RockHealth puts out a report that lists companies that received funding and there are several interesting points in that report for 2017. In their list of megadeals – those companies that received more than $100M in funding, it is interesting that the companies are distributed throughout and not just the two coasts. One of the…
An interesting concept is that typically enzymes have been thought of as proteins that have catalytic properties. However, it would be very useful to have catalyst that is not damaged by heat, pH or other proteins that affect a typical protein. A science that is evolving is to create these novel materials that are different…
A physician in Indonesia, Gamal Albinsaid, has created a novel system for getting medical treatment. He offers medical treatment in exchange for garbage that his patients pickup. The garbage can be sold and patients get access to cheaper medical care. This effort by Indonesia Medika is commendable because it aims to provide some health coverage…
Biomarker database There are several databases that are used to track biomarkers. The important thing to keep in mind is that the biomarker may be biological entity like a protein, lipid or DNA/RNA fragment but they can also be a group of cells – for example Tumor infiltrating cells or, physiological test, clinical outcome measure…
When you look up the drugs that fail due to lack efficacy in a Biotech company database such as this one, there are so many companies that fail because the drug was not efficacious – which means that it did not work as shown by the clinical trial. It is possible that the company is…
Typical heaters are made very simple with a resistance that generates heat but can be complex to control. For example, see the design picture for a temperature controlled fan. There has to be a sensing element which needs to send an input to the control processor or element which in turns needs to regulate the…
Biological Organic chemistry can be hard. There are several molecules and many of them are complex in shape and characteristics. To really understand molecular function and structure, it would be great to have molecules that you can rotate in 3D as well as see and feel with your hands. This has been traditionally possible only…
Look at the picture of the bridge with graffiti. There have been significant effort that has gone into making a mark on the bridge – not just the cost of paint, application cost and also substantial risk to mark at locations that look very dangerous. So why do people do it ? One obvious reason…
There are several problems in treating cancer. Among the most vexing is to figure out exactly the type of tumor so that you can come up with a very specific therapy. If you cannot get access to the cancer through some simple measures then the physicians only choice is to look at it through…
Pedro Lopes from MIT has been doing some fantastic work on combining image sensing and providing feedback to the human. Typical VR (Virtual Reality) setup’s are problematic because though user can see things they cannot feel it. Pedro is using electrical stimulation to provide feedback as this video shows: {youtube}OcSmCamMKfs{/youtube} But take that a step…
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