The Daily Scan

Aperio's daily news and views about Digital Pathology

CAP Today: Regulators scanning the digital scanners24 Jan 2012

Of the FDA’s decision to regulate whole-slide imaging systems as Class III devices, Aperio president Dirk Soenksen says, “They’ve made up their mind.... You’re talking five years at the earliest when someone’s going to get approval.” How broad will Aperio's...

What the Healthcare Industry Can Learn From Technology Start-Ups17 Jan 2012

This is an interesting post on The Health Care Blog, by David Shaywitz: What the Healthcare Industry can learn from Technology Start-ups: I’ve been struck by some of the profound differences between a tech start-up (even one ostensibly in the...

The $1,000 genome11 Jan 2012

The Wall Street Journal reports Soon, $1,000 will map your genes: The quest to harness the power of DNA to develop personalized medicine is on the threshold of a major milestone: the $1,000 genome sequencing. Life Technologies Corp., a Carlsbad,...

Five years of iPhone9 Jan 2012

As the iPhone and iPad become an ever bigger and more important tool for physicians - including pathologists - it is interesting to ponder five years of iPhone: Five years ago today, Steve Jobs unveiled the new iPhone at Macworld...

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