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| 11.09.2024 | Revolutionizing Cancer Diagnostics: The Promise of Liquid Biopsy and ecDNA Detection | In the realm of cancer diagnostics, innovation is the lifeblood. Two recent collaborations highlight a seismic shift in how we approach cancer detection and treatment. SOPHiA GENETICS, a leader in data-driven medicine, is at the forefront o... |
| 11.09.2024 | JFrog and Paige: Pioneering the Future of AI in Software and Healthcare | In the fast-paced world of technology, two companies are making waves with their innovative AI solutions. JFrog, a veteran in software supply chain management, and Paige, a newcomer in medical technology, are reshaping their respective fiel... |
| 10.09.2024 | SOPHiA GENETICS and AstraZeneca Collaborate to Further Expand Global Access to Liquid Biopsy Testing | The companies commit to bring cutting-edge liquid biopsy testing to 20 institutions globally over the next 12 months
BOSTON and ROLLE, Switzerland, Sept. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH), a cloud-native healthcare tec... |
| 07.09.2024 | Antibody-Drug Conjugate I-DXd Shows Clinically Meaningful Response in Patients with Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer | Dr. C.M. Rudin of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City
The antibody–drug conjugate ifinatamab deruxtecan (I-DXd) showed clinically meaningful responses in pretreated patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (E... |
| 05.09.2024 | Making Hope Possible: American Parkinson Disease Association Supports Researchers With $2.6 Million in New Funding | From genetic causes of Parkinson's to the neurobiology of cognitive dysfunction, APDA-funded researchers begin new work.
NEW YORK, Sept. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) has just awarded $2.6 m... |
| 05.09.2024 | Medical startup Paige unveils Alba AI all-in-one assistant for pathology research | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
Even those of outside the field of medicine have some awareness of how complex, sprawling, and data-driven the va... |
| 04.09.2024 | A New Dawn in Lymphedema Treatment and Gynecologic Cancer Awareness | In the realm of medical advancements, two significant initiatives have emerged, promising hope and innovation for patients battling lymphedema and gynecologic cancers. The Institute for Advanced Reconstruction has welcomed Dr. Joseph Dayan,... |
| 03.09.2024 | The Foundation for Women's Cancer Kicks Off Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month with Move4Her, Uniting Over 50 Teams Nationwide to Drive Fundraising from Coast to Coast | Move4Her: Powering Gyn Cancer Research, Education, and Awareness
The Foundation for Women's Cancer proudly kicks off Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month with its signature Move4Her fundraising campaign and annual drive to raise funds to end ... |
| 03.09.2024 | The Institute for Advanced Reconstruction Announces Addition of Dr. Joseph Dayan and Launch of The Institute for Lymphatic Surgery and Innovation | Dr. Joseph Dayan and his esteemed medical team
Collaboration with reconstructive surgery practices in 8 states throughout the country will extend specialized care throughout the United States and offer international accessibility. Dr. Dayan... |
| 22.08.2024 | Teddi Mellencamp Headlines the Melanoma Research Foundation's 23rd Annual New York City Gala | Teddi Mellencamp
The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) will host its 23rd Annual New York City Gala on Thursday, October 24 at The Plaza Hotel. This inspirational event honors those in the melanoma community who are making an impact and ra... |
| 16.08.2024 | A New Dawn in Cancer Research: AI and Funding Unite for Hope | In the battle against cancer, innovation is the sword and funding is the shield. Two recent developments highlight this truth: a groundbreaking collaboration between Absci Corporation and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), and a ... |
| 15.08.2024 | The Lustgarten Foundation Announces Landmark Year of Fueling Cutting-Edge Pancreatic Cancer Research | The Lustgarten Foundation is the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in the world, fueling preeminent researchers and driving bold, innovative science toward better treatments.
The Lustgarten Foundation, the nation's larges... |
| 13.08.2024 | The Intersection of Jazz and Innovation: Rahsaan Barber and Invenio Imaging Lead the Charge | In the world of music and medicine, two names are making waves: Rahsaan Barber and Invenio Imaging. Each is carving a path in their respective fields, driven by creativity and innovation. Barber, a saxophonist, is breathing new life into ja... |
| 12.08.2024 | Absci and MSK Collaborate on Generative AI Drug Discovery | What You Should Know:
– Absci Corporation, a leader in generative AI drug creation, today announced a strategic collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) to develop up to six novel cancer therapeutics.
