This $1.5 billion health startup's smart pills keep patients from forgetting to take them by AngelAuYeung
Courtesy of Proteus Digital Health.
For the most part, the responsibility has been in the hands of the patient. Think pill boxes marked with the days of the week, or their high-tech versions—apps, like Medisafe and CareClinic, that help users self-report their own intake and schedules. These reminder devices don’t go far enough, say some doctors, because they fail to address a very human fault that patients report as their primary reason for not taking their medication: forgetfulness.
“George looks at me and says, ‘That is the stupidest idea you’ve had in your entire life.’ And then we began to argue,” Thompson says. Keratin Biosciences wants to improve medication intake by getting rid of human error altogether. Instead of a pill, this Lexington, Massachusetts, company makes a microchip with hundreds of sealed compartments, each of which can store up to 1 milligram of a drug. The chip, which originated in a lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, can be activated by a wireless signal that triggers the compartments to release the drug, based on a preprogrammed dosing schedule.
इंडिया ताज़ा खबर, इंडिया मुख्य बातें
Similar News:आप इससे मिलती-जुलती खबरें भी पढ़ सकते हैं जिन्हें हमने अन्य समाचार स्रोतों से एकत्र किया है।
Pentagon chief says $1 billion of funding shifted to border wallThe U.S. Department of Defense shifted $1 billion to plan and build a 57-mile se...
और पढो »
POLITICO Playbook: The secret W.H.-Pelosi talks, what Obama sang to Pelosi and read the new Dem impeachment letterThe White House has quietly been having early-stage, staff-level conversations with Speaker Nancy Pelosi's staff about drug-pricing legislation, according to sources in both camps. More in Playbook:
और पढो »
Carlyle takes step forward on $1 billion U.S. oil-export projectA proposed $1 billion deepwater oil-export project moved ahead on Thursday with ...
और पढो »
Report: The Department Of Education Has Spent $1 Billion On Charter School Waste And FraudWe are long past the point of charter schools being an experiment that needs boundless freedom to try anything. We can see now what some of the effects of the experiment are--waste and fraud.
और पढो »
NCAA men's basketball tournament bonuses: Four coaches, one weekend, $1 millionFinal Four coaches from Auburn, Michigan State, Texas Tech and Virginia picked up combined total of $1 million in bonuses from NCAA tournament wins.
और पढो »
Missing Rubens sketch goes for $1.4m at auctionThe work which depicts Saint Margaret dressed in a red and white dress holding a cross in her hand and crushing a dragon dates from 1620, according to the Mercier auction house in Lille in northern France.
और पढो »
Suze Orman wants you to stop ‘peeing $1 million down the drain’Worried about retirement? Make your own damn coffee. According to financial celeb Suze Orman, perhaps the only thing standing millennial caffeine addicts and...
और पढो »
2020 hopeful Klobuchar touts $1 trillion infrastructure plan
और पढो »
This Georgia teen was accepted to over 50 colleges, awarded more than $1 million in scholarships'I honestly didn’t think that I could achieve such a big goal': Georgia teen accepted to over 50 colleges, awarded more than $1 million in scholarships.
और पढो »
This Georgia teen was accepted to over 50 colleges, awarded more than $1 million in scholarshipsAt a time when a massive college admissions scandal is causing many to lose faith in the idea that hard work gets you ahead, a Georgia teen who was accepted into more than 50 schools and awarded over $1 million in scholarship funding is spreading hope for some people. Baker, the valedictorian of her
और पढो »
Rideshare giant Lyft went public today — and major investor GM could rake in $1.3BGM was originally seen as hedging its bets when it made its Lyft investment, teaming up with a company that could wind up buying millions of its vehicles in the years ahead.
और पढो »