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15 November 2019
EIT Health Accelerator programme recognised by UBI Global
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology Health (EIT Health) has had its accelerator programme recognised by Stockholm-based innovation intelligence company UBI Global in its latest World Benchmark Study of...
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15 November 2019
WPI develops oxygen sensor to detect blood oxygen levels in babies
Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Massachusetts, US, have developed a miniaturised, wireless oxygen sensor to monitor blood oxygen levels in infants.
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15 November 2019
Ikonisys partners with Sheba Medical Center to develop CTC tests
US-based cell diagnostics company Ikonisys has signed a partnership agreement with Israel-based Sheba Medical Center to develop Circulating Tumor Cell (CTC) tests to detect and target specific cancers.
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14 November 2019
US researchers develop Persevere test to stratify patients with sepsis
Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital have developed and tested a rapid blood assay that measures five biomarkers and precisely predicts those patients who stand at low, medium or high risk...
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14 November 2019
Google-Ascension patient data deal comes under federal scrutiny
The US Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services has initiated an investigation into the Project Nightingale cloud computing deal between Google and US healthcare...
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14 November 2019
US study shows Apple Watch helps detect atrial fibrillation
Researchers of Stanford University School of Medicine in the US have shown that the wearable technology Apple Watch can identify atrial fibrillation.
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14 November 2019
Sera Prognostics funds commercialisation of PreTRM test
US-based health diagnostics company Sera Prognostics has raised $36m through Series D funding round to increase the commercialisation of its PreTRM test.
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13 November 2019
BellaSeno and Evonik to launch 3D-printed absorbable breast scaffold
German additive manufacturing start-up BellaSeno has announced the signing of a long-term agreement for the use of speciality chemical company Evonik’s RESOMER bioresorbable polymer to create a new breast implant...
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13 November 2019
NantHealth gets FDA marketing authorisation for Omics Core assay
US-based NantHealth has received marketing authorisation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Omics Core assay, a whole exome sequencing in vitro diagnostic (IVD) test that can...
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13 November 2019
Philips launches IntelliSpace Cognition in US
Royal Philips has launched its cognitive assessment platform Philips IntelliSpace Cognition in the US.