– By combining A... |
| 09.08.2024 | Invenio Imaging Announces First Patients Enrolled in US Pivotal Study of AI-Based Image Analysis Module for Lung Cancer | SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Invenio Imaging, a leader in intraoperative fresh tissue imaging and artificial intelligence (AI), announced today the enrollment of the first patients in a US pivotal study of its AI-based ... |
| 31.07.2024 | Mapping the Future of Heart Health: A New Era in Valve Development | In the intricate world of human anatomy, heart valves play a crucial role. They are the unsung heroes, ensuring blood flows smoothly through the heart's chambers. Yet, when these valves falter, the consequences can be dire. Recent research ... |
| 30.07.2024 | SOPHiA GENETICS: Pioneering Precision Medicine in Oncology | In the world of healthcare, precision is paramount. SOPHiA GENETICS is at the forefront of this revolution. The company is reshaping how we understand and treat cancer. With cutting-edge technology, they are making waves in blood cancer res... |
| 28.07.2024 | The consequences of ending abortion protection, the patient perspective on laboratory developed tests, health equity, and more to be explored at ADLM 2024 | CHICAGO, July 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- At ADLM 2024 (formerly the AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo) in Chicago, more than 300 experts will present cutting-edge research and technology that will shape the future of labo... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Great Tech Meltdown: How a Software Glitch Grounded the World**
** | ** On July 19, 2024, a digital storm swept across the globe. A software glitch, linked to CrowdStrike, triggered a massive outage of Microsoft Windows systems. The fallout was swift and severe. Critical operations in banks, airlines, hospit... |
| 24.07.2024 | SOPHIA GENETICS Announces Expanded Relationship with Canada-Based OncoHelix | OncoHelix is the first laboratory in Canada to adopt MSK-ACCESS® powered with SOPHiA DDM™
BOSTON and ROLLE, Switzerland, July 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH), a cloud-native healthcare technology company and a leader... |
| 20.07.2024 | Microsoft outages caused by CrowdStrike software glitch paralyze airlines, other businesses. Here's what to know. | Banks, airlines, television networks and health systems around the world that rely on Microsoft 365 apps were hit by widespread outages early Friday linked to the company CrowdStrike. Thousands of flights and train services were canceled gl... |
| 15.07.2024 | 16-Year-Old Marathon Swimmer Maya Merhige Successfully Swims the English Channel and Raises More than $100,000 to Fight Cancer | 16-Year-Old Marathon Swimmer Maya Merhige Successfully Swims the English Channel and Raises More than $100,000 to Fight Cancer with Swim Across America.
Berkeley, California, Resident Is Now One of the Youngest in History to Complete the Tr... |
| 13.07.2024 | Red wine used to be lauded as good for the heart – how did it lose its health halo? | In a 1991 segment of 60 Minutes, the CBS correspondent Morley Safer asked how it could be that the French enjoyed high-fat foods like pate, butter and triple creme Brie, yet had lower rates of heart disease than people in the United States.... |
| 26.06.2024 | The New York Proton Center expands their RayStation installation | The New York Proton Center expands their RayStation installation
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RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ) is pleased to announce that the New York Proton Center (NYPC) in the USA has committed to expa... |
| 25.06.2024 | GENYOUth Welcomes Three New Members to Its Board of Directors | NEW YORK, June 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- GENYOUth, the national nonprofit organization co-founded by America's dairy farmers and the National Football League (NFL) to ensure students thrive by living well-nourished and physically active live... |
| 12.06.2024 | 2024ASCO｜Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)'s Prof. Wungki Park Unveils Precision Targeting of TF in Pancreatic Cancer, Signaling ADC Drug Innovations | Introduction: ADC Drug Breakthrough Targets TF in Pancreatic Cancer
CHICAGO, June 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, held in Chicago from May 31 to June 4, shone a spotlight on MRG... |
| 09.06.2024 | US’ Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre builds on India-connect at multiple levels | Close to two years since the United States-based, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, started its facility in Chennai, the 140-year-old organisation, is looking to take the relationship forward at educational, and research levels, inclu... |
| 03.06.2024 | NIH scientists develop AI tool to predict how cancer patients will respond to immunotherapy | BETHESDA, Md., June 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --
What: In a proof-of-concept study, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that uses routine clinical data, such as that from a s... |
| 31.05.2024 | SOPHiA GENETICS Launches Global Consortium, SOPHiA UNITY, to Accelerate Cancer Research, Drug Development, and Data-Driven Patient Care | New collective intelligence network to enable the most advanced research in oncology in support of precision medicine
BOSTON and ROLLE, Switzerland, May 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH), a cloud-native healthcare tech... |
| 23.05.2024 | ICONIC NEW YORK BRANDS COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER | NYC for MSK
NYC for MSK will unite New Yorkers and some of the most iconic New York brands to commemorate Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s 140th Anniversary.
