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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Awarded $10.2 Million NIH Grant to Explore the Early Signs of Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
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NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been awarded a $10.2 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health to investigate risk factors for malignant arrhythmias in mitral valve prolapse. This work aims to develop a better understanding of the condition and novel solutions to improve patient outcomes.

Key Points: 
  • The grant is a collaboration between four Icahn Mount Sinai specialties: Cardiac Electrophysiology, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Surgery, and the BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute (BMEII).
  • The grant is a collaboration between four Icahn Mount Sinai specialties: Cardiac Electrophysiology, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Surgery, and the BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute (BMEII).
  • In the United States, it is estimated that between 7 and 9 million people have mitral valve prolapse, the most common form of valve disease.
  • Mitral valve prolapse occurs when two flaps within the mitral valve don't close smoothly or evenly, but instead bulge (prolapse) upward into the left atrium when the heart contracts.

Rockley Photonics Advances Development of Its Wearable, Laser-Based Blood Pressure Monitor With Successful Completion of Human Studies

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Wednesday, August 9, 2023
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Rockley Photonics is excited to announce the initial results from two important IRB-approved human studies using a first-generation Alpha prototype of their non-invasive and laser-based cuffless blood pressure monitor.

Key Points: 
  • Rockley Photonics is excited to announce the initial results from two important IRB-approved human studies using a first-generation Alpha prototype of their non-invasive and laser-based cuffless blood pressure monitor.
  • The first study successfully demonstrated intra-subject tracking of blood pressure compared to measurements using an intra-arterial pressure transducer, or an A-line, which is the gold-standard method to continuously monitor blood pressure during surgery and in the ICU.
  • Thirty (30) subjects participated in the study, where blood pressure changes were induced using a repeated leg press exercise.
  • The results from the Alpha wearable strongly justify the continued stepwise and thoughtful development of the Rockley cuffless blood pressure device.

Rockley Photonics Launches Developer Platform for Biomarker Data Collection in Free-Living Conditions

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Wednesday, August 2, 2023
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Rockley Photonics is pleased to announce that it completed its first free-living study focused on capturing live spectral data using the initial release of their API Developer Platform, Connect Edge mobile application and secure cloud.

Key Points: 
  • Rockley Photonics is pleased to announce that it completed its first free-living study focused on capturing live spectral data using the initial release of their API Developer Platform, Connect Edge mobile application and secure cloud.
  • Rockley delivers an all-in-one sensor with novel short-wave infrared (SWIR) biomarkers being collected in real-time, along with device and accelerometer data.
  • The Developer Platform provides access to live data to those engaged in commercial activities and research with Rockley.
  • “Rockley has made APIs accessible through our Developer Platform so integrations can be done in days or weeks instead of months,” said Casimir Wierzynski, SVP of Cloud and AI at Rockley.

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Receives $11.5 Million Grant Renewal to Study the Impact of Psychosocial Stress on Cardiovascular Disease

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023
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NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Psychosocial stress profoundly affects people's lives globally, not least because it can be a critical risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Thanks to an $11.5 million award renewal from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, distinguished researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and elsewhere aim to gain a deeper understanding of how stress influences cardiovascular health.

Key Points: 
  • Psychosocial stress profoundly affects people's lives globally, not least because it can be a critical risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
  • NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Psychosocial stress profoundly affects people's lives globally, not least because it can be a critical risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
  • "We are delighted that NHLBI has validated the potential of our work by enabling this program through the renewal of this grant."
  • Given the escalating burden of atherosclerotic heart disease, the investigators emphasize the urgent need to modulate the impact of stress.

Could Wearables Capture Well-being? Devices may be a means to monitor psychological states through effortless data collection using artificial intelligence

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023
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NEW YORK, May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Applying machine learning models, a type of artificial intelligence (AI), to data collected passively from wearable devices can identify a patient's degree of resilience and well-being, according to investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.

Key Points: 
  • "Wearables provide a means to continually collect information about an individual's physical state.
  • "A better understanding of who is at psychological risk and an improved means of tracking the impact of psychological interventions is needed.
  • To that end, the research team plans to continue using wearable data to observe a range of physical and psychological disorders and diseases.
  • The paper is titled "A machine learning approach to determine resilience utilizing wearable device data: analysis of an observational cohort."

Dr. Scott D. Flamm, Former Section Head of Cardiovascular Imaging at Cleveland Clinic, Joins DocPanel

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Monday, May 1, 2023
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Formerly with Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Flamm served as Head of Cardiovascular Imaging with joint appointments in the Imaging Institute, Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, and the Pediatric Institute (2006-2023).

