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| Nov 14, 2023 | Can biofuel crops help lift poor farmers out of poverty? | Eyan Ronen is CEO at Casterra, which employs advanced breeding technologies to breed stable castor varieties that can be cultivated using mechanized agro-technical practices.
The views expressed in this guest commentary are the authors’ own... |
| Aug 17, 2023 | The definition of clinical trial diversity must include disabled people | There are people in your life who influence and shape how you see the world. For me, one of these people is Terry Moakley, a warm and welcoming family friend, a veteran of the Vietnam War, and a fervent advocate for people with disabilities... |
| Aug 9, 2023 | Environmentally Friendly Farming: Farmers Utilize Selective Breeding to Reduce Methane Emissions in Cows | Inno Flores, Tech Times 09 August 2023, 12:08 am
In a remarkable stride toward environmental sustainability, farmers are actively engaged in the practice of selective cow breeding, aiming to reduce methane emissions and thereby reaffirming ... |
| Aug 3, 2023 | Commentary
Commentary | Guest opinion: Robert Melvin: Lawmakers shouldn’t use AI hysteria to squelch technology | By Robert Melvin
History is riddled with examples of people dismissing emerging technology, so lawmakers’ recent hysteria over artificial intelligence should be no surprise. Several thousand years ago, in Plato’s “Phaedrus,” written languag... |
| Feb 10, 2023 | University Of Chicago’s “The Day Tomorrow Began” Highlights The Benefits Of The Research University | The University of Chicagogetty |
| Sep 15, 2022 | AI focused digest – новости ИИ-сферы | Привет!
Мы в MTS AI раз в 2 недели собираем для сотрудников интересные новости из мира искусственного интеллекта и называем такой дайджест #ВобъективеИИ. Подумали, что это может быть интересно не только нам, и объединили самые классные собы... |
| Apr 12, 2022 | Crypto Buyers Likely to Be Psychopaths, According to New Study | A recent study published in Personality and Individual Differences, a peer-reviewed academic journal covering miscellaneous topics related to psychology, has found that people who buy cryptocurrencies tend to display anti-social personality... |
| Dec 15, 2021 | SQREEM's New AI-powered Study Examines Motivations Surrounding COVID-19 Vaccine Resistance in the US | NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- COVID-19 vaccines have once again become a hot topic in the United States as President Joe Biden pushes on with vaccination mandates in a bid to manage concerns around the Omicron variant ahead of the... |
| Dec 15, 2021 | SQREEM's New AI-powered Study Examines Motivations Surrounding COVID-19 Vaccine Resistance in the US | NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- COVID-19 vaccines have once again become a hot topic in the United States as President Joe Biden pushes on with vaccination mandates in a bid to manage concerns around the Omicron variant ahead of the... |
| Dec 15, 2021 | SQREEM's New AI-powered Study Examines Motivations Surrounding COVID-19 Vaccine Resistance in the US | NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- COVID-19 vaccines have once again become a hot topic in the United States as President Joe Biden pushes on with vaccination mandates in a bid to manage concerns around the Omicron variant ahead of the... |
| Aug 4, 2021 | Kids Who Had Mild COVID Still Have Antibodies Months Later | August 4, 2021 2 min read This story originally appeared on The Epoch Times
Researchers have found robust antibody responses up to four months after infection in children and adolescents who had mild to asymptomatic cases of COVID-19.
The s... |
| Jun 18, 2021 | 3D bioprinting can help end organ transplant waitlists — if the FDA stops delaying | Right now, more than 100,000 Americans are waiting for organ transplants. Due to a lack of available kidneys, livers, hearts, and lungs, at least 17 of them die each day.
