Medical Care – EBUT Laboratory https://ebutlab.com Emotional, Burning, Unlimited Tuned Laboratory Thu, 15 May 2025 00:16:52 +0000 ja hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://ebutlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-logo-2x-100x100.png Medical Care – EBUT Laboratory https://ebutlab.com 32 32 179778457 Innovative Approach Developed for Removing Extra Chromosome 21 in Cells from Individuals with Down Syndrome Using CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing Technology https://ebutlab.com/blog/2025/02/20/innovative-approach-developed-for-removing-extra-chromosome-21-in-cells-from-individuals-with-down-syndrome-using-crispr-cas9-genome-editing-technology/ Thu, 20 Feb 2025 06:11:51 +0000 https://ebutlab.com/?p=22912 Summary of our research
A research team led by Dr. Ryotaro Hashizume from the Graduate School of Medicine (a member of the Unit for Genomic Manipulation and Technology Development) has developed a pioneering technique for eliminating the extra copy of chromosome 21 in cells derived from individuals with Down syndrome. Down syndrome is caused by trisomy, where there are three copies of chromosome 21 instead of the usual two, leading to intellectual developmental disabilities and other complications. Approximately one in every 700 births is affected by this condition. Until now, there has been no effective technology to eliminate the extra chromosome, which is the root cause of the syndrome, from the cells…

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Citizen suspends sales of its latest smartwatch https://ebutlab.com/blog/2023/08/25/citizen-suspends-sales-of-its-latest-smartwatch/ Fri, 25 Aug 2023 12:58:01 +0000 https://ebutlab.com/?p=22466

The second-gen CZ Smart is a nice-looking smartwatch but so far has been plagued with laggy screens, poor battery life, and inaccurate health tracking.

Citizen is temporarily suspending sales of its second-gen CZ Smart watch due to a “technical issue.” The Wear OS watch, which launched in May, had a feature based on tech from IBM’s Watson and NASA to track a person’s alertness.

It appears the decision stems from negative experiences from reviewers. Michael Fisher — better known as MrMobile on YouTube — noted that Citizen said it would suspend sales after he had reached out to the company about the watch’s many issues. That was corroborated by a Wired story, in which reviewer Julian Chokkattu also detailed several bugs, like laggy screens, bad battery life, inaccurate tracking, and watchfaces that can’t even tell the correct time.

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YouTube starts mass takedowns of videos promoting ‘harmful or ineffective’ cancer https://ebutlab.com/blog/2023/08/16/youtube-starts-mass-takedowns-of-videos-promoting-harmful-or-ineffective-cancer/ Tue, 15 Aug 2023 23:06:41 +0000 https://ebutlab.com/?p=22452

The platform will also take action against videos that discourage people from seeking professional medical treatment as it sets out its health policies going forward.

YouTube will remove content that promotes “cancer treatments proven to be harmful or ineffective” or which “discourages viewers from seeking professional medical treatment,” the video platform announced today. The enforcement comes as YouTube is attempting to streamline its medical moderation guidelines based on what it’s learned while attempting to tackle misinformation around topics like covid-19, vaccines, and reproductive health.

Going forward, Google’s video platform says it will apply its medical misinformation policies when there is a high public health risk, when there is publicly available guidance from health authorities, and when a topic is prone to misinformation. YouTube hopes that this policy framework will be flexible enough to cover a broad range of medical topics, while finding a balance between minimizing harm and allowing debate.

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ボトックス注射でうつ病や不安症を治療できるか、有望な結果続々 https://ebutlab.com/blog/2023/08/08/%e3%83%9c%e3%83%88%e3%83%83%e3%82%af%e3%82%b9%e6%b3%a8%e5%b0%84%e3%81%a7%e3%81%86%e3%81%a4%e7%97%85%e3%82%84%e4%b8%8d%e5%ae%89%e7%97%87%e3%82%92%e6%b2%bb%e7%99%82%e3%81%a7%e3%81%8d%e3%82%8b%e3%81%8b/ Mon, 07 Aug 2023 23:31:24 +0000 https://ebutlab.com/?p=22440

顔にボトックス注射を受けた人は、しわが薄くなり、元気で、穏やかで、若々しく見えるようになっただけでなく、以前より精神的に安定していることに気づくかもしれない。それは、鏡に映る顔への満足感だけによるものではない可能性がある。近年、うつ病や不安症に対するボトックス注射の効果が研究され、症状の大幅な改善につながる場合があることが明らかになってきている。

 ボツリヌストキシンは、植物や土壌や水の中に自然に存在しているボツリヌス菌がつくる毒素だ。その製剤であるボトックスは、筋肉を一時的にまひさせることで表情じわを減らしたり取り除いたりできるだけでなく、慢性片頭痛(編注:日本では保険適応外)、多汗症、痙性斜頸(けいせいしゃけい、首の筋肉が意思とは無関係に収縮して不自然な姿勢になる疾患)、過活動膀胱などの治療にも用いられている …

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Apple’s smartwatch market share declines, Samsung is no longer second https://ebutlab.com/blog/2023/05/25/apples-smartwatch-market-share-declines-samsung-is-no-longer-second/ Thu, 25 May 2023 08:51:23 +0000 https://ebutlab.com/?p=22251

The global smartwatch market, which had shown consistent growth in recent years, experienced a decline in the first quarter of 2023. According to Counterpoint Research’s Global Smartwatch Model Tracker, smartwatch shipments slumped by 1.5% year-over-year in Q1 2023. The shipment slump can be attributed to reduced demand from major players such as Apple and Samsung.

