❤️ Health Tech
Health Tech, or digital health, helps us understand and take control of our own health. But we also cover more traditional health news like medicines, vaccines and medical procedures.
👨🏼🔬 To crack future pandemics, crack the mystery of aging
A relatively new area of research is about trying to slow down aging and, by extension, even be able to rejuvenate people. Now the field is getting even more attention because of the coronavirus pandemic.
🔬 Now it is possible to test for corona in five minutes
ID NOW is the name of an analytical instrument that in five minutes can show if a patient has the coronavirus. It is no bigger than a toaster, which allows it to be installed almost anywhere.
🚘 Tesla is using Model 3 components to engineer and produce ventilators
CEO, Elon Musk has reorganized sections of his factories in the United States to create ventilators, most notably the Gigafactory in New York.
💻 Your computer can help find a cure for COVID19
Folding @ Home uses people's computers to discover how the proteins that make up the COVID 19 virus looks like, to be able to faster find a cure or a vaccine.
🚑 Elon Musk announces free worldwide delivery of FDA-approved ventilators
The Tesla CEO just announced that his company has FDA-approved ventilators that he plans to ship throughout various regions throughout the world, at absolutely no cost.
👩⚕️ 15 fact-based optimistic news about the coronavirus
Most of the news about the coronavirus is of course negative, but there are glimmers of hope out there, and a lot is being done to fight the virus.
🧬 Newly discovered protein may repair DNA breaks linked to aging and cancer
The new 'toolkit' can eat toxic proteins that damage DNA, and are linked to aging, cancer, and even motor neuron diseases.
🖖 Technical breakthrough makes a hand prosthesis feel and function like a normal hand
Researchers have taken an existing prosthesis and made it much more accurate and easier to use.
👩⚕️ Gates Foundation launches initiative to speed development of therapies for the coronavirus
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome, and Mastercard have committed up to $125 million in seed funding to speed-up the response to the COVID-19 epidemic by identifying, assessing, developing, and scaling-up treatments.