Innovation Stories
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First Woman Reported Cured Of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant
A U.S. patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus... -
Rustam Gilfanov: Stem cells, What Science Knows And Expects
Exactly 40 years ago, the future Nobel Prize winner Martin Evans published his study on mouse embryos’ stem cells and their medical potential [1]. His research revolutionized biomedicine, as it... -
A New Potential Danger from your iPhone?
The iPhone 12's MagSafe feature may be not safe if you have a pacemaker. -
For Medical Professionals, Technology-as-a-Service is the Future with MedOptic Software
A Florida medtech startup just announced the launch of its MedOptic software, allowing for students, trainees, and surgeons to stream into surgeries in real time with 3D capabilities . -
In Study, Cancer Patients Report Symptoms in Real Time
Real-time connection systems could improve patient care for people being treated for cancer. -
Preventing Injury Using Smart Textiles
Smart technology is now wearable. Sensor-equipped textiles have one purpose: to alert the wearer of imminent injury. -
Algorithm for COVID-19 Mass Screening May Cut Testing Costs
A new model is suggested as a mass testing tool to reduce costs in screening communities for COVID-19. -
Would You Be Infected, on Purpose? U.K. Trial Wants Volunteers
Researchers in the UK want volunteers for a trial in which they deliberately infect people with the virus that causes COVID-19. -
COVID-Testing: Saliva's Out, Nose Swabs Are In
The much anticipated, at-home saliva test for COVID-19 is now more the stuff of fiction than of reality. -
Contact Tracing Apps Help Fight COVID Spread
Contact tracing apps are finally rolling out, state by state, across the US to help fight the spread of COVID-19. -
Meet The Oracles of Virtual Care
Some saw that telehealth could impact healthcare delivery in a meaningful way. When the pandemic hit, they were ready. -
Strange Bedfellows Creating Healthcare Reform Plans
Proving yet again that necessity fuels invention, some hospital systems and insurers, normally not the best of friends, have decided that working together makes more sense than not to bring about...