One of the significant contributors to the decline in smartwatch shipments is Apple, the leading player in the smartwatch market. The company witnessed a notable decline of 20% in smartwatch shipments during Q1 2023 compared to the same period last year.

This decline resulted in Apple’s shipments falling below 10 million units for the first time in three years. As a result, Apple’s market share dropped from 32% to 26%. The reduced demand for Apple watches can be attributed to the global economic crisis.

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最新版AI GPT-4、日本の医師国家試験で「合格」… 安楽死などでは不適切解答 https://ebutlab.com/blog/2023/05/13/%e6%9c%80%e6%96%b0%e7%89%88%ef%bd%81%ef%bd%89%e3%80%8c%ef%bd%87%ef%bd%90%ef%bd%94%e2%80%95%ef%bc%94%e3%80%8d%e3%80%81%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e3%81%ae%e5%8c%bb%e5%b8%ab%e5%9b%bd%e5%ae%b6%e8%a9%a6%e9%a8%93/ Sat, 13 May 2023 10:40:47 +0000 https://ebutlab.com/?p=22208

 米オープンAI社が開発した最新版の人工知能(AI)に日本の医師国家試験を解かせたところ、合格ラインを超えたと、日米の国際研究チームが明らかにした。ただ、人間の受験者の平均点は下回り、患者を安楽死に誘導する選択肢を選ぶなど不適切な解答もみられたという。

 米ワシントン大の笠井淳吾研究員(自然言語処理)らは、同社の対話型AI「チャットGPT」や、最新版の「GPT―4」を使い、2018~22年の5年分の医師国家試験を解かせた。その結果、チャットGPTはいずれも不合格だったが、GPT―4は5年分すべてで合格ラインを上回った。

 一方、AIは妊婦の患者には投与できない薬剤を選んだり、患者に対して安楽死を促すような言葉がけを「適切な対応」として選択したりした。笠井氏は「日本の医療現場の法律やルールを知らなかったり、妊婦であるなど大切な情報を見落としたりするのは問題だ」としている。

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Americans are quitting plant-based meat due to high prices, worse taste, and questionable health benefits https://ebutlab.com/blog/2023/03/13/americans-are-quitting-plant-based-meat-due-to-high-prices-worse-taste-and-questionable-health-benefits/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 08:27:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/hckojima/status/1635195770038288384

The plant-based meat industry surged in 2020.
But now, some companies are experiencing slowing sales and layoffs.
They can’t just blame inflation — Americans might just not want their products.

Plant-based meat looked poised to change the world — but then Americans stopped buying it.

In 2020, retail sales of plant-based meat grew 45%, surpassing the $1 billion mark for the first time. Increasing awareness of companies like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, in addition to climate change and animal welfare concerns, nudged many Americans to give fake meat a shot.

The nature of the pandemic helped sales as well. Many consumers were facing meat shortages, had extra cash to spend, and were looking for something new to break up the day-to-day monotony.

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Next Home = Condominium with the hospitals https://ebutlab.com/blog/2023/02/14/next-home-condominium-with-the-hospitals/ Tue, 14 Feb 2023 00:02:56 +0000 https://ebutlab.com/?p=21521

For the future life in Japan & China, means the area where so many old people life keep to live, we need the enviroment of daily life like the picture. We need the hospitals, doctors when the old people have the problem of their health.

Or the doctors and other medical staffs can monitor the health of the old people who live in the same building, for example to use the sensor at the toilet, refrigerator, floor and blah blah at their home/life space .

