R&D

Manhattan Research Releases Digital DTC Relevance Rankings

More than 60% of U.S. adults turn to the Internet as a decision support tool in healthcare and disease management, and certain condition groups are more likely to use online health resources than others, according to pharmaceutical and healthcare market research company Manhattan Research. Acne, restless leg syndrome, and cancer patients are among the top ten therapeutic categories adopting eHealth activities, which can range from reading a health-related blog to joining an online patient community.

Robots and scientists thinking together

Scientists in the UK have incorporated artificial intelligence (AI) and a sophisticated set of algorithms into a robot, named Adam, that can develop hypotheses and carry out a whole scientific experimentation cycle. The research, published in the journal Science, paves the way for dramatically increasing the rate of scientific progress.

CAST PHARMA Announces a New Office in Denmark

CAST PHARMA, a premier European 3D pharmaceutical and biomedical animation production company, has announced the opening of the new office in Ballerup, Denmark. This new office will allow Cast Pharma to meet the growing demand in the Northern Europe pharmaceutical market and to improve services to existing clients.

GoOn Research and Development Project Wins Theseus-Mittelstand

Transinsight announced today that the consortium formed with RESprotect, Antikörper-Online, and the Bioinformatics group of Prof. Dr. Michael Schroeder at TU Dresden, has won the Theseus-Mittelstand for R&D project GoOn. Over the next two years, the project - based on the results of Theseus One - will develop praxis-relevant semantic technologies for information handling in the biomedical domain.

Cancer Patients Connect with Online Communities for Care and Support

Connectivity and community are key components of the growing population of cancer patients using innovative resources to take more of an empowered role in their condition and treatment management. According to Manhattan Research's Cybercitizen Health™ study, more than sixty percent of cancer patients are eHealth Consumers, reporting to go online for health information.

Updated EC legislation on the protection of animals used in research raises questions

The European Science Foundation (ESF) has urged European institutions to reconsider key points in the proposed revision of the directive on the use of animals in research. The revised directive, which was put forward by the Commission at the end of 2008, is scheduled for discussion in the European Parliament in the coming weeks.

Pleasant music can enhance visual awareness in stroke patients, study shows

Researchers in Spain and the UK have demonstrated that stroke patients who have lost part of their spatial awareness experience enhanced visual awareness when listening to music that they like. The study's findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, underline the importance of an individual's emotional state in modulating awareness.

Research & Development

Manhattan Research Releases Digital DTC Relevance Rankings

Robots and scientists thinking together

CAST PHARMA Announces a New Office in Denmark

GoOn Research and Development Project Wins Theseus-Mittelstand

Cancer Patients Connect with Online Communities for Care and Support

Updated EC legislation on the protection of animals used in research raises questions

Pleasant music can enhance visual awareness in stroke patients, study shows

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