Key Points: 
  • Formerly with Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Flamm served as Head of Cardiovascular Imaging with joint appointments in the Imaging Institute, Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, and the Pediatric Institute (2006-2023).
  • "DocPanel and I share a mutual mission to make subspecialized cardiac imaging routine care that can be accessed by all," says Dr. Flamm.
  • Through the DocPanel platform, healthcare facilities can access Dr. Flamm for dedicated cardiothoracic imaging coverage, protocol assistance, and program development support.
  • Dr. Flamm completed fellowship training in Cardiovascular Imaging and MRI at the University of California San Francisco under Dr. Charles Higgins.

Seal Storage Technology and the University of Utah Announce NASA Climate Data Democratization Partnership

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023
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"The democratization of data is essential to scientific progress, and we are thrilled to partner with the University of Utah to make this possible," said Seal Storage Technology COO Alex Altman.

Key Points: 
  • "The democratization of data is essential to scientific progress, and we are thrilled to partner with the University of Utah to make this possible," said Seal Storage Technology COO Alex Altman.
  • "Seal's decentralized cloud storage platform ensures that this valuable data is accessible to researchers around the world, without barriers.
  • The data democratization partnership will provide researchers with new ways to access and utilize NASA's climate data, including navigation via timestamps, fields, and other dimensions.
  • Researchers can access the NASA data on the following web dashboard http://chpc1.nationalsciencedatafabric.org:10888/nasa or visualize the data locally by downloading the Jupyter notebook here: http://bit.ly/3MkpVBa .

Seal Storage Technology and the University of Utah Announce NASA Climate Data Democratization Partnership

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023
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TORONTO and SALT LAKE CITY, April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to democratize data access, decentralized cloud storage provider Seal Storage Technology and the University of Utah's Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute (SCI) announced today that over 200 terabytes  (TB) of OpenViSUS IDX NASA  atmospheric wind velocity and ocean current datasets are now openly available to researchers globally. The data will be accessible via a Jupyter notebook, which is a digital document that makes it easy to access and visualize data by combining text, code, and visualizations in a single medium. This project is part of SCI's participation in The National Science Data Fabric  (NSDF), a trans-disciplinary approach to integrated data delivery and access, democratizing data-driven scientific discovery through shared storage, networking, computing, and educational resources.

Key Points: 
  • "The democratization of data is essential to scientific progress, and we are thrilled to partner with the University of Utah to make this possible," said Seal Storage Technology COO Alex Altman.
  • "Seal's decentralized cloud storage platform ensures that this valuable data is accessible to researchers around the world, without barriers.
  • The data democratization partnership will provide researchers with new ways to access and utilize NASA's climate data, including navigation via timestamps, fields, and other dimensions.
  • Researchers can access the NASA data on the following web dashboard http://chpc1.nationalsciencedatafabric.org:10888/nasa or visualize the data locally by downloading the Jupyter notebook here: http://bit.ly/3MkpVBa .

Popular Blood Thinners May Lead to Brain Bleeding after Head Injury

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Tuesday, November 30, 2021
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Intracranial hemorrhage occurs when blood vessels within the brain rupture, releasing blood into the brain tissue.

Key Points: 
  • Intracranial hemorrhage occurs when blood vessels within the brain rupture, releasing blood into the brain tissue.
  • In a delayed traumatic intracranial hemorrhage, bleeding in the brain occurs after the initial trauma, usually within 48 hours, after an initial negative head CT.
    High blood pressure, head injury and the use of blood thinners are known causes of intracranial hemorrhage.
  • As the population ages, the prevalence of patients taking blood thinners is increasing.
  • Adults taking blood thinners who suffer head trauma typically undergo CT imaging of the brain.

Rockley Photonics Unveils Collaborative Clinical Research Initiative for Remote Patient Monitoring and Diagnosis

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Thursday, November 18, 2021
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Rockley Photonics (NYSE: RKLY), a global leader in photonics-based health monitoring and communications solutions, formed a strategic relationship to incorporate Rockleys non-invasive biomarker sensing platform into potential clinical and healthcare research studies.

Key Points: 
  • Rockley Photonics (NYSE: RKLY), a global leader in photonics-based health monitoring and communications solutions, formed a strategic relationship to incorporate Rockleys non-invasive biomarker sensing platform into potential clinical and healthcare research studies.
  • The initiative aims to incorporate the next generation of non-invasive biomarker sensing in a series of studies to evaluate the use of wristbands and other wearables for a variety of potential applications, including remote monitoring and diagnosis.
  • The results have the potential for real and substantial impact in mobile health and clinical care.
  • Rockleys sensing platform enables clinical and healthcare research practitioners to integrate more comprehensive non-invasive biomarker measurements in their remote monitoring studies.