01- TECHNOLOGY

Cognitive Enhancement

I’m not so sure more or everything is a good thing – Typical ‘greedy’ human state though! Brain implants to improve learning, memory, communication (brain to brain) or heighten sensation!   <<<COGNITION>>>

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Israels Big Database

Electronic health records made publicly available for research Netanyahu obviously reckons they can may ‘big money’ from it!   <<BIG DATA>>>

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AI: All The Hype!!!

AI and Big Data words are ‘all the rage’ Companies are making a fortune and raising millions in VC funding claiming to do something very new and fancy! All they’re doing is repurposing compounds based on ‘mining’ existing data >> Atomwise/Benevolant/Twoxar/Numedii To do it they’re just using graphical analytics to look for patterns and trends or […]

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CANTAB Reckon ‘Most’ Patients Prefer Computer Based Testing!!!

In an elderly population 54% preferred CBT – since when was that ‘MOST’ And surprise surprise CANTAB provide a computer based battery !!!! What I did like though – was that most subjects preferred testing at home! <<<TESTING>>

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Mobile App to Monitor The Gut

Very interesting stuff and major potential for IBS maybe? <<<GUT MONITORING>>>

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Health care — especially for seniors — is at its breaking point and is ripe for disruption

Is this why Amazon are getting involved? 🙂 <<<Amazon>>>

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Precordia: Abnormal ECG App To Detect

Precordia company from Turku University have come up with great idea Using accelerometers in smartphones to detect abnormal heart rhythms Then analysing it to predict stroke. blood clots and heart failure <<<ECG>>>

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The ‘Amazon’ Approach To Clinical Trial Recruitment

Nicely put – rather have the patient ‘shop’ at the clinic take the ‘shop’ on line to the patient 🙂 Ok if the condition your treating allows for home assessment and you can validate ‘real life’ data But always useful for follow ups <<<AMAZON>>>

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Novel Way To Boost Patient Recruitment

I’ve been waiting for something like this for sometime Gives the CRO/Phar,ma more control over patient recruitment Can’t be bad! >>> <<Recruitment>>>

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Hemostasis – Nanoparticles Of Thrombin

Interesting idea and maybe better than some of the devices we’ve been working on 🙂 Not sure I trust Russians though at the moment <<Hemostasis>>    

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