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Becoming a global cannabis beverage and edibles company

Becoming a global cannabis beverage and edibles company

Supplier of cannabis beverage and edibles, Sproutly Canada Inc. continues to make substantial progress towards its goal of becoming a global cannabis beverage and...
European Commission to launch knowledge-sharing platform for rare diseases

European Commission to launch knowledge-sharing platform for rare diseases

To support better diagnosis and treatment, the European Commission is launching a new online knowledge-sharing platform for more than 30 million Europeans living with...
What next for the German medical cannabis industry?

What next for the German medical cannabis industry?

Struggling to get started, the German medical cannabis industry faced a series of delays due to numerous reasons, here Dentons’ Peter Homberg explores the...
What do you know about the mobile bedside bioprinter that can heal wounds?

What do you know about the mobile bedside bioprinter that can heal wounds?

Envision a day when a mobile bedside bioprinter filled with a patient’s own cells can be wheeled right next to them to heal wounds...
What about talc? Six things you wish you knew about ovarian cancer

What about talc? Six things you wish you knew about ovarian cancer

Target Ovarian Cancer’s Nurse Advisers, Val Lang and Joan Idris, discuss six key things to know about the disease for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month...
Brain Network Analytics System: Innovative solutions for brain-related disorders

Brain Network Analytics System: Innovative solutions for brain-related disorders

While many physicians can choose a variety of tools to assess brain-related disorders, they are lacking the ground-breaking Brain Network Analytics System. Dr Ziv Peremen,...
Discover the EU Council Recommendation for vaccine-preventable diseases

Discover the EU Council Recommendation for vaccine-preventable diseases

President of Vaccines Europe, Pascale Mauran, explains the EU Council Recommendation on strengthened co-operation against vaccine-preventable diseases. Mauran considers how far the EU Council Recommendation...
Sexually transmitted infections: WHO release new estimates on congenital syphilis

Sexually transmitted infections: WHO release new estimates on congenital syphilis

According to WHO, due to sexually transmitted infections, there was approximately 661,000 total cases of congenital syphilis in 2016 resulting in over 200,000 stillbirths...
An introduction to Columbia Care: a world-class medical cannabis business

An introduction to Columbia Care: a world-class medical cannabis business

Its unparalleled cannabis-based products and ongoing commitment to rigorous scientific research make Columbia Care LLC a world leader in medical cannabis. CEO Nicholas Vita talks...
Let’s delve into the world of rare diseases and the healthcare ecosystem

Let’s delve into the world of rare diseases and the healthcare ecosystem

Today marks Rare Disease Day and it’s time Europe’s healthcare ecosystem adapts to embrace the potential of gene therapy for rare diseases. 28 February 2019...
Discover the latest in American cannabis legislation & regulation

Discover the latest in American cannabis legislation & regulation

In their latest newsletter, ORCA outlines all the latest state rulings concerning cannabis legislation & regulation across the United States of America. ORCA (Oregon Retailers...
Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder: using AI for effective screening

Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder: using AI for effective screening

Scientists have developed a new tool that can quickly and affordably screen children for foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) – could this lead to...
Music enhancing creativity: fact or fiction?

Music enhancing creativity: fact or fiction?

Psychologists from the University of Central Lancashire, Lancaster University, UK and University of Gävle, Sweden are challenging the idea of music enhancing creativity. The popular...
Green space during childhood may improve adult mental health

Green space during childhood may improve adult mental health

According to Aarhus University, Denmark, it’s time to emphasise the need for designing green and healthy cities, not just for a sustainable future but...
Medical cannabis law approved in Cyprus

Medical cannabis law approved in Cyprus

Following a government vote, Cyprus has officially approved a new medical cannabis law legalising the cultivation and domestic use of the drug. On 15 February...
The secret life of antimicrobial peptides revealed by CRISPR

The secret life of antimicrobial peptides revealed by CRISPR

Despite their importance, we know very little about antimicrobial peptides, but scientists have used CRISPR to unlock details of these peptides to combat infection. Antimicrobial...
Have scientists unlocked neurological behaviour?

Have scientists unlocked neurological behaviour?

According to neuroscientists at NYU School of Medicine, 'silent-type' cells play greater role in neurological behaviour than previously thought. Brain cells recorded as among the...
Do you know the correlation between breast feeding and eczema?

Do you know the correlation between breast feeding and eczema?

According to new research, breast feeding children exclusively for the first three months of life had significantly lower odds of them experiencing eczema. Presented during...
Wilson Disease and the wonderful world of rare disorders

Wilson Disease and the wonderful world of rare disorders

MedUni Vienna researchers have discovered a recently described genetic mutation could protect against fatty liver and possibly ensure a better outcome for Wilson disease. Copper...
Shivom: a precision medicine data secure-sharing and analysis ecosystem

Shivom: a precision medicine data secure-sharing and analysis ecosystem

Chief scientific officer Dr Axel Schumacher introduces Shivom as an innovative solution to transform the precision medicine and healthcare services landscape. AT a time when...

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