# Medical Research * **Definition:** The systematic investigation aimed at discovering new knowledge about health and disease, improving health outcomes, and understanding diseases through research development, testing, and evaluation. * **Taxonomy:** Healthcare Topics / Medical Research ## News * Selected news on the topic of **Medical Research**, for healthcare technology leaders * 36K news items are in the system for this topic * Posts have been filtered for tech and healthcare-related keywords | Date | Title | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 5/14/2025 | [**Kennedy grilled on vaccines, NIH funding, and firings**](https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/kennedy-grilled-on-vaccines-nih-funding-and-firings) | [[Chief Healthcare Executive]] | | 4/23/2025 | [**Why Healthcare Publishers Need An Exclusive Ad Management Platform**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/04/24/why-healthcare-publishers-need-an-exclusive-ad-management-platform/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 4/17/2025 | [**The private sector must lead the way in biomedical research - The Hill**](https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5252029-biomedical-research-funding/) | [[The Hill]] | | 3/18/2025 | [**Trump is cutting biomedical research funding. New York can't afford that - Opinion**](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/03/19/nys-biomedical-research-must-rely-on-state-funding-opinion/82409119007/) | [[USA Today]] | | 3/12/2025 | [**Equitable Bank advances innovation and inclusion in Canadian banking in latest Public ...**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/equitable-bank-advances-innovation-and-inclusion-in-canadian-banking-in-latest-public-accountability-statement-302400054.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 3/11/2025 | [**OPINION - Op-Ed: Funding cuts will slow medical research, lead to deaths - Yahoo**](https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-op-ed-funding-cuts-082526874.html) | [[Yahoo]] | | 3/11/2025 | [**Equipping Healthcare Professionals for the AI-Powered Healthcare Revolution: Lessons ... - Medium**](https://medium.com/@alexglee/equipping-healthcare-professionals-for-the-ai-powered-healthcare-revolution-lessons-from-harvard-e8f83dd3df8b) | [[Medium]] | | 3/7/2025 | [**Houston scientists protest federal funding cuts at Texas Medical Center**](https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/stand-up-for-science-protest-2025-20209031.php) | [[Houston Chronicle]] | | 2/27/2025 | [**Hardware Security Modules Market worth $3.28 billion by 2030 - PR Newswire**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hardware-security-modules-market-worth-3-28-billion-by-2030---exclusive-report-by-marketsandmarkets-302386944.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 2/16/2025 | [**The Rise of Decentralized Clinical Trials: Transforming Medical Research in the Digital Age**](https://medium.com/@anand.butani/the-rise-of-decentralized-clinical-trials-transforming-medical-research-in-the-digital-age-14de2e771e75) | [[Medium]] | | 2/14/2025 | [**Healthcare Services Market to Grow by USD 6.26 Trillion from 2024 to 2028, Driven by Rising Chronic Disease Prevalence, Report on AI's Impact - Technavio**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healthcare-services-market-to-grow-by-usd-6-26-trillion-from-2024-to-2028--driven-by-rising-chronic-disease-prevalence-report-on-ais-impact--technavio-302377048.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 2/14/2025 | [**Engineering a Healthcare Analytics Center of Excellence (ACoE): A Strategic Framework for ...**](https://blogs.perficient.com/2025/02/14/engineering-a-healthcare-analytics-center-of-excellence-acoe-a-strategic-framework-for-innovation/) | [[Perficient Healthcare]] | | 2/12/2025 | [**Comprehensive 25-year history of electronic health records and their role in medical research assembled**](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-comprehensive-year-history-electronic-health.html) | [[MedicalXpress]] | | 1/27/2025 | [**How Does Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Support Healthcare AI Initiatives?**](https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2025/01/retrieval-augmented-generation-support-healthcare-ai-perfcon) | [[HealthTech Magazine]] | | 1/2/2025 | [**Dr. Zachary Solomon Scholarship for Medical Students: An Opportunity to Advance the ...**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dr-zachary-solomon-scholarship-medical-174100404.