ARTICLES BY CYNDI ROOT

  • Canadian Expert Panel Recommends Including Children In Drug R&D
    9/23/2014

    The Council of Canadian Academies, an independent science group, has stated that children should be included in drug development efforts.

  • Mayo Clinic, IBM Partner To Match Patients To Clinical Trials
    9/10/2014

    The Mayo Clinic and IBM announced in a press release that they plan to use Watson, a supercomputer, to match patients to clinical trials. IBM’s Watson is a cognitive computer, which will be customized for Mayo Clinic applications. The computer will teach itself and mature over time, becoming more efficient at matching patients and locating patients for difficult trials, such as rare diseases.

Cyndi Root

Cyndi Root is a contributing writer for Life Science Connect who writes regular life sciences news features for several markets. She has a Bachelor’s degree from Yale University.