Peruvian scientist Yanymee Nimesia Guillen Quispe studies stabilizing proteins that might one day help treat cancer, while also strengthening scientific ties between South America and Asia through an organisation she co-founded, called SAPPIENS.
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InnovationRx: Zombie Mushrooms, Europe’s Covid Wave And Soft Brain Implants
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Move Over, Elon: This Under 30 CEO Just Raised $8 Million To Build A Next-Generation Brain Implant
Paul Le Floch’s company, Axoft, is developing brain implants made from soft, flexible materials that reduce injury and could treat disorders such as cerebral palsy.
Students Viewed This Type Of TikTok 412 Billion Times—And It’s Not Porn
McGraw Hill’s response: a new app that looks, as one student put it, like “their textbook and TikTok had a baby.”
Experts Are Predicting A Bad Flu Season. Here’s Why They Might Be Wrong
The Covid-19 pandemic has kept people apart for much of the past two flu seasons. But the bounce back doesn’t have to be dramatic.
At 81, Billionaire Robert Kraft, Owner Of The New England Patriots, Has Found A New Passion
Robert Kraft, a longtime leader in the exclusive club of National Football League team owners, has a new passion inspired by his late wife Myra, who died of cancer in 2011.
Why These Brothers Left Their $515 Million Fintech Company To Start A Healthcare Business
Nayya cofounders Aman and Akash Magoon have raised $5.6 million in capital for their new venture, Adonis, which aims to speed up the medical billing process.
InnovationRx: Declining VC Investment In Digital Health; Plus: Long Covid’s Impact
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Covid Accelerated Healthcare’s Digital Transformation—Here’s What’s Next
Dr. William Winkenwerder, a former healthcare CEO who also previously served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, explains how the Covid pandemic accelerated digital transformations in healthcare and what happens next.
InnovationRx: Medicare Advantage Plans Are Expanding; Plus: A Medtech Billionaire
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