The drug overdose epidemic is being driven by fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that comes in many forms. Each form has a slightly different chemical structure, and clandestine chemists are constantly cooking up new chemicals. …Continue reading
Supercomputers Studying TBIs
A research multi-year project started in March 2018, involving the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Livermore (LLNL) https://www.llnl.gov, Lawrence Berkeley (LBNL) https://www.lbnl.gov, and Argonne (ANL) https://www.anl.gov, which are all DOE national laboratories, are going to use DOE’s supercomputing resources, artificial intelligence capabilities, and a precision medicine approach to study TBIs. …Continue reading
Diagnosing TB via Smartphones
Researchers funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) https://www.nibib.nih.gov within NIH, have started a six month pilot study in Lima Peru to use smartphones and computer-aided tools to rapidly screen for Tuberculosis (TB). Peru is one of the countries with the highest number of TB cases in the Americas. …Continue reading
NCI Grants for Cancer Research
Vanderbilt University has been awarded a five year $8.1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute https://www.cancer.gov to develop and serve as NCI’s “Cancer Systems Biology Consortium to be located at Vanderbilt. …Continue reading
Discussing Machine Learning & AI
The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) within the Department of Commerce, https://www.nist.gov is an important player in AI, since the NIST laboratories touch many sectors including healthcare. …Continue reading
Grants to Expand Telepsychiatry
The South Carolina Department of Mental Health (SCDMH) https://scdmh.org recently received grant awards for $600,000 and $1.2 million over three years respectively, from The Duke Endowment (TDE) http://dukeendowment.org to expand their telepsychiatry services and school mental health programs. …Continue reading
Developing Next-Gen EEG
It is hoped that a Next-Gen EEG device could help to bring back lost brain function. The Next-Gen EEG is under development at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University https://www6.slac.stanford.edu. The goal is to help bring back lost brain function by measuring how the brain responds to therapies that will stimulate the brain with electric current. …Continue reading