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Rice Engineer Secures Prestigious $625,000 ‘Genius Grant’
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, a bioengineering professor at Rice University, was named a 2016 MacArthur Fellow by the MacArthur Foundation.
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Doctors Test Drones to Speed Up Delivery of Lab Tests
Three years ago, Geoff Baird bought a drone. The Seattle dad and hobby plane enthusiast used the 2.5-pound quadcopter to photograph the Hawaiian coastline and film his son's soccer and baseball games.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Apollo Spectra Hospitals, Quadio Introduce Net Audiometry Services
Apollo Spectra Hospitals, part of Apollo Health and Lifestyle Ltd. (AHLL), one of the largest players in the healthcare segment, for the first time has partnered with Pune based hearing health care provider Quadio Labs for their maiden telemedicine services.
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Cisco Targets India With Strategic Digital Solutions Across Sectors
Global networking heavyweight Cisco Ltd. is making several strategic moves in India to strengthen its market in India.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Discovery to Take South Africa e-Health Entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley
South African insurance firm Discovery has launched its Entrepreneurs Medical Technology programme, which will take local e-health startups on a trip to Silicon Valley later this year.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Weekly Roundup: A Different Kind of Pivot in SE Asia, a Surprising Collaboration in India and South Africa’s Sweet Move
Among the discussion items in this week's Roundup: the bumper crop of social enterprises in Southeast Asia; India's uphill climb toward financial inclusion; some mixed news about microfinance; South Africa takes action against obesity; and Sisu's carefully planned success.
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How to Make a Smartphone Detect Anemia
A new way of detecting anemia, a condition caused by a lack of oxygen-carrying red blood cells, using a smartphone camera hints at how such devices might be used to provide early warning of an illness without the need for expensive equipment or a hospital visit.
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Portable Chemical Cooler Can Maintain Cold Chain for Vaccines Which Will Save Millions of Lives
A new portable cooling device to improve vaccine transportation in developing countries has been announced as the UK winner of the 2016 James Dyson Award.
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- Health Care, Technology
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