Walter Jessen

Discovery New Media

Highlight HEALTH

As a scientist, I feel that I have a responsibility to communicate the importance of biomedical research to the public. Highlight HEALTH and Highlight HEALTH 2.0 is my endeavor to do just that, promoting advances in biomedical research and new ideas in health and medicine.

Recent articles authored by Walter Jessen

  • F1000 Launches Open Access Publishing for Biology and Medicine
    Wednesday, February 01st, 2012

    This week, the Faculty of 1000 (F1000), announced F1000 Research, a new fully Open Access publishing…

  • Biomarker Bulletin: January 30, 2012
    Monday, January 30th, 2012

    Biomarker Bulletin is an occasionally recurring update of news focused on biomarkers and the develop…

  • Novartis Issues Recall Because of Broken, Mixed Medicines
    Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

    Novartis is recalling certain lots of Excedrin, Bufferin, NoDoz and Gas-X Prevention because they mi…

  • Drug Companies Collaborate to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases
    Thursday, February 02nd, 2012

    A global initiative to fight neglected tropical diseases launched in London this week. The so-called…

  • LowestMed Mobile App Helps Consumers Make Informed Decisions About Prescription Drugs
    Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

    LowestMed recently launched a first-in-the-industry mobile app that enables healthcare consumers to …

  • A Pill-Sized MRI Powered Robotic Endoscope
    Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

    Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel and Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston are wor…

  • Ion Proton Sequencer for Genome Sequencing
    Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

    Life Technologies Ion Proton Sequencer is designed to sequence the entire human genome in a day for …

  • Electronic Contact Lenses for Blood Glucose Monitoring
    Monday, January 09th, 2012

    Researchers from the University of Washington and Microsoft Research Connections are working togethe…