An MRI helmet out of ‘Back to the Future’ wins STAT Summit research pick
The pitches are as ambitious as they are exciting: a gel to rub onto your teeth to fight gum disease, sparing patients trips to the dentist for painful cleanings. A way to trick immunotherapy-resistant solid tumors into being less resistant to the treatment. Or a simple, fashionable way to get faster, clearer MRI images.
Those futuristic ideas were front and center at the STAT Breakthrough Summit in San Francisco on Wednesday, where entrants in the annual STAT Madness competition — a bracket-style competition to find the best innovation in science and medicine — presented their scientific research.
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