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Aidoc has raised US$150m to expand CARE, its clinical AI platform that helps doctors make faster, more accurate medical decisions at the point of care. The funding round was led by General Catalyst and Square Peg, with support from NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture capital arm) and four major US health systems: Hartford HealthCare, Mercy, Sutter Health [...]
Mental health platform LISSUN has acquired US-based Being Cares as it moves to integrate AI into family-focused mental healthcare services. The deal combines LISSUN’s therapist-led model with Being Cares’ AI-based mental health mapping system, aiming to deliver a tech-driven approach to care. Being Cares currently supports nearly one million users worldwide through its AI system, [...]
An automated system has allowed researchers to observe schizophrenia-related behaviours in mice in a more natural environment, which could support future psychiatric studies. The IntelliCage platform uses microchipped mice and automated data tracking to monitor behaviour without human contact, helping to reduce interference in preclinical models of mental illness. Researchers from Fujita Health University in [...]
Health tech company Respiree has raised US$11.6m in Series A funding to expand its AI tools for managing disease progression across care settings. Founded in Singapore, the company said its augmented-AI platform is designed to support clinical decision-making by automating patient monitoring, care pathway management and the delivery of medical insights. One of its key [...]
Elon Musk’s Neuralink expects to implant brain chips in 20,000 people annually by 2031, generating at least US$1bn a year, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg. The company plans to operate around five large clinics within six years and offer at least three versions of its device, according to a recent presentation shown to investors. [...]
Biostate AI has secured strategic research partnerships in the U.S. and India, and a joint venture in China, dramatically expanding the global dataset for their RNA sequencing-based precision medicine solutions. Biostate AI uses RNA sequencing, a snapshot of gene activity, to build AI models that accurately guide drug development, therapy selection and personalised health predictions. [...]
A new AI model could speed up drug development by reducing the number of parameters needed to predict how molecules bind to proteins — a vital step in designing new drugs. The Predicting Affinity Through Homology (PATH) algorithm cuts the billions of variables used in traditional deep learning, allowing predictions to be traced to specific [...]
Health Tech World explores the latest business developments in the world of health technology. Partnership to revolutionise treatment of liver tumours Proximie - a health technology platform digitising operating rooms - has announced a partnership with HistoSonics, the manufacturer of the Edison Histotripsy System1 and novel histotripsy therapy platforms used for non-invasive treatment of liver [...]
By Dr Anton Yuryev, Consulting Director, Bioinformatics and Data Science, Elsevier There are more than 300 million people worldwide living with a rare condition, but only 5 per cent of 8,000 known rare diseases have licensed treatments. One pragmatic and potentially life-changing solution to the rare disease challenge is drug repurposing – the exploration of [...]
With an ageing population beset by comorbid health issues and a shortage of people to care for them, UK social care is in dire need of innovation. Traditional telecare tech like pendant alarms offer a reactive solution. Now a new generation of care tech companies are taking a more preventative approach. Among them is the [...]