Using 3D bioprinting to create new organs — and personalize them for ... |
| Feb 1, 2021 | How To Kickstart Creative Problem Solving | The brain does not have one creative center. The frontal cortex, hippocampus, basal ganglia, and ... [+] white matter are all involved in functions that contribute to creative thinking.getty |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Nature-Based Solutions Can Reel In Multiple Climate Benefits, But Energy Systems Not Off The Hook | Mangrove forests can protect coastlines from storm surges and erosion.getty |
| Jun 8, 2020 | Facebook’s TransCoder AI converts code from one programming language into another | Facebook researchers say they’ve developed what they call a neural transcompiler, a system that converts code from one high-level programming language like C++, Java, and Python into another. It’s unsupervised, meaning it looks for previous... |
| Feb 3, 2020 | Why Great Companies Don't Run On Spreadsheets | Photo:Getty |
| Apr 30, 2019 | New Study Finds People Who Use Marijuana Weigh Less Than Those Who Don't | April 30, 2019 3 min read
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There’s an established mythology very firmly in place when it comes to marijuana and weight: You smoke weed, you get the munchies, you eat stuff that’s... |
| Jun 22, 2018 | Why collecting data about your health doesn’t always make you healthier | A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shone new light on the shortcomings of collecting data from large groups of people during medical research. The longstanding belief is that the bigger the subject pool, th... |
| Jun 7, 2018 | Why mental disorders are a cultural problem more than a biological one | Future of mental and behavioral health: biological underpinnings; how to boost serotonin levels
(Updated to reflect new figures from CB Insights)
In three weeks -June 21 - HP and Vator are hosting our next SplashX Invent Health salon. As re... |
| May 30, 2018 | Датчик загара, микродрон, наноавтомобиль: самые миниатюрные изобретения в мире
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| Jun 9, 2017 | 3 Archetypes Found in Software Engineers | A colleague of mine recently shared a metaphor with me about two software engineer archetypes, “The Conjurer” and “The Scribe”The Scribe
The Scribe is diligent and methodical; her code is clean and organized; she can describe each line’s pu... |
| Jun 9, 2017 | 3 Archetypes Found in Software Engineers | A colleague of mine recently shared a metaphor with me about two software engineer archetypes, “The Conjurer” and “The Scribe” The Scribe
The Scribe is diligent and methodical; her code is clean and organized; she can describe each line’s p... |
| Jan 3, 2017 | This Is the Best Way to Get Ketchup Out of the Bottle According to Science | All you want is a small dollop of ketchup on your fries. With no handy Heinz sachets in sight, a glass bottle it has to be. What ensues is ten minutes of shaking, tapping, and despair before an avalanche of tomato sauce descends and ruins y... |
| Dec 10, 2015 | Morning Read: Senate hears of drug price gouging; Martin Shkreli is a big Wu-Tang fan | LIFE SCIENCES
Mexico has become the first nation to approve Sanofi’s vaccine for dengue fever, but will middle-income countries be able to afford it? — The Wall Street Journal
EndoStim, a St. Louis-based maker of a neurostimulator for GERD ... |
| Nov 25, 2015 | Experts Say This Text Message Could Stop Teens from Binge Drinking | The slide from Thursday night's just-one-drink-oh-alright-a-round-of-shots-can't-hurt to the TGIF vibes that start around 11.32 on Friday morning and escalate into pre-dinner beers and two-for-one cocktails has an inevitability akin to that... |
| Sep 15, 2015 | Morning Read: EMR vendor grades are in (it doesn’t look good) | – Healthcare IT News, Healthcare IT News
Mylan launched its hostile bid for Perrigo. At $27 billion, it’s $8 billion less than what it offered in April (Mylan’s stock has dropped by more than one-third in the last three months). – Wall Stre... |
| Aug 4, 2015 | Morning Read: FDA approves the first 3D printed drug, OraSure Ebola test gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization | OraSure Technologies said it received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its OraQuick Ebola Rapid Antigen Test. The fingerstick test has not yet been cleared or approved by the FDA.
The emergency auth... |
| Jul 7, 2015 | Farmed salmon and human health: The lowdown on PCBs | There are plenty of websites and activists out there saying farmed salmon is unhealthy and possibly even dangerous to consume. A quick Google search will yield an alarming number of mainstream media articles from major newspapers and consum... |
| Jun 9, 2015 | Kaiser Permanente reaches deal on three year contracts, Health Diagnostic Laboratory filed for bankruptcy (Morning Read) | LIFE SCIENCES
Massachusetts based Unum Therapeutics teamed up with Seattle Genetics in a $645 million immuno-oncology deal to combine antibody drug conjugate technology and cancer fighting research and development.
