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Laboratory Management Innovations 2019
The Importance of Laboratory Management Systems Laboratories have been among the heaviest users of information technology since its inception more than 30 years ago. As places where questions are answered and breakthroughs begin, labs have played a defining role in defining and developing information management systems along the way. The global laboratory information management systems […]
Fentanyl-Related Overdoses Sweeping the Northeast
Fentanyl-related Overdoses Sweeping the Northeast Fentanyl, which killed music legend Prince, killed more people in Virginia in 2015 than any other prescription painkiller. Legally purchased fentanyl rose only 10 percent from 2007 to 2014, yet annual death rates nearly tripled in that time, rising from 48 to 134 deaths each year. Fentanyl was responsible for 221 deaths […]
Wearable Sensors: Identify Early Signs of Disease
Wearable Sensors May Help Identify Early Signs of Disease Wearable technologies may be able to do much more than monitor a person’s blood pressure or total number of steps each day, according to a new study, which suggests wearable sensors can detect early signs of serious disease. Wearable biosensors, otherwise known as wearables, are a low-cost […]
Nobel Peace Prize Winner for Medicine – Yoshinori Ohsumi
Dr. Yochinori Ohsumi Wins Nobel Peace Prize for Medicine Frank Magliochetti Report Yoshinori Ohsumi is the sole winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Dr. Ohsumi is a cell biologist who specializes in autophagy, which is the process cells use to destroy and recycle cellular components the cells no longer use. Ohsumi […]
Medical 3D Printing Advancements
Advancements in Medical 3D Printing Three-dimensional (3D) printing has been around since the 1980s, when Chuck Hull patented the mechanical process of printing successive layers of material to create objects. Known as stereolithography or additive manufacturing, the process quickly spread beyond industry into a number of sectors, including medicine. A 3D printer is similar to […]