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Open-Source Science Helps Father's Genetic Quest
One tiny flaw in one gene in one little girl. That explains why Beatrice Rienhoff, 8, is so lean and leggy. But it took the communal contributions of many researchers - in an open-ended, open-source scientific search, led by her father - to solve Bea's singular mystery. Read More »
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Open-Source Software Suite Aims To Improve Breast Health Management
An open-source software suite to be rolled out across Nova Scotia early next year could improve breast health management worldwide, its creators say in a UICC research summary.
The Breast Imaging Electronic Medical Record (BIEMR) comes from 20 years of work to fill voids in proprietary software offerings, according to Mohamed Abdolell, an associate professor in the radiology department at Dalhousie University. Read More »
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Open-Source Software Unlocks 3-D View of Nanomaterials
Now it’s possible for anyone to see and share 3-D nanoscale imagery with Tomviz 1.0, a new open-source software platform released today. Designed by a team that includes scientists at the University of Michigan, Cornell University and open-source software company Kitware Inc., Tomviz is the first open-source tool that enables researchers to easily create 3-D images from electron tomography data, then share and manipulate those images in a single platform...
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Open-Source Software: Could This Be The Glue That Holds The NHS Together?
Good news stories don’t come around that often for Connecting for Health [...]. But I think I might have found one in the making. This month marks the mid-way point in a two-year project to build an “open-source community” for the NHS. Read More »
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Open-Source Solves Big-Data Problems: Talking To 'Mr. Hadoop,' Doug Cutting
As big data continues to push and stretch the limits of conventional technologies, Hadoop emerges as an innovative, transformative, cost-effective solution. Read More »
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Open-Source: Driving The Connected World
Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications continues to evolve, connecting ever more devices and equipment to the Internet-of-Things (IoT). One of the industry trends that can help power the rapid growth of M2M/IoT connectivity are the Open-Source and Open Hardware movements. Read More »
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OpenBionics Makes Low-Cost Open Source Robotic Hands Available to Amputees Around the World
Doing good for the world is often the nature of an open source software or hardware project. Offering code and schematics to others free of charge and with a license that allows for reuse and modification is often done to help others. Knowing this, I was still surprised to learn about an incredible project that combines robotics and prosthetics. This Instagram video of a robotic hand stopped me in my tracks. Further investigation revealed that the hand is the creation of OpenBionics...
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OpenClinica And TraIT: A Dutch National Research Infrastructure
Is it possible to set up an IT infrastructure for translational research for an entire country? The Dutch Translational Research IT (TraIT) project (http://www.ctmm-trait.nl/) believes it is. Admittedly, The Netherlands is not exactly the same size as China or the US, but nevertheless already 26 partners from industry and academia to collaborate in this consortium to organize, deploy, and manage a nationwide IT infrastructure for data and workflow management targeted specifically at the needs of translational research.
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OpenClinica At Netherlands CTMM Annual Event
On September 12, 2013, The Center for Translational Molecular Medicine (CTMM) held their annual meeting at the Media Plaza, Jaarbeurs Utrecht in the Netherlands. The theme, ‘Let’s talk about Value,’ celebrated the implementation of proven results in a clinical practice, the benefits they will bring for patients, and the real value they will add to society and the Dutch economy.
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OpenClinica Enterprise Works for Boutique CROs Like Cancer InCITe
OpenClinica, LLC announces that Cancer inCITe, LLC of San Antonio, Texas has selected the OpenClinica Enterprise Edition for Electronic Data Capture (EDC) and clinical data management for phase 1 and phase 2 clinical trials.
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OpenClinica Enterprise Works For Boutique CROs Like Cancer InCITe
OpenClinica, LLC announces that Cancer InCITe, LLC of San Antonio, Texas has selected the OpenClinica Enterprise Edition for Electronic Data Capture (EDC) and clinical data management for phase 1 and phase 2 clinical trials. [...] Read More »
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OpenClinica selected for use in Clinical Trials by Cancer InCITe
OpenClinica, LLC announces that Cancer InCITe, LLC of San Antonio, Texas has selected the OpenClinica Enterprise Edition for Electronic Data Capture (EDC) and clinical data management for phase 1 and phase 2 clinical trials. Read More »
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OpenDaylight Debuts Hydrogen SDN Software
First version of open source SDN/NFV software debuts amid debate about OpenDaylight's aims, Cisco's participation in the project Read More »
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OpenDaylight Project Marks New Dawn For Software-Defined Networking
The Linux Foundation today is announcing a new Collaborative Project: OpenDaylight. This is a community-led, industry-supported open source framework on top of which companies, organizations and individuals will build commercial products and services for software-defined networking (SDN). Read More »
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OpenEMR Achieves Complete Meaningful Use Certification with Release 5.0
OpenEMR, the most popular open source electronic health records (EHR) and medical practice management solution, has announced today that OpenEMR version 5.0 has achieved Complete ONC certification, through Infogard. This certification is vital for medical practices in the U.S. to comply with MACRA and participate in Medicare's Quality Payment Program. The Complete Meaningful Use Certification was the result of a community effort that spanned several years, involving over $200,000 in effort and code contributions. Read More »
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