, Thread Material

By Alan, on February 20th, 2014%

Coiled muscle fibers of various sizes (Courtesy, Science/AAAS)

20 February 2014. An international team of materials scientists and engineers developed high-strength artificial muscles from materials found into ordinary fishing line and sewing thread. The consortium from University of Texas in Dallas, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and colleagues from China, Turkey, . . . → Read More: Artificial Muscle Created from Fishing Line, Thread Material

Fox Foundation Proposes Improving Trial Patient Recruitment

By Alan, on February 20th, 2014%

Sohini Chowdhury (Michael J. Fox Foundation)

20 February 2014. Research managers at the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research in New York propose improvements in practices for recruiting patients for clinical trials to reduce obstacles that delay or even prevent trials from happening. The team led by Fox Foundation vice president Sohini . . . → Read More: Fox Foundation Proposes Improving Trial Patient Recruitment

New Clinical Trial Testing Drug for Huntington’s Disease

By Alan, on February 19th, 2014%

3-D brain wiring illustration (NIH)

19 February 2014. Omeros Corporation in Seattle began an intermediate-stage clinical trial testing its compound code-named OMS824 to treat symptoms of Huntington’s disease. The company says it’s administering the first doses in the trial, which is expected to enroll 120 patients.

Huntington disease is an inherited disorder in . . . → Read More: New Clinical Trial Testing Drug for Huntington’s Disease

Chip Designed to Capture Images Inside Heart, Blood Vessels

By Alan, on February 19th, 2014%

Heart imaging chip (Rob Felt, Georgia Institute of Technology)

19 February 2014. Engineers at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta designed and lab-tested a microscopic chip to create real-time, three-dimensional images from inside the heart and blood vessels. The team led by mechanical engineering professor Levent Degertekin, with colleagues from Georgia Tech and . . . → Read More: Chip Designed to Capture Images Inside Heart, Blood Vessels

UCLA Starts Crowdfunding Platform for Research, Service

By Alan, on February 18th, 2014%

Watts Towers (spark.ucla.edu)

18 February 2014. University of California at Los Angeles today started a crowdfunding platform to finance research and service projects by faculty and students. The platform, called UCLA Spark, began with five appeals including research projects in engineering and public health.

Crowdfunding, according to the technology Web site Mashable, “describes . . . → Read More: UCLA Starts Crowdfunding Platform for Research, Service

FDA Speeds Lymph Node Detector Review for Head/Neck Cancer

By Alan, on February 18th, 2014%

(Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Inc.)

18 February 2014. Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Inc. in Dublin, Ohio, says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is giving the company’s diagnostic agent Lymphoseek priority review for detecting the spread of head and neck cancers to lymph nodes. FDA granted the accelerated review as part of its acceptance of Navidea’s supplemental . . . → Read More: FDA Speeds Lymph Node Detector Review for Head/Neck Cancer

Alan Alda to Scientists: “Tell Me a Story”

By Alan, on February 16th, 2014%

(A. Kotok/Flickr)

16 February 2014. Alan Alda told scientists and colleagues that researchers need to change the way they communicate with non-scientists, to emphasize the stories behind their work, and in personal terms. The award-winning actor, writer, and director gave these words of advice at yesterday’s plenary session of the American Association for the . . . → Read More: Alan Alda to Scientists: “Tell Me a Story”

Golden Goose Highlights Bipartisan Support for Basic Science

By Alan, on February 15th, 2014%

Larry Smarr (Calit2.net)

15 February 2014. Research on black holes in space by a University of Illinois physicist led to development of an early Web browser on which much of today’s browsers are based. That physicist, Larry Smarr, now at University of California in San Diego, is the first 2014 winner of the Golden . . . → Read More: Golden Goose Highlights Bipartisan Support for Basic Science

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