That can also provide “Quick Home 911” 🙂

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鼓膜の危機? 耳かきボイスと連動して自動的に耳かきするヤバいマシーンがニコ動で話題 https://ebutlab.com/blog/2023/01/28/%e9%bc%93%e8%86%9c%e3%81%ae%e5%8d%b1%e6%a9%9f%ef%bc%9f-%e8%80%b3%e3%81%8b%e3%81%8d%e3%83%9c%e3%82%a4%e3%82%b9%e3%81%a8%e9%80%a3%e5%8b%95%e3%81%97%e3%81%a6%e8%87%aa%e5%8b%95%e7%9a%84%e3%81%ab%e8%80%b3/ Sat, 28 Jan 2023 03:53:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/hckojima/status/1619181763015897089  耳かきボイスと連動して耳かきをしてくれるマシンの動画がニコニコ動画にアップされ、そのヤバさが局地的に話題だ。

これは耳かき動画の音声をリアルタイムで解析し、耳かき音が鳴ると耳かきをしてくれるというハイテクマシーン。耳かきボイスを愛するユーザーにとってはたまらない装置、のはずなのだが、手のひらを模した本体を頭にくくりつけ、耳かきボイスに連動して耳かきや梵天を垂直にグサグサと上下させるという、鼓膜の危機を感じずにはいられないのがミソ。会話の声と耳かき音を識別して耳かきシーンでのみ装置を動作させるなど、プログラムとしては高い完成度を誇るほか、耳かきや梵天を切り替えつつランダムで左右/上下/回転と動きが切り替わるなど、工作力も相当な腕前なのだが、実際に動作しているシーンでは「新しい拷問具」「脳を掘削するのかな」「カイジでみた」など、身に恐怖を覚える視聴者が続出。

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AIメディカルサービス、シンガポール国立大学病院との連携を強化するため、ヘルスケア・イノベーション・センターにシンガポールオフィスを移転 https://ebutlab.com/blog/2023/01/22/ai%e3%83%a1%e3%83%87%e3%82%a3%e3%82%ab%e3%83%ab%e3%82%b5%e3%83%bc%e3%83%93%e3%82%b9%e3%80%81%e3%82%b7%e3%83%b3%e3%82%ac%e3%83%9d%e3%83%bc%e3%83%ab%e5%9b%bd%e7%ab%8b%e5%a4%a7%e5%ad%a6%e7%97%85%e9%99%a2/ Sun, 22 Jan 2023 10:07:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/hckojima/status/1617101644138938375 内視鏡の画像診断支援AIを研究開発する株式会社AIメディカルサービス(本社:東京都豊島区、代表取締役CEO :多田智裕、以下AIM)は、2023年1月1日に、シンガポール国立大学保健機構(NUHS)のヘルスケア・イノベーション・センター(Center for Innovation in Healthcare: CIH)内に、シンガポールオフィスを移転したことをお知らせいたします。これにより、AIMはシンガポール国立大学病院(National University Hospital: NUH)との共同研究体制をさらに強化し、シンガポールをハブとしたアジア地域の事業展開を本格化します。

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大阪の基幹病院を襲ったサイバー攻撃の深刻度 – 病院の電子化進むがセキュリティ費用が重荷に https://ebutlab.com/blog/2023/01/15/%e5%a4%a7%e9%98%aa%e3%81%ae%e5%9f%ba%e5%b9%b9%e7%97%85%e9%99%a2%e3%82%92%e8%a5%b2%e3%81%a3%e3%81%9f%e3%82%b5%e3%82%a4%e3%83%90%e3%83%bc%e6%94%bb%e6%92%83%e3%81%ae%e6%b7%b1%e5%88%bb%e5%ba%a6-2/ Sun, 15 Jan 2023 01:40:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/hckojima/status/1614437247302107137 「無関係な人の命が関わる病院を狙うなんて、最悪、最低やわ」

大阪急性期・総合医療センター(大阪市住吉区)を母の付き添いで訪れていた女性は憤る。

同病院は10月31日にサイバー攻撃を受け、電子カルテや薬の処方、それに会計といった病院経営に欠かせない基幹システムがダウン。外来患者の新規受付をストップしたほか、11月9日時点までに80件近くの手術を中止し、近隣の病院に転院する患者もいるなど、影響は甚大だ。

先述の女性は、がんが再発した母親に新たな薬を処方してもらうため、サイバー攻撃の翌日に病院を訪れた。しかし、電子カルテが使えず、医師が患者の副作用リスクなどを正確に判断できないことから、新たな処方は延期され、現在服用している薬を追加でもらうこととなった。

「12月に予約をとったが、その時に(新たな)薬が処方できるかわからないと言われた」と不安そうに話す。

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Withings’ U-Scan lets you do urinalysis at home on a daily basis https://ebutlab.com/blog/2023/01/08/withings-u-scan-lets-you-do-urinalysis-at-home-on-a-daily-basis/ Sun, 08 Jan 2023 01:10:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/hckojima/status/1611893071855374336 Withings announced U-Scan, a breakthrough product that lets you do urinalysis at home. This means you don’t have to go to the doctor or a lab to pee in a cup for medical tests.

One of the company’s most technologically advanced devices to date, U-Scan is a miniaturized health lab that hygienically sits within any toilet bowl to unlock the wealth of health information in daily urine.

The project is a game changer when it comes to testing your body — a goal of people who want to have a “quantified self,” a topic I was writing about more than a decade ago. U-Scan went through four years of development. The company unveiled the fruits of the work at CES 2023, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas.

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