The FDA shut down product... |
| May 28, 2015 | NIH study shows why HIV drugs should be given earlier, Juno Therapeutics in $737M deal with Editas Medicine (Morning Read) | “We now have clear-cut proof that it is of significantly greater health benefit to an HIV-infected person to start antiretroviral therapy sooner rather than later…Moreover, early therapy conveys a double benefit, not only improving the heal... |
| May 27, 2015 | Express Scripts wants cancer drug pricing based on outcomes, U.S. Supreme Court decision could lead to more fraud suits (Morning Read) | LIFE SCIENCE
Although patent volume slowed to its lowest level in six years, the number of patents filed in the life sciences industries is on the rise. Last year, patents for pharmaceuticals rose 12 percent and increased 7 percent in biote... |
| May 5, 2015 | Unrest in Baltimore is affecting local healthcare, DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. agrees to pay $495 million to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit (Morning Read) | LIFE SCIENCE
Cancer drug spending has hit $100 billion worldwide – that’s $75 billion more than five years ago.
The FDA has launched its Global Unique Device Identification Database where the public can look up device information submitted ... |
| Apr 30, 2015 | NIH increase moves out of committee, Teva keeps courting Mylan (Morning Read) | Blueprint Medicines IPO brought in $147 million.
Teva isn’t giving up on Mylan, and Mylan isn’t giving up on Perrigo. Sometimes “no” is just not an acceptable answer.
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The FDA has approved Kythera Biopharmaceuticals’ fat-melting... |
| Apr 22, 2015 | Teva makes its move on Mylan, medical startups raise a record $3.9B in Q1 (Morning Read) | LIFE SCIENCE
Anti-aging drug rapamycin set to be tested on 32 dogs this spring in Seattle.
The fountain of youth is going to the dogs. At least that’s the case in Seattle, where biogerontologists Matt Kaeberlein and Daniel Promislow at the ... |
| Oct 30, 2013 | Breathe easy. Simple breath tests could reveal clues about cancer, heart failure, diabetes | Cancer
Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic recently presented research on a breath biomarker for lung cancer. A test they’re developing uses a chemical sensor called a colorimetric sensor array that picks up on a unique chemical signature r... |
| Aug 15, 2013 | The Snot-Tunneling Bacteria Duo That Can Help Save the Oceans from Climate Change | Image: Loreto De Brabrandere, UC Davis
Symbiotic relationships between species are a popular evolutionary strategy, a reality anyone with a dog can verify. But the bacterial strains Thioploca and Anammox are taking it to a whole other level... |
| Jan 22, 2013 | This Will Be the Last Article You Read | Avoid the pitfalls of internet articles
If the Internet had a voice, I am fairly certain it would sound like the HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
“Hello Nir,” it said to me in its low, monotone voice. “Glad to see you again.”
“Internet,... |
| Jan 20, 2013 | This Will Be The Last Article You Read | Editor’s Note: Nir Eyal writes about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business at NirAndFar.com. He is the author of the forthcoming book “Hooked: How to Drive Engagement by Creating User Habits”. Follow him on Twitter @nirey... |
| Aug 24, 2012 | Nerd alert! Watch a protein fly through a neuron (video) | Innovating in healthcare should also mean that, every now and then, you genuflect to the amazing science behind what fuels our innovations.
Blink fast and you may miss the video from molecular biologists at the University of Southern Califo... |
| Dec 21, 2011 | Breast cancer: Faulty breast implants in France | MassDevice.com On Call | MASSDEVICE ON CALL — French authorities need to decide whether or not they’re going to ask 30,000 women to have their breast implants removed.
