By Kimberly Hood It’s hard to find what you can’t see, and it’s difficult to diagnose what you can’t find. This is exactly the problem Solex LLC is trying to correct in the detection of amyloidosis. Every year 3,000 Americans are diagnosed with amyloidosis, but currently, there is no imaging technique available in the U.S. (read more)
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Video Game Idea Wins UT Vol Court Business Competition
A video game idea designed to get children interested in energy sciences and technology has won this semester’s Vol Court pitch competition at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Charles Chin, a UT graduate student, took top honors. He also secured $1,000 in startup money for a company that will produce and sell the new educational (read more)
Eye on the Future
By Susan Stewart What happens when University of Tennessee Health Science Center physicians collaborate with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) scientists? The genesis of TRIAD, a novel, computerized assessment of eye disease, is just one example. Telemedical Retinal Image Analysis and Diagnosis, or TRIAD, was named by R&D Magazine in July 2010 as one of (read more)