May 31, 2020

Health - Blockchain and R&D? 🤷‍♂️

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Health

The latest news and information about innovations in healthcare.

Hi there ! 😁

I hope that everyone is doing great. Here’s some news about healthcare and innovation this week. We’re starting with 3 scientific articles that hold, I think, a great impact. We’re also discussing on some hot trends.

Beside, you’ll see some fundraising and M&A news at the end of the email, just before a book recommendation.

Hope you’ll enjoy it, don’t hesitate to give your feedback ;)

-Alaedine

What about science?

Blockchain-facilitated sharing to advance outbreak R&D | Science

The authors suggest how recent advances in blockchain and related technologies can enable decentralized mechanisms to help break down these systemic and largely nontechnological barriers.

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Revealed: two men in China were first to receive pioneering stem-cell treatment for heart-disease

The two men are reportedly doing well one year on, but there is no way to confirm that the unpublished treatment using ‘reprogrammed’ stem cells works.

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Predicting treatment effects in unipolar depression: A meta-review - ScienceDirect

Authors searched the literature for systematic reviews about treatment prediction in the context of existing treatment modalities for adult unipolar depression, until July 2019.

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Week's hot trends and impacts

Machine learning can help get COVID-19 aid to those who need it most

With pandemic stakes so immediate and consequential, coordinate to share lessons and minimize risks.

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Health Officials Say 'No Thanks' to Contact-Tracing Tech | WIRED

Silicon Valley companies have proposed automating the arduous task of identifying people potentially exposed to Covid-19. They’re finding few takers.

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Fueled by the Covid-19 pandemic, remote heart monitoring could become tech’s next big target

With routine care going virtual during the Covid-19 pandemic, remote heart monitoring tools are having a standout moment.

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For VCs

Tia, Stork Club Secure Funding To Boost Women’s Health Care Options – Crunchbase News

Two female-led startups, both with platforms assisting women with health care, announced investments Thursday aimed at expanding their offerings to help as many women as possible.

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Palantir Could Go Public In The Next Year – Crunchbase News

Big data analytics company Palantir Technologies may go public within the next year, CEO Alex Karp said on “Axios on HBO.”

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Pie Insurance Secures $127M To Provide Workers’ Comp To Small Businesses – Crunchbase News

Pie Insurance, a Washington, D.C.-based startup offering workers’ compensation insurance to small businesses, announced this morning that it has closed on a $127 million in new financing.

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Book of the week

5 summer books

Whether you’re looking for a distraction or just spending a lot more time at home, you can’t beat reading a book.

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Techstars Startup Digest Health is curated by:

Alaedine Benani - MD PhD Trainee - MSc in Data Science & Entrepreneurship
alaedine.benani@startupdigestmail.com

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