In an interview, the deputy director and chief innovation officer of Translational Research Institute for Space Health, headquartered at Baylor College of Medicine, described some of the group's work, adapting known tech for space applications and using space-based insights to improve healthcare at home.
Recently, the Translational Research Institute for Space Health selected three innovative biotech companies using VR, conversation-bots, and probiotic therapeutics to combat mental health risks.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
The space agency is piloting Wolters Kluwer's UpToDate solution, which provides medical knowledge at the point of care, on board the International Space Station.
An institute funded by NASA for improving space health is poweting a new healthcare innovation platform that aims to use machine learning to create a searchable database to match startups with investors like NASA and others, including health systems.
It’s pretty cool to think about how audacious innovation for space may lead to dramatic innovation here on Earth…how an actual moonshot may result in a terrestrial medical moonshot being achieved.
NASA, Parker Hannifin, Lubrizol and Cox Communications: All in the healthcare business.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Men and women have many differences. (There’s never been a more opportune time for a Mars/Venus reference.) But who knew one could be better suited to travel the galaxy than another? It’s not really that simple, there are nuances, but some new research does show that a gravity-free environment has unique affects for different sexes […]
Drugs are whack: The intricate patternings of spider webs are completely morphed when they’re high, or so say two studies – one in 1948 and the other in 1995 – that show the stunning differences you’ll find in a spider’s webs when they’ve had caffeine, LSD, speed and a number of other drugs. The spiders didn’t […]
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Bone and muscle regeneration technology developed with astronauts in mind could provide a foundation for new medical devices to treat pain and new methods of testing drugs in the lab. GroK Technologies of Houston licensed patents from NASA that it will use to develop two platform technologies for medical applications. The first is a method […]
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Socrates Health Solutions has gone to Indiegogo to crowdfund $125,000 for its noninvasive glucose meter technology, the Companion, by Nov. 12. The healthcare startup has Dallas roots as part of the Health Wildcatters incubator. The campaign will help push the device through an FDA 510(k) clearance path. Though Socrates was founded only in March this […]
Preventable harm contributes to between 210,000 and 440,000 deaths in American hospitals, a new literature review in the Journal of Patient Safety finds. It divides these lethal mistakes into errors of commission, omission, communication, context and diagnostic errors. The smaller estimate, gleaned with help from the Global Trigger Tool, doesn’t include errors where the patient […]
NASA has selected to fund a 3D bioprinting project at the Ames Research Center as one of the 12 projects for study under Phase I of the its Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program. The program, which “aims to turn science fiction into fact,” awards $100,000 to Phase I recipients to projects that are “revolutionary, yet […]
NASA is looking to accelerators to identify healthcare entrepreneurs working on the best ideas to deliver healthcare to astronauts. The National Space Biomedical Research Institute Industry Forum announced a new funding program yesterday, SMARTCAP ACCEL. This fund offers no-strings-attached grants to companies working on healthcare products that can go from earth to space and back […]
Scanadu, one of the most high profile participants vying for the $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE, today lifted the veil on the design of its medical scanner via an Indiegogo campaign. And in a matter of a few hours, it’s exceeded its goal of $100,000. The device, called Scout, is placed on the forehead […]