€10M Series B Round for #medtech GreenBone Ortho SpA: the new funding will be intended to expand the clinical use of the product also through new developments in further indications for use such as spinal and maxillofacial surgery https://t.co/zpv8QBFv5o
I am excited to be a judge for the @MedTechInnovator 2021 Road Tour on March 18! Can’t wait to hear some incredible pitches from startups focused on POC Diagnostics / Pathology / Laboratory Medicine! #medtechinnovator
Ahmadreza Djalali, a medical researcher sentenced to death in Iran three years ago on a charge of spying, which he denies, is under threat of imminent execution, Nature has been told. https://t.co/HmfaSB5QKI
L'ATS di Milano non è già in grado di gestire i volumi per fare contact-tracing. Continuo a ritenere incredibile, incredibile, che non esista un call-center centralizzato che faccia questo lavoro nei volumi necessari alla situazione. Incredibile
https://t.co/Uplv5gcNoV
A + feature in the new $5 antigen test
"uses lateral flow technology similar to a home pregnancy test and can be linked to a mobile-phone app that gives an all-clear code... test negative at work or school"
Needs to be incorporated in home tests in future
https://t.co/kR3VuwYZfA
Serum iron may be useful biomarker to identify COVID-19 disease severity: new collaborative study from @RDMOxford@MRC_WIMM@OxfordBRC@OxfordMedSci researchers, including @DocAShah @OUH_CritCare https://t.co/Aafyu82CnV
Just published @TheLancet
The largest study of hydroxychloroquine shows a significant increase in death (~35%) and >2-fold increase of serious heart arrhythmias. ~96,000 patients, ~15,000 on HCQ or CQ from 671 hospitals, 6 continents.
https://t.co/wl3OBKjNUs
On the other hand, hydroxychloroquine, with or w/o azithromycin, IS associated w/ risk: >90% of patients show ECG QTc prolongation, which is known to increase likelihood of serious heart rhythm disturbances
@JAMACardio today, 2 papers and an editorial
https://t.co/D1tVRhz01W
2 quite relevant @TheLancet editorials today on the pandemic
Not a global health crisis, a crisis about life itself
https://t.co/MQxpfP4yZ2 by @richardhorton1
The need for remaking a social contract
https://t.co/dZjtlw8Vlv
Si impara molto di piu’ testando concretamente una idea che facendo analisi a priori
L’atto concreto del fare qualcosa, cercando di farla funzionare, e’ molto piu’ profondo del pensare qualcosa