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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)There is a clear and present need to improve the quality of diabetes care. Information technology can be used as a means to that end. In this article, we discuss the design and implementation of a web-based diabetes ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been the stalwart of research funding at universities and academic teaching hospitals. However, since the start of the last decade NIH funding has contracted in real terms. ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Drug eluting stents have revolutionized the practice of medicine and the landscape of medical devices. Yet, more than four years after introduction clinical trial data and clinical use have still not fully clarified what ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Published findings report that it takes approximately eight years to bring a novel drug to market at an average cost of $800 million. Over the last ten years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has helped to reduce the ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)'Smart' targeted drug carriers have long been sought after in the treatment of epidermal growth factor (EGF)-overexpressing cancers due to the potential advantages, relative to current clinical therapies (generally limited ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)The degree of irregularity apparent in the discharge patterns of electrically stimulated auditory-nerve fibers depends upon the stimulation rate. Whereas fibers fire regularly at low stimulation rates, the same fibers fire ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Introduction. Models that represent mathematical relationships between clinical outcomes and their predictors are useful to the decision making process in patient care. Many models, such as the score of neonatal physiology ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)Solid tumors require blood vessels for growth, and the goal of anti-angiogenic therapy is to destroy the tumor vasculature. Recent findings suggest that anti-angiogenic therapy enhances radiation and chemotherapy responses. ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)This thesis presents a novel optical technique, light scattering spectroscopy (LSS), developed for quantitative characterization of tissue morphology as well as in vivo detection and diagnosis of the diseases associated ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)This thesis investigates the economic impact of stratified medicine on industry and the subsequent ethical implications for patients. Stratified medicine involves the use of clinical biomarkers to indicate differential ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)In recent years, significant advances have been made in the realm of in vitro diagnostics with the development of novel tests which are able to meaningfully impact the course of a patients' disease management. This ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Disruptive models of innovation are starting to appear in healthcare. In the US, for instance, retail medicine clinics are changing the way in which patients satisfy their basic medical needs. In Mexico, similar retail ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996)This thesis examines the problem of resource allocation in Africa to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It focuses on the use of one specific technology, the anti-HIV antibody test. After describing the characteristics of the ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)In this paper we evaluate how harmonization of patent laws in China and India to developed world standards has affected innovative research and development activity in the life sciences industry of those countries. The ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)The pars tensa of the tympanic membrane is composed of three layers: an epidermal layer, a fibrous layer, and a mucosal layer. Recent studies (Kuijpers et al, 1999; Henson and Henson, 2000; Henson et al, 2005) suggest that ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)Background: Estimation of cost-effectiveness of a therapy as compared with another, in healthcare, is often based on a single perspective and a single time horizon. In this thesis, I explored methods of extrapolating the ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)Aim: To examine the effects of cellular and tissue pharmacokinetics on control released growth factors. Motivation: The resurgence of interest in controlled drug delivery reflects the increasing appreciation of the importance ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)The purpose of this paper is to examine the interactions between licensing status, equity issuance cycles, and drug development success at the small pharmaceutical companies that originate these development projects. ...
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