'Audeo' teaches artificial intelligence to play the piano
(University of Washington) A University of Washington team created Audeo, a system that can generate music using only visual cues of someone playing the piano. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 4, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
East Bay vision giant forms venture to buy Peninsula myopia startup
A Peninsula startup with eyeglasses designed to slow the progression of myopia in children will be bought by a joint venture of East Bay vision giant Cooper Cos. and France's EssilorLuxottica.
SightGlass Vision Inc. — launched five years ago by CEO Tom Chalberg and University of Washington researchers — was bought last month by San Ramon-based Cooper (NYSE: COO). But the deal disclosed Wednesday would create a 50/50 joint venture with EssilorLuxottica to buy the startup from Cooper.
Terms of… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 3, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news
East Bay vision giant forms venture to buy Peninsula myopia startup
A Peninsula startup with eyeglasses designed to slow the progression of myopia in children will be bought by a joint venture of East Bay vision giant Cooper Cos. and France's EssilorLuxottica.
SightGlass Vision Inc. — launched five years ago by CEO Tom Chalberg and University of Washington researchers — was bought last month by San Ramon-based Cooper (NYSE: COO). But the deal disclosed Wednesday would create a 50/50 joint venture with EssilorLuxottica to buy the startup from Cooper.
Terms of… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 3, 2021 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news
New COVID-19 forecasts show the possibility of a spring spike in deaths with new variants
(Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation) The latest COVID-19 forecasts from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington now incorporate two new virus variants, showing possible scenarios for variant spread in the United States. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - January 29, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
New biosensors quickly detect coronavirus proteins and antibodies
(University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine) Researchers have designed protein-based biosensors that glow when mixed with targeted molecules, such as components of the pandemic coronavirus or specific COVID-19 antibodies. This development could allow for faster, more widespread testing in the near future. Similar biosensors could be designed to detect medically relevant human proteins such as Her2 (a biomarker for some breast cancers) and Bcl-2 (which has clinical significance in some other cancers), as well as a bacterial toxin and antibodies that target Hepatitis B virus. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - January 28, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Pregnant women with COVID-19 13 times more likely to die compared to those not expecting babies
A new study from the University of Washington, Seattle, found that pregnant women were 13.6 times more likely to die than Americans in their 20s and 30s who were not expecting. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 27, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
COVID-19 increases mortality rate among pregnant women
(University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine) The study followed 240 pregnant women between March and June 2020 and found that the COVID-19 mortality rate in the pregnant women was significantly higher when compared to the COVID-19 mortality rate in similarly aged individuals within Washington state. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 27, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
In Brazil, many smaller dams disrupt fish more than large hydropower projects
(University of Washington) A new paper published Jan. 11 inNature Sustainability quantifies the tradeoffs between hydroelectric generation capacity and the impacts on river connectivity for thousands of current and projected future dams across Brazil. The findings confirm that small hydropower plants are far more responsible for river fragmentation than their larger counterparts due to their prevalence and distribution. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 27, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Anti-poverty policies can reduce reports of child neglect
(University of Washington) A University of Washington study analyzes how a state's refundable Earned Income Tax Credit can lead to fewer reports of child neglect, by reducing the financial stress on families. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 26, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Study Reveals New Insights into the Link Between Sunlight Exposure and Kidney Damage in Lupus
A new collaborative study from researchers at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the University of Washington and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), reveals unexpected insights into how skin exposure to ultraviolet light can worsen clinical symptoms in autoimmune diseases such as lupus. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - January 21, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Timothy Dean Tags: News Research kidney lupus ultraviolet light Source Type: news
Study reveals new insights into the link between sunlight exposure and kidney damage
(The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth) A new collaborative study from researchers at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the University of Washington and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), reveals unexpected insights into how skin exposure to ultraviolet light can worsen clinical symptoms in autoimmune diseases such as lupus. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 21, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Lasers & molecular tethers create perfectly patterned platforms for tissue engineering
(University of Washington) Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a technique to modify naturally occurring biological polymers with protein-based biochemical messages that affect cell behavior. Their approach, published the week of Jan. 18, 2021 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, uses a near-infrared laser to trigger chemical adhesion of protein messages to a scaffold made from biological polymers such as collagen, a connective tissue found throughout our bodies. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 18, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Brotman Baty Institute's Helen Chu named 'Washingtonian the Year'
(Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine) SEATTLE (January 15, 2021) - A University of Washington physician and professor, whose team of researchers identified the first case of the coronavirus in the United States, has been named " Washingtonian of the Year. " (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - January 15, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Why Some Sexual Harassment Claims Are Considered More Credible Than Others
Women who are young, "conventionally attractive" and appear and act feminine are more likely to be believed when making accusations of sexual harassment, a new University of Washington-led study finds. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 14, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Misha Gajewski, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Leadership /leadership ForbesWomen /forbeswomen Source Type: news
Sexual harassment claims considered more credible if made by 'prototypical' women
(University of Washington) A new UW-led study reveals people's perceptions that sexual harassment primarily affects young, feminine and conventionally attractive women. Women who fall outside that prototype not only are perceived as unharmed by harassment, but also have a harder time convincing others that they have been harassed. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
