Club to clinic: psychedelic drug trials aim to break new ground in mental health
Is the world about to experience a surge of medicinal psychedelics? We look at four breakthrough trials moving the needle.
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Clinical trial disruption due to Covid-19 has begun to slow
Since early March, many companies have delayed the initiation of or completely withdrawn planned clinical...
Alzheimer’s disease: how precision medicine could reverse cognitive decline
A recent trial using precision medicine is the first to show cognitive improvement in patients...
“Google Maps for the human body” – AI’s rise in surgical tech
Humans will be performing surgery for quite some time – but as Giacomo Lee discovers,...
OnQuality: developing treatments to combat cancer therapy side effects
OnQuality’s chief medical officer and co-founder Hong Tang discusses the firm’s pipeline of cancer supportive...
Face recognition is just the tip of the AI Computer Vision iceberg
When artificial intelligence (AI) hits the headlines, it’s usually bad news pertaining to the perils of face recognition. It was only recently that Twitter had to remove an AI-based cropping…
Sputnik V controversy: still no raw data
Sputnik V, the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Moscow’s Gamaleya Research Institute, has suffered a sharp fall from grace since it was first announced. Once a front-runner in the race to…
Virtual therapy: Health tech at-a-distance will outlast the Covid status quo
Virtual therapy is virtually everywhere these days. Smart watches can vibrate to hinder PTSD-related episodes during sleep. Companies offer their employees online counselling via Zoom. Meditation apps such as Headspace…
Chatbots: AI tech can be useful in real-world business applications right now
Chatbots are one of the main real-world business implementations of artificial intelligence (AI) software today, with companies all over the world using them to reduce the need for expensive human…
Who is exploring alternative delivery methods for Covid-19 vaccines?
When we think of a vaccine, the first thing that comes to mind is an intimidatingly long needle attached to a syringe followed by a sharp poke in the arm.…
Bedside manner: These robots want to know how we are today
Whether dealing with a public or private provider, today's health care consumers may not be surprised to find themselves conversing with tech: with chatbots and smart assistants. While some surgical…
