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Concussions – Lasting Effects Even After You Feel Better

In Canada, many kids are on ice skates before they can walk. But they don’t get to start slamming into each other until they’re around 11 when they can sign up for full contact hockey. Unsurprisingly, that’s also the age when...

October 27, 2017

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Manipulating Genetic Code

Scientists have demonstrated an “incredibly powerful” ability to manipulate the building blocks of life in two separate studies. One altered the order of atoms in DNA to rewrite the human genetic code and the instructions for life. The other edited...

October 27, 2017

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

BioTech Entrepreneurs Number One Fail

“Do you know what the number one failing of biotech entrepreneurs who try to get into medical devices is?” a senior healthcare VC (who asked for anonymity so he could speak freely) asked me over lunch recently. (Disclosure/reminder: I work...

October 26, 2017

Resource Library

6 Business Leaders Tell You How To Sell Them

Ever been pitched by a sales professional who wasn’t very, uh, professional? Often, I’ve had a strong urge to say, “Hold on. If you’d only address this or that, or approach me in another way, I’d probably buy from you.”...

October 24, 2017

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

‘Handful of Changes’ Make Cancer

British scientists have worked out how many changes it takes to transform a healthy cell into a cancer. The team, at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, showed the answer was a tiny handful, between one and 10 mutations depending on...

October 24, 2017

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

11 Most Innovative Medical Devices of 2017

The nominees for the best medical technology of 2017 were recently announced for the 11th Annual Prix Galien USA Awards. The Galien Foundation, the host of the awards, hands out the the Prix Galien Award annually to examples of outstanding...

October 23, 2017

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Wearables for Rehabilitation

According to the American College of Sports Medicine, wearable technologies are the worlds current number one fitness trend (Thompson, 2015, 2016). By providing patients with an instant biofeedback, wearables not only have the possibility to prevent injury and overuse, but...

October 23, 2017

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Harvard’s New Biosensitive Tattoos Could Replace Smart Wearables

Thanks to wearable technology, you can go for a run and a fitness tracker will tell you how long you’ve exercised, your heart rate, and how many calories you’ve probably burned. That’s cool, sure, but there’s only so much it can tell you....

October 20, 2017

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

FDA Moves us Closer to a Surgical Robotic Future

Much negativity surrounds the public perception of our robot-ridden future. Indeed, sensationalist fears about thousands or millions of jobs undergoing ruthless robotic appropriation spread like wildfire. But the advancement of intelligent machines isn’t all that miserable. Indeed, some advancements presently...

October 19, 2017