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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

Running trials in animals will take additional engineering and safety tests. Experts even say the eye is an ideal place to start for the first clinical use of CRISPR. Developing bionic eyes with fractal-patterned electrodes for reversing blindness We have seen fascinating developments as well.

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Mastering Responses to FDA 510(k) AI Letters: A Strategic Approach

FDA Law Blog

These AI requests often address complicated scientific scenarios in which a submitter has already provided some information, but FDA is not completely satisfied. Team meetings with subject matter experts can be scheduled to discuss response strategies for deficiencies that require extensive clinical, scientific, or engineering input.

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Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction

Medical Xpress

The goal is to support clinical trials and bring in another $50 million in private investment to help ibogaine win approval from the U.S. Other states like Oregon and Colorado have already launched legal clinics using psilocybin, the compound found in mushrooms, The Times reported. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Rewiring the body clock: Deep brain imaging reveals unexpected complexity in jet lag adjustment

Medical Xpress

But what we observed was much more complicated." The traditional model is simple: SCN neurons were believed to act like runners in a relay race, passing the light signal along in a linear chain. Some SCN neurons were activated by light, while others were inhibited. Consider supporting Science Xs mission by getting a premium account.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

Should she have an operation, and risk the pain, potential complications, and attendant delirium associated with the operation? So when I was a resident at Cleveland Clinic, I got to see really cutting-edge technology, some of the best surgeons in the country, and perhaps in the world, operating on patients.

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Artificial Intelligence: Charlotta Lindvall, Matt DeCamp, Sei Lee

GeriPal

Alex: And joining us via Zoom, we have Charlotta Lindvall, who is a palliative care physician researcher who studies the intersection of natural language processing and communication data at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, where she also works in clinical informatics. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Charlotta. Charlotta: Thank you.

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Coping with Serious Illness: Danielle Chammas and Amanda Moment

GeriPal

The clinical trials and the this and that. Well, maybe they’re an engineer and understanding makes them feel rooted. And she says, no, I heard that there’s a clinical trial at the Mayo Clinic, and I’m wondering about this. And that’s why there’s a ton of laughter in my clinic, really.

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