/channels/taxonomy/term/9589/all en /channels/channels/news/surgery-simulators-are-key-assessment-trainees-299057 <p><strong>AI and virtual reality can determine neurosurgeon expertise with 90% accuracy</strong></p> <p>Machine learning-guided virtual reality simulators can help neurosurgeons develop the skills they need before they step in the operating room, according to a new study.</p> Mon, 05 Aug 2019 14:01:29 +0000 webfull 151236 at /channels /channels/news/kalgene-gears-manufacture-and-test-promising-alzheimer%E2%80%99s-treatment-nrc-mcgill-and-cimtec-263196 <div> <div> <div> <p>KalGene Pharmaceuticals and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) are proud to announce the signature of an agreement worth over $1M to develop, scale up, and transfer the technology needed to manufacture a promising novel Alzheimer’s treatment in Canada that the parties have been co- developing since 2015.</p> <p>The treatment, a biologic molecule made up of a peptide that fights Alzheimer’s and an antibody-based carrier molecule designed to shuttle the peptide into the brain, is a custom- engineered therapeutic developed at NRC.</p></div></div></div> Mon, 03 Oct 2016 18:55:49 +0000 webfull 121769 at /channels