The potentially defective implants were supplied by Poly Implant Prothese and contain a non-autho... |
| Apr 11, 2011 | Asthma inhaler design leaves a lot to be desired | By Margaux Boyaval
A recent article in Futurity quotes study findings that three out of four kids and teens with asthma have trouble using inhalers properly and only one in four gets it completely right.
Could inhalers benefit from earlier ... |
| Sep 23, 2009 | PR or science journalism? It’s getting harder to tell | reader comments 21 with 19 posters participating
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| Morning Read: FDA approves the first 3D printed drug, OraSure Ebola test gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization | TOP STORIES
The FDA has approved the first 3D printed drug, this one for epilepsy. Aprecia Pharmaceuticals’ individually dosed tablets were produced using a layering technique called ZipDose. It is a form of 3D printing a porous formulation... |
| Breathe easy. Simple breath tests could reveal clues about cancer, heart failure, diabetes | The breathalyzer test isn’t just for drunk drivers. In medicine, breath tests are used to screen for h. pylori, lactose intolerance and whether asthma medications are working, to name a few.
Because the breath contains over a thousand compo... |
| Unrest in Baltimore is affecting local healthcare, DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. agrees to pay $495 million to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit (Morning Read) | TOP STORIES
Unrest in Baltimore is affecting healthcare for many people in ways that are unfortunately under the radar compared to the constant news updates.
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. has agreed to pay $495 million to settle a False C... |
| Express Scripts wants cancer drug pricing based on outcomes, U.S. Supreme Court decision could lead to more fraud suits (Morning Read) | TOP STORIES
The U.S. Supreme Court partly reversed and partly affirmed a lower court’s decision not to extend the statute of limitations in fraudulent healthcare lawsuits, sending the case, Kellogg, Brown & Root Services Inc. v. United ... |
| Morning Read: EMR vendor grades are in (it doesn’t look good) | TOP STORIES
Healthcare IT News released its EHR satisfaction survey results. The TL;DR version: no one gets higher than a 7.6 out of 10, Epic gets the highest rankings for interoperability, and I found the comments more entertaining than th... |
| Kaiser Permanente reaches deal on three year contracts, Health Diagnostic Laboratory filed for bankruptcy (Morning Read) | TOP STORIES
Kaiser Permanente reached a tentative deal on new three-year contracts for 105,000 Kaiser workers nationwide, with the majority of them in California. The deal includes raises averaging two to four percent, depending on the regi... |
| Morning Read: Senate hears of drug price gouging; Martin Shkreli is a big Wu-Tang fan | TOP STORIES
The first congressional hearing on potential drug price gouging in light of the recent controversy featured horror stories from physicians and hospital officials, but unpopular pharma executives, including Turing’s Martin Shkrel... |
| Tesla asks EV owners to unplug during heatwave, but there’s a better solution | The news: Tesla is telling its customers to refrain from EV charging during peak electricity demand hours to help keep the Texas power grid from failing.
As Texas grid operator Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) takes emergency a... |
| Nerd alert! Watch a protein fly through a neuron (video) | Innovating in healthcare should also mean that, every now and then, you genuflect to the amazing science behind what fuels our innovations.
Blink fast and you may miss the video from molecular biologists at the University of Southern Califo... |
| NIH increase moves out of committee, Teva keeps courting Mylan (Morning Read) | TOP STORIES
Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have reached a deal on a draft of legislation that will speed up the approval of new drugs and treatments.
Funding for the NIH — which had been a deeply disputed issue within th... |
| NIH study shows why HIV drugs should be given earlier, Juno Therapeutics in $737M deal with Editas Medicine (Morning Read) | TOP STORIES
A multiyear, randomized clinical trial study of 4,685 patients with HIV in 35 countries found that early treatment — when patients are initially diagnosed — can cut in half the number of cases of AIDS, deaths and complications, ... |
| Teva makes its move on Mylan, medical startups raise a record $3.9B in Q1 (Morning Read) | TOP STORIES
The Teva bid to acquire Mylan is underway (its offering $40 billion). That offer got a boost on Tuesday because Teva’s big to acquire Perrigo fell flat. Remember, though, Mylan denounced the then-rumored deal last week, saying t... |