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 12/17/2024 | [**Public Trust in Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Challenges**](https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/what-we-do/science-health-public-trust/perspectives/public-trust-biomedical-research-era-artificial-intelligence-opportunities-challenges) | [[National Institutes of Health]] | | 12/16/2024 | [**JAMA**](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2827918) | [[JAMA Network]] | | 12/13/2024 | [**DukeHealth to build proton therapy center with $50M gift**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/oncology/dukehealth-to-build-proton-therapy-center-with-50m-gift.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 12/6/2024 | [**eMerge Americas Announces 2025 Healthtech Innovation Hub Presented by Jackson ...**](https://www.morningstar.com/news/pr-newswire/20241206dc73407/emerge-americas-announces-2025-healthtech-innovation-hub-presented-by-jackson-health-system-and-uhealth-welcoming-new-strategic-partners) | [[Morningstar]] | | 12/4/2024 | [**AI-Powered Breakthroughs-The New Frontier in Medical Innovation with Generative AI**](https://medium.com/@shah.hansal_84364/ai-powered-breakthroughs-the-new-frontier-in-medical-innovation-with-generative-ai-1938f2bf2a14) | [[Medium]] | | 12/2/2024 | [**Future Market Trends for Electronic Health Records (EHR) System: Forecasting Size, Share ...**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/future-market-trends-electronic-health-records-ehr-system-forecasting-r1hde) | [[Linkedin]] | | 11/21/2024 | [**AI ethics in medical research: the 2024 Declaration of Helsinki - The Lancet**](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02376-6/fulltext) | [[The Lancet]] | | 8/15/2024 | [**Artificial Intelligence, the Digital Surgeon: Unravelling Its Emerging - Dove Medical Press**](https://www.dovepress.com/artificial-intelligence-the-digital-surgeon-unravelling-its-emerging-f-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JMDH) | dovepress.com | | 7/4/2024 | [**The Revolution of AI in Healthcare: Enhancing Patient Care and Medical Research**](https://www.globalvillagespace.com/tech/the-revolution-of-ai-in-healthcare-enhancing-patient-care-and-medical-research/) | globalvillagespace.com | | 7/3/2024 | [**Healthcare Data Storage Market Set to Soar, Projected to Reach $12.17 Billion by 2030**](https://www.whatech.com/og/markets-research/medical/851707-healthcare-data-storage-market-set-to-soar-projected-to-reach-12-17-billion-by-2030) | whatech.com | ## Topic Overview (Some LLM-derived content — please confirm with above primary sources) ### Key Players - **Medeloop**: A medical research platform utilizing AI to streamline research processes and enhance data analysis. - **Gates Medical Research Institute**: An organization dedicated to developing biomedical interventions for significant global health issues, particularly those with limited investment incentives. - **SKAN Research Trust**: A not-for-profit organization focused on leveraging advanced technologies for medical research. - **Sermo**: A global healthcare technology company that initiated the Run for Research event to support medical research funding. - **MSD**: A pharmaceutical company collaborating with Briya to enhance data analysis in medical research. - **K2 Medical Research**: Conducting clinical trials for cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease. - **Garvan Institute of Medical Research**: An Australian research institute leading the TenK10K study to map human cells for disease research. - **Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research**: A research institute that received NIH funding to study ghrelin as a treatment for radiation-induced gastrointestinal syndrome. - **National Institutes of Health (NIH)**: The largest federal funder of medical research in the U.S., providing over $35 billion in grants to support biomedical research. - **Sheba Medical Center**: An Israeli medical center collaborating with Paradigm Health to enhance clinical research and accessibility of clinical trials. - **Precision Medicine Software Market**: Includes key players like Syapse, AccessDX Laboratory, and Foundation Medicine, focusing on genomics analysis and clinical decision support. - **Every Cure**: A nonprofit biotech organization utilizing AI to explore existing medicines for treating various diseases. - **Briya**: A medical data retrieval network providing advanced data platforms for real-world data analysis. - **DeepMind**: Developed