It is critical that we rightsize and redistribute available funds based on our knowledge of persistent cancer disparities to help more patients benefit from potentially lifesaving innovations and ensure no one is left behind.
Health data company CuriMeta launched on Tuesday and announced the close of a $6 million seed funding round led by its two institutional partners, BJC HealthCare and the Washington University School of Medicine. The company's mission is to leverage its two institutional partners’ deep data resources to create more useful data that enables quicker discoveries of new diagnostics and medical interventions.
Executives from Imagine360, Verily, BrightInsight, Lantern, and Rhapsody shared their approaches to reducing healthcare costs and facilitating digital transformation.
For data to be truly valuable, it must take into consideration all the facets of the patient’s life. That will allow researchers to uncover new patterns in cancer prognosis, diagnosis and treatment.
U.S. government support can advance health breakthroughs and make a significant difference. I encourage you to support the creation of ARPA-H and to take specific actions to let your legislator know its importance.
Covid-19 stands as a litmus test for pushing the boundaries of standardized research processes. Let’s use this shared focus, urgency, and the new partnerships being forged, to invigorate and accelerate cancer research.
Couric, who lost her husband at 41 to colorectal cancer two decades ago and a sister to pancreatic cancer, leverages her nonprofit Stand Up to Cancer to boost research while using her media platform to educate the public.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
Merck and Palantir Technologies are forming a joint research venture called Syntropy as a way to offer data analytics tools to healthcare organizations.
The goal is to see if the extra motivation from fitness trackers, Wi-Fi scales and health coaches can help the patients lose weight and, ultimately, prevent a return of the disease.
We all know that certain behaviors like smoking, spending too much time in the sun, drinking excessively or an unhealthy diet can put us at risk for developing cancer. But according to some new research published in Science, unlucky, random cell mutation is the reason behind two thirds of cancer cases. Cristian Tomasetti and Bert […]