Pfizer devotes $150 million to neuroscience in venture capital funding increase
The company, which cut 300 neuroscience R&D jobs in January, is making the funding a centerpiece of its $600 million VC boost.
FDA-cleared wearable for Parkinson’s disease patients gets $6M+ funding boost
The funding is aimed at commercializing the device in the U.S. and other markets, according to the company's website citing The Australian Financial Review.
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Viz.AI's product uses a form of artificial intelligence to analyze computed tomography images of the brain to detect signs of a stroke.
DARPA wants to chat with 1 million neurons through brain-computer interface program
Through its Neural Engineering System Design program, DARPA is sponsoring research into a new generation of technologies that could better enable communication between devices and the brain.
Abbott, DOD collaborate on concussion blood test
Assessing mild traumatic brain injury with a blood test could be tremendously useful for the military. More than 360,000 service members have suffered a TBI since 2000, and diagnosing them has often been inexact
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Could non-invasive brain stimulation with cognitive training reduce MS symptoms?
Researchers at NYU’s Langone Medical Center and other institutions have test-driven a new approach to mitigate multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms, combining transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) with cognitive training.
Specialists On Call acquires teleneurology provider NeuroCall
The deal comes five months afterSpecialists On Call announced $50 million in new funding. At the time, the company said it would take some of the money to look for acquisition opportunities.
Safety concerns spur doctors, scientists to engage brain stimulation technology hackers
At the center of the scientists' concerns is the lack of studies of transcranial direct stimulation at the frequencies many end users experiment with — for example, stimulating daily for months or longer.
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Does third-party neuromonitoring encourage healthcare fraud?
In an investigation published Sunday, The Austin (Texas) American-Statesman could find no specific case of someone being charged with fraud related to neuromonitoring, but payers and regulators are concerned.
NorthShore customizes Epic EMR to address deficiencies for neurology
NorthShore built structured clinical decision support toolkits into the Epic EMR to capture discrete data for 10 specific neurological disorders. The next step is to build a neurology research network among like-minded health systems.
Morning Read: Cyborg brains, blindness cure get close to reality
"Cyborg brains," in the form of brain implants, are in development at the University of Southern California.
Wearables help manage neurological disorders, predict symptoms
New, wearable technology not only helps monitor symptoms automatically, it may be able to predict seizures and disease progression in patients with neurological disorders.
What if we could predict emotional reactions before they happen by looking at the brain?
More complex understandings about the connection between brain activity and emotional responses could lead to better mental healthcare.