AlphaFold, an AI application improving diagnostic accuracy in medical research. - **NeuralCure AI**: A company that utilizes AI-driven diagnostics and treatment simulations to accelerate medical research and improve patient care. - **Thermo Fisher Scientific**: Recognized for its digital services in clinical research, enhancing patient engagement and access to clinical trials. - **CenExel**: A clinical research site network dedicated to supporting life sciences through advanced research and operational excellence. ### Partnerships and Collaborations - **Run for Research**: A global initiative that raised $500,000 for medical research through a running event, open to all participants. - **Medeloop**: Collaborates with healthcare institutions globally to improve research outcomes and accelerate innovations. - **Harvest Integrated Research Organization (HiRO) and CHA University Bundang Medical Center (CBMC)**: Signed an MOU to collaborate on cross-border clinical trial solutions, enhancing research efficiency. - **Sheba Medical Center and Paradigm Health**: This partnership aims to create a global network to enhance clinical research and make clinical trials more patient-centered and accessible. - **NeuralCure AI**: Seeking partnerships with healthcare providers and research organizations to integrate AI solutions into medical practices. - **MSD and Briya**: A strategic collaboration to leverage data analysis for improving patient outcomes in critical disease areas. - **nCartes and UC Davis Medical Center**: Partnership to enhance clinical trial data fulfillment through REDCap integration. - **Mount Sinai Health System and IBM**: Collaborating on a research initiative called Phenotypes Reimagined to improve mental health outcomes using AI. - **BIOMAKERS and TOPAZIUM**: Collaborating on a project to enhance immunotherapy efficacy for non-small cell lung cancer. - **EQBMED Model Development**: Developed through collaboration with various stakeholders to enhance clinical trial diversity and operational excellence. - **NIH and tech companies**: Collaborations with major tech firms like Google and Amazon to enhance data science capabilities. - **Cleveland Clinic and IBM**: A partnership focusing on genomics and precision medicine, utilizing AI to enhance medical research. - **Project-COMFORT**: A consortium of 51 organizations from various sectors aimed at improving blood collection methods and enhancing patient care. - **Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur and IMU University**: A five-year MoU to enhance collaboration in biomedical science research, training, and knowledge exchange. - **Lilly Digital Health Hub**: A collaboration with Singaporean academic and healthcare entities to leverage integrated healthcare systems for advancing medical research. - **Mount Sinai and various healthcare programs**: Collaborations to develop AI tools and enhance decision-making across hospitals. - **Avandra Imaging**: Launching a federated network for de-identified imaging data to facilitate access for research. - **Accelecom and Dayspring Health**: This collaboration focuses on improving connectivity across healthcare sites to enhance patient care and medical research. - **Cleveland Clinic and Novo Nordisk Foundation**: Launching the Quantum-AI Biomedical Frontiers Fellowship Program to integrate quantum computing and AI in biomedical research. ### Innovations, Trends, and Initiatives - **Medical Research Future Fund**: Aimed at replacing U.S. funding for medical research in Australia, though it has struggled to meet its funding promises. - **AI in Medical Research**: Utilization of AI technologies to streamline clinical trials, enhance data analysis, and improve patient outcomes. - **Medeloop's AI Platform**: Utilizes autonomous AI agents to streamline medical research processes and enhance data analysis. - **Medeloop's AI-powered tools**: Includes a grant platform, dual-component studies platform, no-code analytics platform, and manuscript publication platform to simplify medical research. - **Decentralized Applications**: Welshare Health's app aims to connect patients directly with research organizations for diabetes research. - **Precision Medicine Software Growth**: Projected to grow significantly, driven by AI and machine learning integration for personalized treatment pathways. - **Automated Clinical Trials**: Research Grid's AI-powered products streamline clinical trial management, reducing costs and timelines. - **Generative AI in Healthcare**: Transforming medical research by generating synthetic