Category: biomarker

How’s my driving? GPS tracking spots Alzheimer’s with 86% accuracy

alzheimer's disease, biomarker, digital, digital health, neurology, News / July 13, 2021 July 13, 2021

Diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease is still a challenge, particularly in its earliest stages, but a new study suggests that subtle changes in behaviour whilst driving could serve as an early warning system. The researchers used GPS logging devices and machine learning as “digital biomarkers” to compare the driving of people who have preclinical Alzheimer’s but are …

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physIQ licenses virtual trial tech to Janssen in multi-year deal

biomarker, digital, Janssen, News, PhysIQ, virtual trials / April 22, 2021 April 22, 2021

Biosensor firm physIQ has licensed its technology to Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen pharma unit in a multi-year deal, to investigate use of wearable sensors in virtual clinical trials. Janssen will be able to scale up use of Chicago-based physIQ’s biosensors to support both R&D and commercial activities. The pharma company will use the technology known …

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Limited access to cancer biomarker testing in Europe, report finds

biomarker, cancer, EFPIA, News, Oncology, patients / February 23, 2021 February 23, 2021

There is limited access to biomarker testing for cancer in Europe, despite the huge potential of the technology to improve outcomes, according to a new report. The report from European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) shows the results of research conducted in 2020 to assess the availability, quality and reimbursement of biomarker tests …

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Researchers turn an ear to voice-based biomarkers

AI, Artificial Intelligence, Aural Analytics, biomarker, Daily, Health Tech, Hypertension, sound, Startups, SYN, Top Story, Vocalis Health, voice / November 5, 2020 November 5, 2020

Startups are turning to voice data as they try to develop tools to detect a wide range of diseases. One startup, Vocalis Health, is working with Mayo Clinic to identify voice-based biomarkers for pulmonary hypertension.

Google’s sister company didn’t succeed in search for depression biomarker

AI, Alphabet, biomarker, Daily, depression, EEG, google, Health Tech, SYN, Top Story, X / November 4, 2020 November 4, 2020

Alphabet’s “moonshot” subsidiary X shared that it failed to find a single biomarker for depression and anxiety. But the company still plans to make its research, which included developing portable EEGs, available to the public.