Now that kids are using 3D printers to build their own new limbs, a group of Philadelphia doctors is exploring how to use the technology to build kid-sized devices. A group of pediatric specialists at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia want to find out how 3D printing can be used to create customized devices for the […]
It’s a bit surreal to go to a science fair at a hospital. But the group of health IT companies from DreamIt Venture’s accelerator coupled with demonstrations of technology from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania helped set the scene for a new initiative by DreamIt that’s starting at CHOP. The program is […]
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.
A Children Hospital of Philadelphia gene therapy spinout is taking over development of a Phase 3 gene therapy program to treat inherited blindness by counteracting retinal degeneration. It’s one of the most common causes of blindness in children. Spark Therapeutics is advancing the work of CHOP’s Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics. The center was […]
It took awhile but the White House decided to take back the label Obamacare and put a positive spin on it. The administration’s next marketing campaign should be around PCORI. It doesn’t roll off the tongue, but the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute is the carrot to the individual mandate stick. The Institute is working […]
Ellen Purpus, the director of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia‘s technology transfer office, enjoys talking brain candy with scientists, product development with businesspeople and having a front row seat to cutting edge science. Purpus is on the tech transfer panel at CONVERGE. Only four days left to get your ticket. What are you working on? […]
Researchers have developed a new human stem cell line that could be used as the building blocks for new diabetes and liver treatments. The endodermal progenitor cells were produced by a team led by Dr. Paul Gadue, a stem cell biologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia‘s Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics. One use for […]
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.
A therapeutics company that has developed a magnetic drug-delivery therapy to treat peripheral artery disease has received a $7 million venture capital investment in a series A financing round. Devon Park Bioventures, a Wayne, Pennsylvania venture capital firm, invests mainly in therapeutics. The investment gives the company two board seats at Vascular Magnetics, a spinoff […]
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is developing a data storage system connected to its newborn screening program to track the treatment of rare congenital diseases for research scientists to use. It is planning a data storage repository as part of the “Long-Term Follow-Up Data Collection Tool” project. It will store long-term clinical records of patients […]
A mother’s blog post alleging that a Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia physician explained that her daughter was turned down for a kidney transplant because she is intellectually disabled has sparked an online campaign that transformed the hospital’s Facebook page into a forum for an impassioned transplant ethics debate. Chrissy Rivera’s post described a meeting last […]
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has partnered with Beijing Genomics Institute, or BGI, the largest genomics institute in the world, to do large-scale human sequencing and bioinformatics analysis at the Joint Genome Center at the hospital. BGI@CHOP will focus on genes that underpin rare and common pediatric diseases using next-generation sequencing. CHOP has expertise in […]
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Penn Medicine is moving ahead with a tool that flags candidates for clinical trials in its electronic medical record systems after finishing a successful pilot program that drove clinician referrals. Penn Medicine is doing a second pilot with its Penn Research Trial Advisory software that includes two more clinical trials. The software is programmed to […]