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Health Technology: is defined by the World Health Organization as the "application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of lives".
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APR 07, 2015Cancer
Biopharmaceutical firm Berg is joining forces with two prominent Harvard-affiliated medical research institutions, the P ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 07, 2015Earth & The Environment
In one of the first studies to examine the potential for using municipal wastewater as a feedstock for algae-based biofu ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Growing up near Springfield, Mass., Laurie Boyer was always interested in science but didn't have many opportunities to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 06, 2015Technology
Rice University researchers are developing a highly accurate, touch-free system that uses a video camera to monitor pati ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 06, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Tissue stem cells, which continuously renew our tissues, can divide asymmetrically to produce two types of daughter cell ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 03, 2015Neuroscience
The war on PTSD, Gulf War Illness, and other illnesses suffered by veterans just got a boost from an unexpected source-l ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 03, 2015Neuroscience
Extensive research has been conducted about the 300 different kinds of neurons in the brain and their function, but this ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 03, 2015Neuroscience
Each year, more than 60 million Americans fail to get enough sleep at night due to a chronic sleep disorder. Yet few of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 03, 2015Earth & The Environment
Farmers who are considering selling corn residue from their fields to produce cellulosic ethanol first should weigh a ra ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Cancer-fighting pink pineapples, heart-healthy purple tomatoes and less fatty vegetable oils may someday be on grocery s ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Health & Medicine
The 14th annual IATI-Biomed 2015, the premier international biomed conference in Israel, will take place between May 12 ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Cancer
Sven Pettersson, Ph.D., is a Professor at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the LKC School of Medicine at NTU of Singa ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Health & Medicine
The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia has announced that the Botswana-UPenn Partnership (BUP) is collaborating ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Cancer
In the 1970s, epidemiologists found that workers in factories using vinyl chloride, the key ingredient for PVC plastics, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Health & Medicine
Similar to the way glucometers and pregnancy tests have revolutionized in-home diagnostic testing, researchers from Flor ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 02, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA's groundbreaking science mission to retrieve a sample from an ancient space rock has moved closer to fruition. The ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 01, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles have been looking into the effects of air pollution. While it sh ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 31, 2015Cardiology
A team of investigators at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and the University of Southern California have develop ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 30, 2015Cancer
Nearly 50 years after the "war on cancer" was declared in the United States, precision medicine presages an era of incre ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Traditionally, to understand how a gene functions, a scientist would breed an organism that lacks that gene - "knocking ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 27, 2015Health & Medicine
When Scott J. Kelly goes up to the International Space Station - he and two Russian astronauts are scheduled to launch o ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Neuroscience
Where ALS comes from and how it progresses are mysteries that continue to vex medical science. But recent research at Sw ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
APR 07, 2015
Cancer
Biopharmaceutical firm Berg is joining forces with two prominent Harvard-affiliated medical research institutions, the P
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 07, 2015
Earth & The Environment
In one of the first studies to examine the potential for using municipal wastewater as a feedstock for algae-based biofu
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 06, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Growing up near Springfield, Mass., Laurie Boyer was always interested in science but didn't have many opportunities to
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 06, 2015
Technology
Rice University researchers are developing a highly accurate, touch-free system that uses a video camera to monitor pati
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 06, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Tissue stem cells, which continuously renew our tissues, can divide asymmetrically to produce two types of daughter cell
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 03, 2015
Neuroscience
The war on PTSD, Gulf War Illness, and other illnesses suffered by veterans just got a boost from an unexpected source-l
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Extensive research has been conducted about the 300 different kinds of neurons in the brain and their function, but this
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Each year, more than 60 million Americans fail to get enough sleep at night due to a chronic sleep disorder. Yet few of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 03, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Farmers who are considering selling corn residue from their fields to produce cellulosic ethanol first should weigh a ra
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Cancer-fighting pink pineapples, heart-healthy purple tomatoes and less fatty vegetable oils may someday be on grocery s
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Health & Medicine
The 14th annual IATI-Biomed 2015, the premier international biomed conference in Israel, will take place between May 12
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Cancer
Sven Pettersson, Ph.D., is a Professor at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the LKC School of Medicine at NTU of Singa
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Health & Medicine
The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia has announced that the Botswana-UPenn Partnership (BUP) is collaborating
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Cancer
In the 1970s, epidemiologists found that workers in factories using vinyl chloride, the key ingredient for PVC plastics,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Health & Medicine
Similar to the way glucometers and pregnancy tests have revolutionized in-home diagnostic testing, researchers from Flor
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 02, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA's groundbreaking science mission to retrieve a sample from an ancient space rock has moved closer to fruition. The
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 01, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles have been looking into the effects of air pollution. While it sh
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 31, 2015
Cardiology
A team of investigators at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and the University of Southern California have develop
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 30, 2015
Cancer
Nearly 50 years after the "war on cancer" was declared in the United States, precision medicine presages an era of incre
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Traditionally, to understand how a gene functions, a scientist would breed an organism that lacks that gene - "knocking
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 27, 2015
Health & Medicine
When Scott J. Kelly goes up to the International Space Station - he and two Russian astronauts are scheduled to launch o
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Where ALS comes from and how it progresses are mysteries that continue to vex medical science. But recent research at Sw
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider