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Posts Tagged ‘Funding’
Imaging with Nanotechnology
Seven years ago, we explored the promise of nanotechnology and highlighted a UK startup called Endomagnetics that had developed a novel product to detect […]
Impact of Covid-19 on Breast Screening
It’s the first week of October, the month when the colour pink highlights the efforts by society to remind women […]
Is Nanox another Theranos?
At the beginning of 2020, we highlighted the story of Theranos, manufacturer of a “revolutionary” blood testing system that was supposedly able […]
Professor and Entrepreneur
Twenty years ago, I published a commentary entitled “The professor as entrepreneur” in which I reflected on my decade as an academic […]
DBT vs FFDM – Again
In a recent paper published in JAMA Network Open, Kathryn Lowry (seen right) asked the question: Does screening performance of digital breast […]
The Next Unicorn
In the business world, a “unicorn” is the term used to indicate that a privately held startup company has a […]
Closer to the Holy Grail
Seven years ago, we reviewed the progress in developing a blood test for the early detection of breast cancer. Thought to be […]
ABUS Improves Risk Assessment
An important factor in predicting a woman’s risk for breast cancer is breast density. The method most commonly used to […]
Investing in Ultrasound
Late last year we highlighted a report by Signify Research on the world market in breast imaging that encapsulated both mammography and […]