Posts Tagged ‘health technology’
3-D mammography aids Oakland specialists in breast cancer detection
A new 3-D technology to detect breast cancer at Oakland’s Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center is helping doctors diagnose the disease earlier by allowing them to examine tissue layer-by-layer. The medical center, part of the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center and a Sutter Health affiliate, installed tomosynthesis, also known as 3-D mammography, earlier this…
Read MoreJosephine: Takeout reimagined
Josephine, an Oakland-based food startup, lets home cooks profit from their culinary creations by selling to their neighbors.
Read MoreOakland biohackers beat funding goal for open source insulin protocol
A group of North Oakland biohackers are trying to liberate the lifesaving medicine insulin by documenting an open source method for its synthesis – and they just nearly tripled their crowdfunding goal.
Read MoreOakland 3D printing company takes production industry by storm
At Oakland’s Fathom Studio, tech-savvy workers need only to follow one simple direction before finished products from dolls to prosthetic limbs materialize in 3D: “Just click print.”
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