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Challenge Seeks Point-of-Care, Home Maternal Health Technologies

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A crowdsourced competition offered by NIH is seeking new technologies to monitor the health and detect early problems with new babies and their mothers, at the point of care or in the home. . . . → Read More: Challenge Seeks Point-of-Care, Home Maternal Health Technologies

Infographic – Q2 Tech Merger Values Up, Deals Down

Bar chart: Tech industry mergers and acquisitions by quarter, 2019 to Q2 2023

The value of mergers and acquisitions in the global technology sector rose for the first time in over a year in the second quarter of 2023, while M&A deal counts dropped somewhat. . . . → Read More: Infographic – Q2 Tech Merger Values Up, Deals Down

Fujitsu, Linux Foundation Partner on Open-Source A.I.

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I.T. systems company Fujitsu Ltd. is providing artificial intelligence model generation and fairness assessment software as open-source projects hosted by the Linux Foundation. . . . → Read More: Fujitsu, Linux Foundation Partner on Open-Source A.I.

University Start-Up Developing Inhaled Gene Therapies

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A new company spun-off from a university lab consortium is advancing gene therapies delivered through the lungs to treat rare inherited respiratory diseases. . . . → Read More: University Start-Up Developing Inhaled Gene Therapies

Small Biz Grant Supports Regenerative Alzheimer’s Treatment

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A new award from National Institutes of Health funds preclinical work to prepare for a clinical trial assessing a treatment to reverse brain signaling damage in people with Alzheimer’s disease. . . . → Read More: Small Biz Grant Supports Regenerative Alzheimer’s Treatment

Autoimmune Neuro Disease Start-Up Raises $58M

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A new company developing treatments for neurological and psychiatric diseases from aberrant immune system activity is raising $58 million in seed funds. . . . → Read More: Autoimmune Neuro Disease Start-Up Raises $58M

A.I. Mammogram Screening Shown to Improve Cancer Detection

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Results of a clinical trial show one radiologist using software with artificial intelligence can detect more breast cancer cases in mammograms than current reviews by two radiologists. . . . → Read More: A.I. Mammogram Screening Shown to Improve Cancer Detection

Infographic – HIV Infections Fall in Africa. Rise in Mideast, Europe

Chart: HIV cases worldwide and by region in 2022 and since 2010

The number of new infections from the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV declined worldwide last year and over the past decade, with the sharpest declines in sub-Saharan Africa. . . . → Read More: Infographic – HIV Infections Fall in Africa. Rise in Mideast, Europe

Neurons from Stem Cells Produced for Overdose Therapy Tests

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Researchers use stem cells to generate human neurons resembling those in the brain that control breathing during opioid reactions, for eventual chip devices to test overdose therapies. . . . → Read More: Neurons from Stem Cells Produced for Overdose Therapy Tests

NIH Challenge Seeks Early Alzheimer’s Indicators with A.I.

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A new crowdsourced competition seeks more robust early indicators of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias using analytics powered by artificial intelligence. . . . → Read More: NIH Challenge Seeks Early Alzheimer’s Indicators with A.I.