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Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles have developed a compact, cost-effective diagnostic platform that combines lens-free holography and deep learning to automate HER2 scoring of breast cancer tissue samples. Their findings were officially published. BME Frontiers (BMEF)offers an innovative alternative to expensive and bulky traditional clinical digital pathology instruments. Accurate HER2 assessment is the basis for breast cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and targeted treatment planning. Traditional whole-slide imaging scanners rely on advanced optical components and precision mechanical systems, making them unaffordable for many distributed clinics. The newly designed lens-free holographic device does not require an objective lens or mechanical…
Research led by the University of Bergen (UiB) and NORCE could help pave the way to new vaccines targeting one of the world’s leading causes of severe diarrheal disease. The technology has now been licensed to the international vaccine company Valneva, and will be researched to develop future vaccines. This is an important milestone for the research we have been conducting with our international partners for many years. The license agreement indicates that our results have strong potential and are considered highly relevant for continued vaccine development. ” Professor Halvar Sommerfeld, UiB Faculty of Medicine This research is…
Bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. One alternative is treatment with viruses that infect only bacteria, known as phages. A research project funded by the European Union and led by the University of Frankfurt is the first to investigate the combination of phage therapy and gut microbiota restoration to prevent recurrent urinary tract infections within the framework of a randomized clinical trial. Recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common bacterial infections worldwide and are becoming increasingly difficult to treat due to rising antibiotic resistance. An international research consortium coordinated by Frankfurt Medical University is currently…
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, and Bio-Techne Corporation, a Minneapolis-based global provider of life science tools, analytical technologies, and consumables, today signed a definitive agreement pursuant to which Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Subject to customary closing conditions, KGaA will acquire Bio-Techne for $73 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $11.3 billion. (9.9 billion euros), plus a 36% premium to Biotechne’s monthly volume-weighted average trading price. The transaction brings together two highly complementary and forward-thinking life sciences organizations that are uniquely positioned to support customers across the full spectrum of life…
The British Heart Foundation is celebrating three amazing young women who donated their old hearts to science after undergoing heart transplant surgery. We often talk about organ donors who have sadly passed away and whose generous decision to donate their organs posthumously saved the lives of others. However, many people who are still alive also agree to have their organs used in scientific research projects and donate their organs to help others. Katie James, Carla Terol and Hannah Sharma, who poured their hearts into research including a project at Imperial College London, encourage others facing a transplant to consider doing…
Despite energy security and affordability being at the top of the development agenda, 655 million people around the world still lack access to electricity and 2 billion people use polluting fuels and cooking techniques, putting their health and well-being at risk. These disparities are disproportionately high in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 560 million people live without electricity and 970 million lack access to clean cooking. The latest edition, Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, includes new data for 2023 and 2024 and shows that while most regions are moving closer to universal access, sub-Saharan Africa’s progress has slowed…
Recent studies suggest that higher relative birth weight provides evidence of improved cognitive performance in children and adolescents, even when comparing twins who share the same genetic and environmental background. Published in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatryresearch shows that in-utero conditions can have long-term effects on a person’s brain development. These findings demonstrate that early prenatal growth is important for outcomes over the first three decades of life. Previous research has shown that babies born with certain risk factors tend to have lower scores on subsequent cognitive tests. Two common risk factors are low birth weight and small head…
First Stop Health, a virtual care platform, announced the expansion of its Healthy Weight program in response to demand for GLP-1 and associated increases in health plan costs. This program integrates weight management directly into the primary care model, including GLP-1 prescribing when appropriate. New to the program is a cash payment access option for employers who do not currently cover GLP-1 prescriptions and a managed compensation program for employers who do. “The goal is not just to lose weight; it is to improve metabolic health and reduce long-term health risks,” Cole Barfield, M.D., chief medical officer at First Stop…
Artificial intelligence communications company Infinitus on Thursday launched a risk detection system that ensures AI agents correctly triage patients, regardless of the expressed intent of the interaction. The solution, called Clinical Escalations, continuously assesses risk during interactions so organizations can reclassify events as urgent clinical situations if necessary. Clinical Escalations uses the industry standard Schmidt Thompson Call Prioritization Index (CPI) framework to assign a severity score to each interaction. Ankit Jain, CEO and co-founder of Infinitas, told Fierce Healthcare in an emailed statement that many patients cannot identify when their “symptoms have reached the emergency zone” and recordings do not…
Artificial intelligence-powered platform TigerConnect expands its clinical communication platform with the launch of new scheduling capabilities. The tool, called TigerConnect Scheduling, comes with a number of features, including AI automatic scheduling, real-time AI-generated gap detection, conversational workflows, and intelligent allocation logic to keep scheduling balanced. “For so long, healthcare organizations have accepted schedule disruption as a fact of life that we have stopped questioning it,” Dr. Peter Stetson, chief medical information officer at TigerConnect, told Fierce Healthcare. “The average clinical manager spends hours each week on processes that should otherwise take minutes, and that time is not spent on patient…