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Infographic – Digital Health Funding Continues Slide

Bar chart: Digital health venture funding by quarter, 2019 through 2023

Venture funding for digital health start-ups continued heading down in the third quarter of 2023, reaching low levels not seen in almost a decade. . . . → Read More: Infographic – Digital Health Funding Continues Slide

Challenge Seeks Transformative Human/A.I. Research Tech

Illustration: Artificial intelligence with a human face

A new challenge competition with $1 million in prizes seeks novel techniques for conducting biomedical research with data on human physiology and artificial intelligence. . . . → Read More: Challenge Seeks Transformative Human/A.I. Research Tech

Home V.R. Therapy Shown to Reduce Back Pain

Man in pain holding lower back

A virtual reality program conducted at home is shown in a clinical trial to relieve chronic lower back pain intensity and improve daily living more than a sham V.R. program. . . . → Read More: Home V.R. Therapy Shown to Reduce Back Pain

Electric Pulses Induce Lung Cancer Immune Response

Lung cancer illustration

Results of a clinical trial show a lung cancer therapy using highly focused pulses with electrical energy show signs of immune responses that can treat the patients’ tumors. . . . → Read More: Electric Pulses Induce Lung Cancer Immune Response

Keeping Conversations Positive with Precision Moderation

Sponsored content removed due to non-payment. . . . → Read More: Keeping Conversations Positive with Precision Moderation

Infographic – Little Trust in Companies’ A.I. Use

Pie and bar charts, with poll data on Americans trust in artificial intelligence

A poll in the U.S. shows a large majority of Americans who heard of artificial intelligence have very little or no trust that companies will use the technology responsibly. . . . → Read More: Infographic – Little Trust in Companies’ A.I. Use

Merger to Form Programmable Nano-Medicines Company

Molecule model in an open hand

A life science venture investor is merging two of its biotechnology portfolio companies to form a single developer of nanoscale medications with programmable properties. . . . → Read More: Merger to Form Programmable Nano-Medicines Company

Coalition to Boost African Ancestry Genomic Data

Population genetics

An historically Black medical college and pharmaceutical industry group began a program to increase the numbers of people of African descent in genomic databases. . . . → Read More: Coalition to Boost African Ancestry Genomic Data

Organ Chip Devices to Model for Radiation Sickness

Organ on a chip

The U.S. government’s health preparedness agency awarded a contract with a university lab to explore organ models on chips to document effects of radiation sickness. . . . → Read More: Organ Chip Devices to Model for Radiation Sickness

Start-Up Adapts Crispr for Molecular Detection, Raises $40M

Crispr graphic

A new company is underway that says it adapts the gene editing technique Crispr to make detecting nucleic acid targets like DNA or RNA faster and simpler. . . . → Read More: Start-Up Adapts Crispr for Molecular Detection, Raises $40M