For the past 140 years, MSK has been honored to call New York City home. S... |
| 14.05.2024 | Hospital players enhance focus on cancer care amid a surge in cases | - |
| 30.04.2024 | Lung Cancer Research Foundation Welcomes New Scientific Advisory Board Members | Foundation Expands its Research Reviewing Body to Meet Strategic Research Investment Objective
NEW YORK, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lung Cancer Research Foundation (LCRF) has expanded its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) by five new ... |
| 18.04.2024 | The Foundation for Women's Cancer Named "Partner-of-Choice" by The Institute for Surgical Excellence Receiving $155,555 to Drive Change in Women's Cancer | Move4Her is the FWC’s signature fundraising campaign
The donation was made as a part of the 2024 launch of Move4Her, the FWC's signature fundraising campaign
CHICAGO, April 18, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Foundation for Women's Cancer (F... |
| 12.04.2024 | Capsule Presents Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Benefit Auction | Armando Morales, Untitled (Composition in Black, White, and Gray) (1969)
The auction takes place on May 16th and features retired artworks from the hospital's collection. Proceeds from the sale will benefit The Society of MSK.
The Capsule A... |
| 16.03.2024 | The Foundation for Women's Cancer is Calling on Everyone Connected to Women's Health to Move Today for More Tomorrows | Move4Her: Powering Gyn Cancer Research, Education, and Awareness
Move4Her, the Foundation for Women's Cancer's signature annual fundraising campaign, kicks off its fifth year of fundraising to help power research, education and awareness of... |
| 24.07.2023 | Молекулярная медицина: как информация о собственных генах и белках помогает побороть рак | Содержание:
Прорыв в лечении (химиотерапия и другие методы)
Забота о здоровых клетках
Определение мишеней (таргетная терапия)
Молекулярно-генетические аспекты
Будущее в лечении рака
Рак — вторая по частоте причина смерти человека. Больше вс... |
| 19.07.2023 | What's the link between sugar and cancer? Does avoiding sweets help fight the disease? | During the eight years Stacy Shawhan has worked as an oncology dietitian, she has heard many questions from her cancer patients about how their diets influence their prognosis. But one question has come up more than the rest: Will consuming... |
| 13.07.2023 | Lustgarten Foundation Announces the Appointment of Two New Board Members | To date, the Lustgarten Foundation has funded more than $250 million in research grants and has been a leading force in every major advancement in pancreatic cancer research. "The appointment of Dr. Vickers and Dr. Penberthy will undou... |
| 22.05.2023 | A Multigenerational Success, MSK Spring Ball Raises $1.9 Million To Fight Cancer | The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering (MSK) held its 16th Annual Spring Ball on Thursday night, in the freshly redone ballroom of the Pierre Hotel, where 430 guests came out to support this incredible institution. |
| 17.05.2023 | Dr. Mark Scholz, Acclaimed Prostate Specialist, Says Active Surveillance is Key to Maintaining Prostate Health | Dr. Mark Scholz
Often, all that is required to maintain a healthy prostate and lead an everyday life is yearly monitoring of the prostate with MRI imaging.
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES, May 16, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- Dr. Mark Scholz, renow... |
| 03.05.2023 | World's Smallest Skin Cancer Now a Guinness World Record! Almost Invisible to the Naked Eye | Griffin Davis , Tech Times 03 May 2023, 09:05 am
The world's smallest skin cancer has been identified.
