Wednesday 20 May 2015

L'Oreal Partners with Organovo to Start 3D Printing Human Skin

L’Oreal Partners with Organovo to Start 3D Printing Human Skin

L’Oreal is partnering with bioprinting startup Organovo to figure out how to 3D print living, breathing derma that can be used to test products for toxicity and efficacy.

Caroline Winter, reports for BloombergBusiness:

With San Diego-based Organovo’s help, L’Oreal aims to speed up and automate skin production within the next five…

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Wednesday 6 May 2015

Digital Health Interventions Help Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Digital Health Interventions Help Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

According to a meta-analysis in the April 2015 issue of  Mayo Clinic Proceedings, the Internet is helping patients with cardiovascular disease actually stay healthy.

In the video above, Dr. Jay Widmer, a cardiology fellow at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, outlines the parameters of digital health interventions addressed in the…

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Monday 4 May 2015

Apple’s ResearchKit Takes Medical Research Years Into the Future

Apple’s ResearchKit Takes Medical Research Years Into the Future

There’s a quiet revolution going on in medical research – courtesy of Apple.

David Pogue, Yahoo Tech:

Apple worked with five medical institutions, associated with places like Harvard, Stanford, and Mount Sinai in New York City, to come up with the first five ResearchKit-based apps. They represent studies of asthma, diabetes, heart…

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