01- TECHNOLOGY

Mobile Data Analysis!

I really like the MC10 Biostamp Looks like all the mobile data (from motion sensors) here is being used in our gaydar plots 🙂 >>>LINK<<<

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Merck To Work With Amazon (AWS) To Use Alexa In Chronic Disease

Really! Pharma intends to get voice enabled computers to remind patients about nutrition plans and dosing at least initially in Type II diabetes >>> <<LINK>>

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Vitrification Or Organ Freezing

Freezing organs for donors is fine The problem comes when trying to reheat them for use! Using silica-coated iron oxide nanoparticles as part of the freezing process is a very neat way of solving the warming problem and helping organs to last longer in the deep freeze >>> <<LINK>> 

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Wearables In Clinical Trials!

Takeda using the iWatch to collect ‘real life’ data from Parkinson’s patients Including continuous vitals monitoring with prompted cognition and mood data in ePRO form >>> http://www.fiercepharma.com/marketing/takeda-partners-cognition-kit-wearable-study-for-depression?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=938224&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpka05qVTBaRGxrWm1abCIsInQiOiJpSmVueXM1RDBYRHRGVklGeVBscThBYzRFVG1uZGgrT2F3UXBycjR3ZmFKSHJLeVA5QWJGbFo0WUFNQzZyenJKVzJhZ3lOdXIwK1ppXC9yNnZJYXV2MDkrenJqM0g0d1E2blBvS0ZDeTlXUkc3ZjJDS2gwd3k2RVRCcmczMFFMRXMifQ%3D%3D

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Microsoft Getting Into Healthcare?

Looks like they want to use NExT to interrogate medical records in a big way>>>> Microsoft refocuses in healthcare, teams with UPMC on innovation

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Taking Mobile Tech One Step Too Far?

How about Transhumanism for the ultimate connection to technology >> http://newatlas.com/transhumanism-mainstream-era-popular/47941/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=451d4e2031-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-451d4e2031-91677545

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Lab On A Chip Future

Fascinating stuff from Stanford using electrophoresis in a microfluidic chamber to diagnose diseases And affordable >>> http://newatlas.com/stanford-microfluidic-lab-on-a-chip/47775/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=a8bafb40ef-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-a8bafb40ef-91677545

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Is This The Holy Grail?

Bioelectric systems Sensing the environment and triggering response through electrochemical response Disease/Illness detection and treatment ‘all in one’!!! >>>> http://newatlas.com/cyborg-technology-scientists-create-bioelectric-hybrid-cells/47481/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=69a7338016-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-69a7338016-91677545

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The Internet of ‘Medical’ Things

‘Digital health’ tools to support clinical trial conduct – including management and monitoring Link it all together with ‘mHealth’ – patient retention/questionnaires through apps and sensors in wearable tech- to get the ultimate clinical trial? >>> http://www.clinicaltrialpartnershipsblog.com/2016/09/clinical-trials-and-iot-how-mhealth.html?utm_source=PCT+Blog+Registrations&utm_campaign=8ce0a92a2a-PCT_Content12_bloglist_top5_04_01_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_81d996f2c9-8ce0a92a2a-132135521&goal=0_81d996f2c9-8ce0a92a2a-132135521

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The Future For Clinical Trials?

Interesting thoughts from Exco (some good some not so good)!!! -Break with tradition and adopt new technology -Make patients the centre of the trial -Collect data seamlessly (no human involvement and therefore validation issues) -Use patients own devices I just hope they don’t forget the primary objective of any trial is to assess the efficacy […]

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