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The Fox Chase Cancer Center senior director of community outreach recently co-authored a paper on ways to decrease cancer care disparities in medically underserved communities in America. Here, she shares some strategies.
NextHealth PHL covers the healthcare industry in Philadelphia and the work of scientists, doctors, and healthcare companies in Cellicon Valley. NextHealth PHL puts a special emphasis on healthcare news in the vibrant cell and gene therapies sector.
Temple Is the Latest to Join a Nationwide Effort to Diversify Medical Research
Here’s why other local healthcare providers, like Penn and Thomas Jefferson, must do the same.
NextUp: The Local Company Using Data Analytics to Save Premature Babies
Astarte Medical has developed software that informs real-time decisions for feeding preterm babies in Neonatal Intensive Care Units.
Inside That Enormous Life Sciences Co-Working Campus in King of Prussia
The Discovery Labs claims it’s the largest co-working facility for life sciences and technology in the world. With capacity for 3,000 workers, it may well be.
How Data Analytics Has Curbed the Prescription of Opioids in Philly
A new partnership between Jefferson Health and local software company Qlik may be one big step in reducing patients’ exposure to prescription painkillers.
NextUp: The Cybersecurity Firm Making Medical Devices Hack-Proof
MedCrypt wants to keep pacemakers, X-ray machines, and other healthcare tech safe from unlawful intrusion.
Q&A: Ben Franklin Tech Partners Is Doubling Down on Philly Life Sciences
The region’s largest tech investor tells us why they are developing an “innovation floor” at the new 3.0 University Place development.
The Path to a Cure: Temple HIV Treatment Milestone Was 5 Years in the Making
The team still has several years of research ahead before their potential cure can be brought to patients.
NextUp: The Philly Brain Researcher Working to Eliminate HIV
Temple University professor Kamel Khalili has been researching HIV for more than 20 years and just got one step closer to finding a cure.
Biotech Tour: Inside University City’s BioLabs@CIC
The new co-working and lab space already has a lengthy waitlist.
NextUp: WuXi AppTec Is Speeding Up Drug Development Worldwide
The Chinese pharma company based at the Navy Yard is globally recognized for shortening drug discovery and research and development time.
A New Pharma Conference Is Coming to Philly This Summer
The first ever FWD Pharma Conference wants to teach biotech leaders how to reach patients through digital initiatives.
Philly’s Life Sciences Industry Is Finally Coming Around to Blockchain
Blockchain technology worked for Bitcoin, but changing the slow bureaucracy of the healthcare industry may be a tougher feat.
The Eagles’ Autism Research Grants Are a New Approach to Sports Philanthropy
Instead of simply giving away money, the team is granting funds to specific projects at Philly institutions — acting almost like a mini National Institutes of Health.
NextUp: The Local Company Pioneering Gene Therapy for Pets
Life sciences firm Scout Bio wants to help your furry companions live longer.
Q&A: Cancer Gene Therapy Researcher Bruce Levine
Here are his thoughts on what to expect next from Philadelphia’s gene and cell therapy sector.