(Photo by American Cancer Society/Getty Images)
Detail of a person with a malignant melanoma, which is a malignant skin tumor that involv... |
| 11.04.2023 | Tech Moves: Adaptive Biotechnologies COO departing; Sana adds leaders; and more | Mark Adams. (Adaptive Photo)
— Mark Adams is stepping down as chief operating officer of Adaptive Biotechnologies, the company said today in a regulatory filing.
Adams joined the Seattle-based biotech giant more than three years ago. The fi... |
| 10.01.2023 | Prenetics Owned ACT Genomics Receives FDA Clearance for ACTOnco, the First Asia-Based Company to Receive Clearance for a Comprehensive Genomic Profiling Test for All Solid Tumors | Prenetics has completed the majority stake acquisition of ACT Genomics to spearhead its entry into to the US$80+ billion global precision oncology market
FDA market authorization advances personalized cancer care in Asia
Clearance sets the ... |
| 22.11.2022 | Health
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Q: I have peripheral neuropathy following chemotherapy. Is there anything I can do to alleviate my symptoms?
A: Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is a set of symptoms caused by damage... |
| 18.11.2022 | This 31-year-old CEO says staying focused on one disease was the key to helping his company raise $120 million in a frozen biotech market | Arthur Kuan is the CEO of CG Oncology. CG Oncology This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 28.09.2022 | CAR T-Cell Therapy Proves Effective in First Trial in Patients with Resistant Multiple Myeloma | Dr. Renier Brentjens, Deputy Director at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center These results provide a rationale for not just infusing a single population of CAR T cells but using several populations that may be targeted to different pro... |
| 26.09.2022 | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Launches Telemedicine Platform | What You Should Know:
Patients receive a secure link to join MSK Telemedicine. They enter the “Virtual Clinic Room” – a virtual space where patients check-in, sign any necessary forms, and complete surveys. MSK care coordinators, nurses, fe... |
| 20.09.2022 | Genetic tests for breast cancer patients create treatment opportunities — and confusion | The past decade has witnessed a rapid expansion of genetic tests, including new instruments to inform patients who have been diagnosed with breast cancer about the risk of recurrence and to guide their treatment.
But the clinical significan... |
| 11.09.2022 | Учёные создают новый вид антибиотиков, AI-фильм про ворону получил приз в Каннах. Техдайджест | Отдел новостей 11 сентября 2022, 15:57 Учёные создают новый вид антибиотиков, AI-фильм про ворону получил приз в Каннах. Техдайджест
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| 08.08.2022 | Accelerate Cures Through International Collaboration In Clinical Trials: Cancer Moonshot Pathways | |
| 25.07.2022 | The exact way to squeeze your pelvic muscles during sex for a super intense orgasm, according to a sex therapist | Reviews Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
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| 08.11.2021 | A complete guide to the five stages of breast cancer and how to recognize each stage | Thanks to emerging, new treatments more people are living longer when diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer. Nicola Tree/Getty Images
Breast cancer has five stages indicating how severe the cancer is and how much it has spread.
Stage 0 brea... |
| 01.09.2021 | 15 healthy and delicious low-carb fruits | Berries are low in carbs, but high in antioxidants and vitamins. Glasshouse Images/Getty Images
On a low-carb diet, it can be difficult to consume enough fruits due to their high sugar content.
Low-carb fruits include strawberries, avocados... |
| 31.08.2021 | Revieve Appoints Nicole Saphier, MD to Advisory Board | CHICAGO (PRWEB) August 31, 2021
Revieve, a personalized brand experience company for the beauty, skin, and wellness categories co-headquartered in Chicago and Helsinki, today announced the appointment of Doctor Nicole Saphier, MD to its Adv... |
| 17.08.2021 | How to have multiple orgasms: A sex therapist gives 5 techniques for compounded bliss | Stimulating the G-spot, the C-spot, and the P-spot can help you have multiple orgasms. Arman Zhenikeyev / Getty Images
You can have multiple orgasms by taking breaks during sex, practicing kegel exercises, and more.
Edging, which refers to ... |
| 13.08.2021 | What are terpenes? How these cannabis compounds may influence your high | Terpenes are what give different weed strains their own distinct scent. Olena Ruban/Getty Images
Terpenes are compounds found in plants that give them their distinctive smells.
