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A Rutgers-led team has created a blood-sampling robot that performed as well or better than people, according to the first human clinical trial of an automated blood drawing and testing device. The device provides quick results and would allow healthcare professionals to spend more time treating patients in hospitals and other settings.

CRISPR'D CELLS SHOW PROMISE IN FIRST US HUMAN SAFETY TRIAL


The trial was small—just three people—and designed only to assess the technique’s safety. Last year, each cancer patient received infusions of about 100 million of their own T cells, which had been genetically modified in a University of Pennsylvania lab. There, researchers equipped the cells with souped up cancer-recognizing receptors and used Crispr to make them more efficient killing machines. These cells successfully joined up with the rest of each person’s immune system and could still be found circulating in patients’ blood nine months later.

WHY IT'S IMPORTANT?

Using CRISPR in clinical studies is risky but such promising results could pave the way for more studies.

The digital health trends to watch in 2020: What global trends are shaping the year ahead and are expected to have the biggest impact on healthcare? Read our predictions about national digital health strategies, 5G, Amazon's and Google's march into healthcare and more.

If I have to name one ultimate way of improving your health and your life, it's definitely sleep tracking. It's a less widespread feature of health tracking and smartwatches, just as sleep quality is an unduly underrepresented factor of a healthy lifestyle. (Sleep tracking is also an ideal first step if you feel like experimenting with digital health technologies.) In this episode, I'll show you how a sleep tracker and a smart sleep alarm are going to change your life - even from now on.

Understanding how the world works means understanding cause and effect. Why are things like this? What will happen if I do that? Correlations tell you that certain phenomena go together. Only causal links tell you why a system is as it is or how it might evolve. Correlation is not causation, as the slogan goes.

WHY IT'S IMPORTANT?

This is a critical milestone for the role of machine learning in medicine.

Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a handheld 3D printer that can deposit a stem cell-loaded bioink onto wounds, such as burns, to promote tissue healing. The device acts like a paint roller, and a clinician could use it to deposit the biomaterial in even stripes on a wound surface. A recent study has shown that the deposited bioink can help tissue to heal.

People spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors. And for them the health risks may be greater than we first realize. The longer you spend in pollution, the greater the health effects. Pollution in general is a great problem we all should keep an eye on and strive to resolve. So, let’s talk about it a bit more!

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