Home Test to Treat program extends nationwide

Home Test to Treat program extends nationwide

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Tue, 12/05/2023 – 10:18

Home Test to Treat offers free testing, telehealth and treatment for both COVID-19 and for influenza A and B.What:…

Home Test to Treat program extends nationwide

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program logo with text Home Test to Treat Program arranged to look like a house with a roof on top of the letter O in home
Home Test to Treat offers free testing, telehealth and treatment for both COVID-19 and for influenza A and B.

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NIH Blueprint MedTech spurs innovation in diagnosing and treating nervous system disorders

NIH Blueprint MedTech spurs innovation in diagnosing and treating nervous system disorders

Science Highlights

raymond.macdougall

Tue, 11/14/2023 – 16:57

Within one year of launching its incubator hubs, the National Ins…

NIH Blueprint MedTech spurs innovation in diagnosing and treating nervous system disorders

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Within one year of launching its incubator hubs, the National Institutes of Health Blueprint MedTech program has issued nine awards in its first competition cycle. The MedTech program seeks to accelerate transformative medical devices to restore brain health, improve healthy aging and treat disorders of the nervous system. The first round of these awards totals $11M.

Groundbreaking prosthetic hand pioneered by I³R at U of A featured at White House Demo Day

Groundbreaking prosthetic hand pioneered by I³R at U of A featured at White House Demo Day

Grantee News

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Thu, 11/09/2023 – 09:52

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy invited the Uni…

Groundbreaking prosthetic hand pioneered by I³R at U of A featured at White House Demo Day

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The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy invited the University of Arkansas Institute for Integrative & Innovative Research to demonstrate its innovative prosthetic hand system at the 2023 American Possibilities: White House Demo Day held in Washington, D.C., an event designed to showcase the breakthrough advancements that are possible with federally funded research and development. Source: University of Arkansas News

Researchers Develop Smartphone App to Analyze Human Motion

Researchers Develop Smartphone App to Analyze Human Motion

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Wed, 10/25/2023 – 10:36

A research team led by Scott L. Delp, Ph.D. of Stanford University and colleagues, and funded by the Na…

Researchers Develop Smartphone App to Analyze Human Motion

raymond.macdougall Wed, 10/25/2023 - 10:36
A research team led by Scott L. Delp, Ph.D. of Stanford University and colleagues, and funded by the National Institutes of Health, has developed a smart phone app that can track and analyze a person’s locomotion and other types of movements. Source: Orthopedic Design & Technology Magazine

Emory University, Georgia Tech, CHOA receive millions to support inventors in health care

Emory University, Georgia Tech, CHOA receive millions to support inventors in health care

Grantee News

raymond.macdougall

Wed, 10/25/2023 – 10:23

Emory University announced on Wednesday that the National Institute of B…

Emory University, Georgia Tech, CHOA receive millions to support inventors in health care

raymond.macdougall Wed, 10/25/2023 - 10:23
Emory University announced on Wednesday that the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health has awarded a team of academic and medical institutions — including Emory University, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta — $7.8 million for research. Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

URI, UMass Chan Medical School researchers developing high-tech armband to help people with opioid-use disorder

URI, UMass Chan Medical School researchers developing high-tech armband to help people with opioid-use disorder

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Mon, 10/23/2023 – 09:35

Backed by a $2.6 million federal grant, a team of …

URI, UMass Chan Medical School researchers developing high-tech armband to help people with opioid-use disorder

raymond.macdougall Mon, 10/23/2023 - 09:35
Backed by a $2.6 million federal grant, a team of researchers from the University of Rhode Island and the UMass Chan Medical School is developing a wearable device that would be able to detect if people are taking their medication for opioid-use disorder, increasing the likelihood they would remain in treatment and preventing overdose deaths. Source: URI Rhody Today

Media Advisory: New smartphone app quickly analyzes human motion to aid physical rehabilitation

Media Advisory: New smartphone app quickly analyzes human motion to aid physical rehabilitation

NIBIB in the News

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Mon, 10/23/2023 – 09:23

Researchers have developed a smart phone app that can track a…

Media Advisory: New smartphone app quickly analyzes human motion to aid physical rehabilitation

raymond.macdougall Mon, 10/23/2023 - 09:23
Researchers have developed a smart phone app that can track and analyze human locomotion—the ability to move from one place to another—and other types of movements. They suggest that using the app costs only 1% of conventional motion analysis techniques and works 25 times faster. Source: NIH News

VISE-Affiliated Researchers conduct phase 1 trial of novel magnetic endoscope for colonoscopies

VISE-Affiliated Researchers conduct phase 1 trial of novel magnetic endoscope for colonoscopies

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Mon, 10/23/2023 – 09:11

A Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering research team i…

VISE-Affiliated Researchers conduct phase 1 trial of novel magnetic endoscope for colonoscopies

raymond.macdougall Mon, 10/23/2023 - 09:11
A Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering research team is conducting the first phase 1 clinical trial of a magnetic, flexible endoscope that has the potential to provide a safer alternative to standard colonoscopy, particularly for individuals with inflammatory bowel disease. Source: Nashville Medical News

UMass Chan, Lowell receive $9M from NIH for home health technology

UMass Chan, Lowell receive $9M from NIH for home health technology

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Fri, 10/13/2023 – 10:20

UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Lowell have received $8.9 million from the National Institu…

UMass Chan, Lowell receive $9M from NIH for home health technology

raymond.macdougall Fri, 10/13/2023 - 10:20
UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Lowell have received $8.9 million from the National Institutes of Health in support for their development of home care technology. Source: Worcester Business Journal

NIH researchers develop new method to identify potential stroke therapies

NIH researchers develop new method to identify potential stroke therapies

NIBIB in the News

raymond.macdougall

Thu, 09/21/2023 – 10:11

Researchers have identified uric acid as a potential therapy to enhance recovery fr…

NIH researchers develop new method to identify potential stroke therapies

raymond.macdougall Thu, 09/21/2023 - 10:11
Researchers have identified uric acid as a potential therapy to enhance recovery from acute ischemic stroke using a new method for conducting preclinical animal research. Source: NIH.gov