Terpenes may influence how cannabis affects the brain, but rese... |
| 11.08.2021 | Plain Language Results of DESTINY-Breast01 Clinical Study: CISCRP & OxfordPharmaGenesis Collaborate with Partners For Article in Future Oncology | The teams involved—Daiichi Sankyo, AstraZeneca, CISCRP, Oxford PharmaGenesis, and Dr. Modi —worked to ensure the PLSP was easy-to-read by adding creative visuals, tables and key questions answered about the DESTINY-Breast01 trial.
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| 02.08.2021 | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Launches MSKCC India to Expand Access to World-Renowned Oncologists, Cancer Care, Research, and Education
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| 26.07.2021 | FDA unsurprisingly brings down the hammer on Incyte's PD-1 — drawing a line for future accelerated approvals | It appears the PD-(L)1 honeymoon is finally over.
Incyte $INCY revealed late Friday the FDA has slammed its PD-1 retifanlimab — which was under priority review for locally advanced or metastatic squamous cell carcino... |
| 18.06.2021 | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center : MSK Awards & Appointments | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announces the following awards and appointments:
Steven M. Larson Receives Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) 2021 Paul C. Aebersold Award for Outstanding Achievement in Ba... |
| 07.06.2021 | I Have Multiple Sclerosis. This Is How It Affects My Sex Life | This Is How We Do It
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| 06.04.2021 | With $44M and Microsoft R&D alliance, Volastra takes aim at metastatic cancers | Volastra Therapeutics aims to stop cancer metastasis. The New York-based startup has discovered a pathway that drives metastasis, and it is using that insight to develop new therapies for patients with advanced cancer. Now the company has a... |
| 25.03.2021 | Most health claims about manuka honey lack scientific-backing – here are the 4 with some evidence | Manuka honey comes from New Zealand and is thicker and more granular than regular honey. KPS/Getty Images
Manuka honey is exclusively from New Zealand and boasts more medicinal properties than other honey.
Manuka honey may treat inflammator... |
| 30.01.2021 | How to count carbs for weight loss, according to registered dietitians | Counting carbs can help with weight loss and can help maintain your blood sugar levels. Ryan McVay/Getty Images
To count carbs, you need to track how many grams of carbs you consume in each food you eat.
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| 18.01.2021 | Memorial Sloan Kettering computational pathology spinoff raises $100M | Earlier this year, Paige received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for a digital pathology image viewer. It also received a Breakthrough Device designation from the FDA for an AI tool for cancer diagnosis.
None of Paig... |
| 27.12.2020 | The 11 most mind-blowing, awe-inspiring health discoveries and innovations of 2020 | United Parcel Service President of Global Healthcare, Wesley Wheeler, holds up a sample of the vial that will be used to transport the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a Senate Transportation subcommittee hybrid hearing on December 10, 2020, in W... |
| 23.12.2020 | The 11 most mind-blowing health discoveries and innovations of 2020 | United Parcel Service President of Global Healthcare, Wesley Wheeler, holds up a sample of the vial that will be used to transport the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a Senate Transportation subcommittee hybrid hearing on December 10, 2020, in W... |
| 12.12.2020 | Yes, men can get breast cancer — here are the symptoms to watch for | Men can develop breast cancer, though it’s rare. Igor Alecsander/ Getty Images
Though rare, men can develop breast cancer and account for about 1 in 100 cases of breast cancer.
Symptoms of breast cancer in men include lumps, inversion of th... |
| 24.11.2020 | Cancer Doesn’t Stop: Cycle for Survival Advances Rare Cancer Research With Over $40 Million Raised This Year | (BPT) - It was in the fall of 2007 when Nicole, 26, felt a large mass in her abdomen. At first she ignored it, hoping it was nothing; she was a healthy, active woman in her 20s. However, when the mass didn’t go away, she realized she needed... |
| 13.07.2020 | Paige, the computational pathology startup targeting cancer, closes a Series B at $70M | Paige, the startup that spun out of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and launched in 2018 to help advance cancer research and care by applying AI to better understand cancer pathology, is today announcing a milestone in its growth... |
| 29.06.2020 | Zak Williams, Son of the Late Robin Williams, Is Willing to Get Personal for the Sake of Public Mental Health | June 29, 2020 11 min read
There's no perfect time to launch a new product. Zak Williams knows this better than most. The 37-year-old serial investor, entrepreneur, mental-health advocate and son of the late, legendary Robin Williams has hel... |
| 18.12.2019 | Paige raises $45M more to map the pathology of cancer using AI | One of the more notable startups using artificial intelligence to understand and fight cancer has raised $45 million more in funding to continue building out its operations and inch closer to commercialising its work.
