Computational modeling can help fill gaps in how we develop and review new drugs and devices
What role does computational modeling play at the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? If you ask Paul Watkins, MD, director of the Hamner—University of North Carolina...
Sep, 01, 2011
Researcher coaxes long strands of DNA into predetermined geometric shapes
Designing nanostructures of DNA just got easier. Paul Rothemund, PhD, a senior research fellow at Caltech has found a way to coax a long strand of DNA into a predetermined geometric shape by mixing...
Jul, 01, 2006
Machine learning for an artificial pancreas and deep brain stimulation
Embedded medical devices that both detect symptoms and treat them have existed for decades. Take, for example, the heart pacemaker. But a new generation of implants could soon emerge to do something...
Oct, 19, 2012
How mobile technology and data science are poised to revolutionize healthcare--with BD2K Centers paving the way
Relevant NIH Institutes: NIMH, NINDS, NHLBI, NIA, NIBIB, NIDA, NHGRI, NICHD, and NIAAA
Having already revolutionized fields ranging from communications to finance, mobile technology and data...
Jun, 14, 2017
How big data from mobile apps and sensors may revolutionize healthcare
My phone buzzes. It’s Mood Matters, a mood-tracking app developed by the startup Ginger.io. “We notice you haven’t logged any recent physical activity,” it alerts me, linking...
Jun, 03, 2015
Harnessing the power of our fascination with mobile devices
The hype around wearables is deafening. I say this from the perspective of someone who saw their application in chronic illness management more than 15 years ago. Of course, at that time, it was less...
Jun, 01, 2015
Cardiovascular models are moving to the bedside
Pacemakers, heart-lung machines, stents and artificial hearts all sprang from successful partnerships between engineers and doctors. “From its inception in the 1950s, heart surgery has...
Mar, 01, 2014
Bringing big data to gait analysis
In 1891, when researchers first analyzed the mechanics of walking in three dimensions, the process was painstaking and cumbersome. It took six to eight hours just to prepare the subject for data...
Jan, 07, 2015
How to share knowledge, data, tools, and computational resources in a sustainable manner
Once upon a time, a deep divide existed between scientists who did and those who did not have easy access to scientific content (journals, lectures, data), hardware (imaging devices, lab instruments...
Apr, 01, 2011
Bringing models closer to reality
When the ill-fated space shuttle Columbia launched on January 16, 2003, a large piece of foam fell off and hit the left wing. Alerted of the impact, NASA engineers used a computer model to predict...
Oct, 19, 2012
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