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…far from building an artificial organ, a breakthrough system being developed with the help of two alums from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas is bringing the diabetic community closer to one than ever before…Tomas Walker and Aimee Jose, who graduated…from...nursing school, are each playing a role in the creation of a so-called artificial pancreas system,..works like this: Three separate components with tiny needles are attached to the wearer's abdomen. The first two are pumps — one is filled with the insulin hormone, and the second is filled with another hormone called glucagon…third is a continuous glucose monitor,.. it tells the pumps how frequently they should secrete hormones into the body to regulate blood sugar levels.

... researchers at Stanford have genetically engineered yeast to make painkilling medicines, a breakthrough that heralds a faster and potentially less expensive way to produce many different types of plant-based medicines…they reprogrammed the genetic machinery of baker's yeast so that these fast-growing cells could convert sugar into hydrocodone...

Google's life sciences team,…partnered with DexCom to develop small low-cost sensors to improve diabetes management….to build continuous glucose monitoring devices, incorporating Google's miniaturized electronics platform…enable them to use data…to improve outcomes and reduce the costs associated with diabetes care,..

A revolutionary, high-throughput, robotic platform has been designed that automates and standardizes the process of transforming patient samples into stem cells. This unique platform for the first time gives researchers the scale to look at diverse populations to better understand the underlying causes of disease and create new individually tailored treatments, enabling precision medicine in patient care.

University Medical Center(Las Vegas),...doctors can reach deep into the lungs to diagnose cancer — without using a scalpel… hospital's superDimension ™ Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy ™ system extends the bronchoscope's reach into smaller airways. Catheters can be accurately placed into lesions outside the tube's field of view… Pulmonologists such as Dr. Hidenobu Shigemitsu can stage suspicious areas for biopsy and treat cancers found in the lungs…Lung GPS™Technology minimizes invasiveness and results in early detection of cancers.

Testing on an edible on-dose authentication technology developed by TruTag Technologies is showing promising results for its use in combating counterfeit drugs…TruTech partnered with WuXi PharmaTech,…technology that can store a drug’s provenance information on individual tablets. The silica, dust particle-sized TruTags act like bar codes that can provide information about where a drug was manufactured and its dosage, as well as supply chain details like lot or batch number...

World Courier (AmerisourceBergen) launched its Climate Optimisation Research & Engineering Labs to help pharmaceutical manufacturer clients evaluate, validate, and select the right climate-controlled packaging solutions for their specific needs,…The new solution center aims to…provide recommended combinations of the right packaging for the right transport route; and develop new packaging solutions with industry partners in situations where customer needs require novel solutions.

future of community pharmacy is a high-tech, connected world, where teleprescribing is common and pharmacists share information with patients via smart lenses. At least that is the vision of Dan Benamoz, RPh,..Pharmacy Development Services, a pharmacist training, consulting, and mentoring firm.

• Information sharing via "smart" lens
• Telepharmacy
• Pharmacogenomics
• Radio frequency technology

Wearable devices will soon play a meaningful role in the monitoring of healthcare that goes well beyond the niche activity trackers that are on the market today, … Future functionality will include real-time, remote patient monitoring and post-surgery rehabilitation… will eventually offer support to healthcare institutions by sharing real-time data collected by the consumer..

Li Tiantian, a Chinese doctor turned tech entrepreneur, is a leading light of the country’s much-trumpeted healthcare reform drive. His medical networking platform DXY.com …has attracted funding from tech giants … reality is rather different… a lack of support by Beijing and obstacles working with China’s huge, fragmented public healthcare sector...