Paige — which applies ... |
| 06.12.2018 | Top cancer center’s business deals created a web of conflicts, say ethics experts | In forging partnerships with a New Jersey hospital and a data analytics startup, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has created a web of interlocking financial interests and conflicts that, ethics experts told STAT, raise doubts about w... |
| 03.10.2018 | Memorial Sloan Kettering, you’ve betrayed my trust | I trusted Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and believed in it. For more than 30 years, my family and I have literally put our lives in its hands. But it has betrayed my trust and that of many other patients and their families.
Over th... |
| 10.09.2018 | A star cancer scientist failed to disclose industry payments over the years — does that matter so much? | During the big ASCO conference at the beginning of last June, prominent Memorial Sloan Kettering scientist José Baselga had this to say about the data he had collected for an experimental PI3K drug at Roche called tase... |
| 05.02.2018 | Paige.ai raises $25 million for cancer detection powered by computer vision | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Health care startup Paige.ai today announced it h... |
| 05.02.2018 | Memorial Sloan Kettering oncology decision support spinoff raises $25M Series A | Jim Breyer, Breyer Capital CEO, and Julian Robertson, who founded famed investment firm Tiger Management, led the round with other investors, according to Fuchs.
As part of the licensing deal with Memorial Sloan Kettering, the company gains... |
| 05.02.2018 | Paige.AI nabs $25M, inks IP deal with Sloan Kettering to bring machine learning to cancer pathology | Artificial intelligence has become one of the key weapons in the fight against cancer and the many forms and mutations that it takes, and today a startup is coming out of stealth and announcing funding and a significant data deal as it seek... |
| 05.02.2018 | Paige.ai raises $25 million for cancer detection powered by computer vision | Health care startup Paige.ai today announced it has raised $25 million to continue its work in cancer diagnosis with help from computer vision trained with clinical imaging data. Datasets relating to treatment and genomics will also be incl... |
| 10.11.2017 | Memorial Sloan Kettering and Cota want to use data to advance cancer treatment | The cancer center can then use the resulting datasets to improve patient care and accelerate research efforts.
In a phone interview, Stuart Goldberg, Cota’s chief scientific officer, said talks between the organizations began about a year a... |
| 31.08.2017 | A $475,000 price tag for a new cancer drug: crazy or meh? | Forget McGregor-Mayweather. The biotech world has been waiting for months to hear about Novartis’s pricing decision for Kymriah, its just-approved CAR-T therapy for cancer. That interest turned into anxiety days earlier when Gilead announce... |
| 15.03.2017 | From doctors to journalists: Here are the five jobs robots may take first | The job of a business owner is irreplaceable, and it’s unlikely we’ll see the rise of entrepreneur robots anytime soon. However, one expert believes there’s a number of other jobs that robot workers are likely to dominate in years to come.
... |
| 04.08.2016 | In cancer, it’s back to the future as old treatments make cutting-edge ones more effective | New cancer drugs that unleash the immune system on tumors are all the rage, getting credit for curing former President Jimmy Carter’s advanced melanoma and inspiring tech billionaire Sean Parker to pledge $250 million to cancer research. Be... |
| 07.06.2016 | ASCO: MRIs, contrast-enhanced mammography useful for small breast tumors | “The future is very bright and rosy as far as technology is concerned,” said Morris.
“Imaging has come a little bit far over the past decades, but we are still only doing mammography,” Morris added. “There is a real need to detect cancers t... |
| 25.05.2016 | Most Americans would avoid clinical trials due to worries over safety and costs | Most Americans would not enroll in clinical trials over concerns they would experience side effects, encounter higher costs, or receive a placebo instead of an actual medicine, according to a new survey.