data, improving drug discovery, and personalizing treatment plans. - **Decentralized Clinical Trials (DCTs)**: Transforming clinical research by allowing remote patient participation and utilizing real-time health data from wearables. - **AI in Healthcare**: AI is transforming medical research, diagnostics, and personalized treatment plans, with applications in telemedicine and drug discovery. - **Decentralized Clinical Trials**: Thermo Fisher's focus on enhancing patient access to clinical trials through innovative digital solutions. - **Global Clinical Trials Connect 2025**: A conference aimed at discussing advancements in clinical trials, focusing on bioethics, patient recruitment, and new technologies. - **mRNA Cancer Vaccines**: Development of personalized mRNA cancer vaccines at the University of Queensland to improve treatment outcomes. - **AI in Clinical Trials**: Integrating health systems science to enhance the rigor and relevance of clinical trials, addressing real-world healthcare delivery challenges. - **TenK10K Study**: A large-scale genomic mapping project aimed at identifying disease-associated genomic fingerprints. - **EHR Evolution**: Electronic health records have evolved to support sophisticated data analytics for chronic disease research and population health insights. - **SEQSTER's Technology Integration**: Focuses on enhancing patient outcomes and accelerating clinical research through strategic partnerships and innovative platforms. - **Generative AI**: Transforming healthcare by enabling the creation of new data and treatment plans, enhancing patient care and accelerating medical research. - **Gene Therapy for Hearing Disorders**: Promising advancements in gene therapy targeting OTOF-related deafness, aiming for near-physiological hearing recovery. - **Whole Genome and Exome Sequencing**: A growing market projected to reach $7.46 billion by 2033, driven by personalized medicine and genetic disorder prevalence. ### Challenges and Concerns - **Access to Diverse Datasets**: Traditional medical research is hindered by limited access to diverse datasets, impacting research quality. - **Ethical Standards in Medical Research**: Recent updates to the Declaration of Helsinki highlight the need for ongoing updates to address ethical challenges. - **Transparency Issues in Medical Research Funding**: Critics argue that the Medical Research Future Fund lacks transparency and accountability, impacting its effectiveness. - **Industry Influence on Research**: Concerns have been raised about the influence of the fossil fuel industry on medical research, potentially compromising research integrity. - **Funding Cuts to NIH**: Proposed cuts threaten to reduce clinical trials and research for life-saving treatments, potentially increasing mortality rates from diseases. - **Data Privacy and Security**: Concerns regarding the protection of sensitive patient information in AI applications and medical research. - **Economic Impact of Research Funding**: NIH funding generates significant economic activity, and cuts could hinder job creation and biomedical research advancements. - **Ethical Guidelines in AI**: The necessity for ethical guidelines in AI development to ensure responsible use in biomedical research. - **Medical Errors**: The prevalence of medical errors remains a significant concern, prompting calls for urgent reforms in healthcare. - **Diversity in Clinical Trials**: Barriers to diversity in clinical trials remain a significant challenge, necessitating initiatives like the EQBMED model. - **Implementation Costs**: High costs and interoperability issues hinder the widespread adoption of precision medicine software, particularly in smaller healthcare institutions. - **Data Security and Privacy**: Emphasis on ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements in data collaborations. - **Ethical Considerations**: The future of responsible AI in healthcare hinges on addressing challenges such as algorithmic bias and the need for collaboration among stakeholders. - **Ethical Concerns in AI**: The integration of AI in healthcare raises issues regarding data privacy, algorithmic bias, and the need for transparency in decision-making. - **Data Security**: With the rise of AI, data security is critical, necessitating robust cybersecurity measures to protect patient information. - **Chip Shortage Impacting AI**: Global shortage of GPUs affecting healthcare AI applications and research capabilities. ## Related Topics [[Health Research]]; [[Biomedical Research]]; [[Clinical Research]]