X-Health.show - meet the future of healthcare
The X-Health.show brings to you brilliant minds behind programming living cells, tech that detects pre-term delivery in seconds, brain-computer interface or apps that employ AI to match you, your disease with the best treatment.
For the eXtra Health of the future.
You’ll meet visionaries from Switzerland who push the boundaries of healthcare.
Engineers who teamed up with doctors, scientists turned CEOs, doctors programming AI-powered apps, researchers who abandoned university labs to improve your health.
You’ll hear stories of promising startups founders and successful serial entrepreneurs.
Patients who imagine a better way.
You’ll
learn about new disease treatments
understand how AI-driven health tech can improve your life
grasp the way founders innovate
or even, get inspired to jumpstart innovation at your company.
Luckily, the X-Health.show is based in Switzerland, the most innovative country in the world according to World Intellectual Property Organization. For the 12th consecutive year. No wonder when the abundance of funds for innovation meets the ability to commercialize the discoveries.
With notable research institutions situated nearby top pharmaceutical companies, there’s more to expect. More medical innovations, break-through femtech, life changing biotech, developments in digital health, genetic engineering, and wearables, such as smart ring, blood pressure measurement on your wrist or ECG in your pyjama.
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X-Health.show - meet the future of healthcare
Breath Test for Diagnosing Respiratory Infections: Melanie Aregger, Avelo
Imagine breathing into a small tube for a few minutes, then your breath aerosol is sent for a PCR analysis. Quick you'll have the result: bacteria or virus causing pneumonia and can have the right treatment prescribed.
You’ll hear
- how tricky it is to detect bacteria and viruses in the breath
- why so many pneumonia cases are deadly
- what is an electrospun nanofiber filter
- how to better diagnose tuberculosis and why so many cases go undiagnosed
and more
Melanie Aregger is the CEO and co-founder of Avelo. A natural-born entrepreneur with experience in the diagnostics, medical device, and biotech industry. She recharges while running marathons in the high Alps or going on racecations – taking part in running races.
Avelo is a Swiss startup that develops AveloCollect, a breath aerosol collector. They aim at detecting tuberculosis and lower respiratory tract infections, the ones that cause pneumonia – from the breath. No nasal swab, no sputum, no blood sample. Just breathe into a tube.
More about Avelo:
https://www.avelolife.com/
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