Specifically, only 35 percent say th... |
| 19.05.2016 | IBM Watson amps up Moogfest 2016 with AI-infused programming | DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA — IBM Watson came to Moogfest 2016, but there were no Jeopardy! questions this time around. If you’ve been following ExtremeTech, you already know that IBM Watson, an artificially intelligent system capable of answeri... |
| 01.04.2016 | ‘We thought we were curing people’: Hope dims as ovarian cancer therapy fails test | LOS ANGELES — The news came like a physical blow.
Gynecologic oncologists across the nation had been anxiously awaiting results from a major study of a grueling — but promising — method of delivering chemotherapy to ovarian cancer patients.... |
| 23.12.2015 | Cancer thrives by mutating. But sometimes, a mutation leaves it vulnerable | Cancer treatment is like an arms race. After a tumor evolves resistance to one drug, doctors switch to another therapeutic weapon — and on and on, until the tumor is vanquished or the drug cupboard is bare.
But a case study published Wednes... |
| 16.12.2015 | New York start-up to launch chaga ‘mushroom tisane’ for the health conscious | Included on our list of beverage entrepreneurs and trends to watch, ChugaChaga is an upcoming bottled tea drink, for around $4 to $5 a pop, that claims a smorgasbord of health benefits: Antioxidants, melanin, polysaccharides, and the ‘mole... |
| 02.12.2015 | ORIC Pharmaceuticals raises $53M for drugs that attack treatment-resistant cancers | ORIC’s drug discovery vision integrates the identification of new, molecularly defined pathways of resistance with clinic-based phenotypic validation. A rigorous understanding of the molecular and genetic adaptations by cancers to various t... |
| 03.11.2015 | Prescription drug use on the rise as United States gets fatter | More Americans are using prescription medicines, particularly drugs that treat conditions triggered by obesity. That’s according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, which found that 59 percent of... |
| 09.10.2015 | Drug pricing debates: Can we quantify what a life’s worth? | The pricing of drugs is under a magnifying glass, thanks to the actions thanks to the actions of biopharma blowhard Martin Shkreli. We’re now debating which drugs – new and old – deliver the appropriate value for their cost.
Some of this is... |
| 03.09.2015 | How new technologies are shaking up health care | New tests and drugs have impacted health care for many decades. But we’re now seeing the emergence of completely different kinds of technologies that will radically alter how health care is both accessed and delivered.
In the past, patient ... |
| 10.08.2015 | Five new life sciences startups at Philadelphia accelerator | Freenome
This London-based liquid biopsy startup is establishing a new office in Philly – using next-generation sequencing to diagnose cancers with just 1 milliliter of blood. With the potentially low-cost but accurate liquid biopsy method,... |
| 01.06.2015 | At ASCO15 meeting: Breakthrough melanoma treatment, Memorial Sloan Kettering oncologist slams cancer drug price tags (Morning Read) | But at the same conference, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Chief of Gastrointestinal Oncology Leonard Saltz slammed the high cost of drug treatments and singled out the estimated $295,000 per year price tag for Bristol-Myers Squib... |
| 26.05.2015 | Sloan Kettering and Pandora Music Genome architect to ‘prescribe’ music for cancer patients | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Pandora’s chief musicologist Nolan Gasser has mad... |
| 26.05.2015 | Sloan Kettering and Pandora Music Genome architect to ‘prescribe’ music for cancer patients | Pandora’s chief musicologist Nolan Gasser has made a career of tailor-fitting streams of music to listeners’ tastes.
Now, Gasser is taking the body of knowledge he gained as the architect of Pandora’s Music Genome Project and focusing it on... |
| 02.04.2015 | Cambridge startup raises $2.1M to develop first drug for Maple Syrup Urine Disease | MSUD patients carry a genetic defect that prevents branched chain amino acids from being broken down. These, and their corresponding ketoacids, build up abnormally in the system – lending the maple syrup smell to the urine. This also trigge... |
| 17.09.2014 | RightCare Solutions secures $4 million investment from NewSpring Capital | In addition to Murphy, other members include Dennis Podlesak and Jesse Treu from venture firm Domain Associates and Richard Perlman of Compass Partners, as well as Dr. Peter Bach, a physician from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
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