cancer treatment

person in hospital bed holds hand of person in white lab coat
By  Trevor Dermody 01:25 pm April 23, 2024
GE HealthCare has partnered with radiation therapy company Elekta to develop new software to improve clinicians experience and enable greater precision treatment.  Elekta will use GE HealthCare’s MIM Software imaging management platform, which GE HealthCare acquired earlier this month. MIM’s auto contouring and treatment management platform will allow Elekta to develop radiation oncology...
A biosensor capable of measuring serotonin levels in real-time
By  Adam Ang 02:59 am September 2, 2022
Korean researchers develop biosensor to measure serotonin levels in real-time A research team from the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology has developed a biosensor that can track serotonin levels in real time for the diagnosis of depression. Depression, which affects over a million South Koreans, is believed to be partly caused by imbalances in the level of neurotransmitters...
Theolytics, Oncolytics
By  Sara Mageit 05:54 am January 12, 2021
Oxford-based biotech company, Theolytics has announced the closing of a US $6.8 million (£5 million) Series A round. The round was co-led by Epidarex Capital and Taiho Ventures LLC with participation from existing investor, Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI). The financing will be used to progress the company’s pipeline of candidates towards human clinical trials. WHY IT MATTERS Theolytics will...
By  Dave Muoio 03:43 pm November 12, 2018
Driver, the pricey mobile app designed to link cancer patients to appropriate treatment or relevant clinical trials, appears to have bitten off a bit more than it could chew. This morning STAT reported that the service, which only launched in September, ran out of funds and released its entire 85-employee staff in mid-October, effectively shuttering the business. Driver CEO and cofounder Dr....