Category: Healthcare & Life Sciences
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How Wearables Will Improve Healthcare
– Millions of wearable devices for tracking activity and fitness levels have been sold in the...
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Artificial Intelligence Meets Drug Development
– Pharmaceutical companies have the opportunity to capitalize on Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI refers to the...
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External Womb Could Save Premature Infants
– One out of every three infant deaths in the United States can be attributed to...
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3D Printing in Healthcare
– 3D printing has generated huge interest in recent years. The most well-known uses are  in...
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Adult Stem Cell Storage: Storing Youth for Later
– Stem cell storage is the practice of extracting stem cells from their sources and storing...
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A Biopesticide to Beat Back Bed Bugs
– A recently reported biopesticide could provide a simple, yet effective means to eliminate—and even prevent—bed...
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Antibiotics 2.0: Strategies to Defeat The Priority Pathogens
– Antibiotics are an essential pillar of modern medicine. However, after almost 90 years of deployment...
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A New Light on the Treatment of Chronic Pain
– Aches and pains are familiar to all of us. When you touch the oven dish...
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CRISPR: The Genome Editing Tool That Will Transform the Field of Biology
– The genome-editing technology CRISPR has been lauded as one of the most important scientific breakthroughs...
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A Revolutionary Approach to Screen Nanoparticles for Medical Applications
– Nanomedicine is an important, emerging field of modern medicine. Nanoparticles are promising for a number...
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Why Obesity Is Still a Problem and How the Gut Microbiome Factors in
– Have you ever wondered why two people can eat the same amount of food, but...
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Blood-Brain Barrier on a Chip
– The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a highly selective semipermeable membrane barrier, which allows some materials...
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How Robotic Sleeves Can Restore Heart Function After Cardiac Arrest
– According to the American Heart Association, heart failure currently affects close to 6 million people...
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Increase in Robotics Startup Funding Disrupts Industries
– In 2016, robotics startup companies received 50% more funding than they did the previous year,...
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Augmented Reality – Not a Fiction but a Revolution of the Real Life
– Imagine a world where you can try your outfits in a fitting room, or apply...
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Unlocking the Secrets of Superagers
– Entering into old age is a daunting idea for many, often because of the fear...
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Mini-Brains: A Plate Full of Possibilities
– Researchers from around the globe have been tampering with a creation that could lead to...
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The CARB-X Initiative for Combating Antibiotic Resistance
– The Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (CARB-X) initiative is a global research accelerator program to counteract...
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Pharmaceutical R&D Global Spending Trends
– Pharmaceutical industries dedicate a large percent of their budget for internal research and development processes. R&D...
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Geckskin Applications: Spider-Man Soldiers to Home Decor
– In 2012, a team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts- Amherst, led by Al...