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U.S. top court bars patents on human genes unless synthetic
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday prohibited patents on naturally occurring human genes but allowed legal protections on synthetically produced genetic material in a compromise ruling hailed as a partial victory for patients and the biotechnology industry.
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- Health Care
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6 Business Models That Are Transforming Health Systems Around The World
The new vision for health care isn’t just about access, quality and affordability.
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- Health Care
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GE Healthcare plans $2 billion investment for software development
Will focus on advancing current and future technology offerings through the convergence of machine and intelligent data
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- Health Care, Technology
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At Grameen Foundation, an international nonprofit becomes a software developer
The Grameen Foundation was providing health care to pregnant women in Ghana in 2010 when the organization had an idea: As cellphones become more widely available in developing nations, health information can be quickly disseminated to poor patients in remote locations via voice and text messaging.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Timeline: Smartphone-enabled health devices
Mobile health has come a long way since the start of 2009 when Apple demonstrated on-stage at its World Wide Developer Conference how blood pressure monitors and blood glucose meters could connect to the iPhone 3G via cables or Bluetooth. MobiHealth News has tracked smartphone-enabled health and fitness devices over the course of the past five years.
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China’s Healthcare Choice: Innovation or Access?
China today faces a dilemma in healthcare development between the present and the future. A fundamental choice will need to be made between financial incentives for future medical innovation or price controls that broaden present access to care
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Diagnosing Jaundice by Phone: How ClikJaundice is using mobile technology to empower parents at the BoP
Jaundice is a potentially serious but easily treatable condition affecting about half of the world’s newborns. But at the BoP, limited access to health care can make it difficult to diagnose, putting babies at risk of severe brain damage. Now, in India, a new mobile tech product called ClikJaundice is providing remote diagnosis of jaundice at an affordable price.
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