Have you ever attended a health hackathon? If you haven’t, you should give it a shot, especially if you have caught the “entrepreneurial bug”. I attended MedHack last Saturday in San Francisco, at UCSF’s McLaren Hall. MedHack is an event produced by Prebacked, a health accelerator located in San Francisco. Before letting anyone code wildly […]
We recently posted a video on our site of an ear being printed with a 3D printer and MM–352while there is great “wow factor” in watching it form through the injection process, the reality is we are a very long way off from being able to print body parts and organs that can be attached or implanted. That said, Molecular Matrix, a Biotech start up in Davis, CA has developed an inexpensive scaffold that can allow cells to grow naturally in a three dimensional environment
Yes, we’re comparing all of 2013 to only Q1 and Q2 of 2014 (that’s how explosive digital healthcare is!) … Here are the categories that scored highest in funding in 2013: – Payer administration – Digital medical devices – Analytics and big data – Healthcare consumer engagement – Population health management – Personalized medicine If […]
One of the debates I frequently hear regarding medical device sales distribution is “should I hire direct W2 sales representatives or tap into a network of 1099 agents and their relationships?” The positives and negatives are pretty clear and still opinions are strong on both sides of the choice.
(CNN) — After analyzing the DNA of 150,000 people, scientists say they can pinpoint the genetic roots of schizophrenia.
In the largest study of its kind, a consortium of researchers from around the world linked the mental illness to 108 spots on people’sDNA. Previously, scientists had only discovered 30 such locations. The study was published Monday in the journal Nature.
Novel Drug Cocktail May Improve Clinical Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. and has the lowest overall survival rate of all major cancers (~6%). With current treatment options being met with limited success it is anticipated that pancreatic cancer will move up to the […]
Higher Calcium Intake May Reduce Body Fat,
Mitigating Genetic Risk for Diabetes
Study shows calcium intake mitigates genetic risk for increased body fat in African-American children, a population with historically low calcium intake and high risk for diabetes