VitaScan
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VitaScan's first test is for iron deficiency, the most prevalent nutrition deficiency in the world. Connect with us here or through our website.
Ithaca, NY
Joined September 2012
We are 1 of 7 companies pitching @medcitynews INVEST #Diagnostics next Tuesday in #Chicago! Wish us luck! #mcinvest
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Very excited to announce that we have been chosen as a @westcoastctip portfolio member! Their expertise in #pediatrics and #medtech will be invaluable as we work to improve early infant screening and pediatric nutrition!
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Are #athometests the future of #healthcare? Tom @ 1PM ET, join @meetashwellness's @dstein611, @VitaScanMe's Li Jiang, @CornellMBA candidate Mia Muschek & @GetAwareHealth's Param Kulkarni as they discuss this new era of personalized, customer-driven care:
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Imagine that you never had to leave your home to get tested for a sexually transmitted infection or that you could decide for yourself when to have your thyroid or iron levels checked. Would you be...
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There’s nothing physiologic to support gender based diferences in hemoglobin or ferritin Instead it’s tolerating iron deficiency and results in many women left undiagnosed and untreated with real consequences . Let’s be equitable and diagnose anemia the same for men and women
“As a society committed to recognising and transforming gender inequalities, it is time to remove sex-based thresholds for one of the most common global human afflictions” #anaemia #WomensHealth NEW comment by @acweyand @PTMcGann @sholzberg
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Huge congrats to our scientific advisor @MIMcBurney!!! Very well deserved. Excited to have him on the team!
Congratulations Dr. Michael McBurney on being inducted into the 2021 Class of Fellows! Thank you for your contributions to the field of nutrition and continuous work promoting evidence-based nutrition. @MIMcBurney #NutritionLiveOnline
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🥒 Explore how global #HealthTech startups use technology to impact nutrition 👉 https://t.co/RrWNVC7b6N ft. @NutritioCoach @JunumHealth @appnutrida @HeyWello @VitaScanMe #Nutrition
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Vitamins and iron are essential! People monitor their weight, BP, blood glucose and cholesterol. When will do the same for vitamins, minerals and EPA +DHA? @VitaScanMe @OmegaQuant
@BethanyDuffyRD @UlsterUniPhD @NICHE_ULSTER presenting data at #BDAResearch from her MRes highlighting the potential #Riboflavin to improve #Haemaglobin and ⬇️ risk of anaemia. Implications for #dietary recommendations #OptipregStudy
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Congrats to our colleagues @MehtaRG for advancing mobile based diagnostics!
Congratulations Saurabh Mehta @CornellEng @MehtaRG third prize $100K #NTACchallenge for a saliva test with smartphone app to detect iron deficiency, inflammation, and malaria @nibib.gov https://t.co/PLdyvHKZ54
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"Point-of-care devices...will help assess relationships much more accurately among dietary intake, genomics, and microbial influences on health and disease" https://t.co/6EwfVVBpDM via @JAMA_current part of @JAMANetwork #nutrition #precisionnutrition #personalizedhealth
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In this Viewpoint directors of the NIH and NIDDK summarize the agency’s 2020-2030 Strategic Plan for NIH Nutrition Research, a roadmap to establish a science of nutrition as a means to prevent and...
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Current state of the art in rapid diagnostics for antimicrobial resistance - now published in Lab on a Chip led by @MehtaRG. @CornellMAE @CornellNutri
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a fundamental global concern analogous to climate change threatening both public health and global development progress. Infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant...
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TODAY'S THE DAY! Welcome to the 244 #startups participating in this year's @MassChallenge programs in #Austin, #Boston, #Houston, & #RhodeIsland. Follow along for #startup stories from the cohorts that illustrate the #impact #entrepreneurship has on the #economy & our lives!
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We're excited to be selected by @thetechtrib as one of Ithaca's Best Tech Startups, and honored to share the list with our neighbors @GiveGab and Rosie! #Ithacatech #Ithacabest
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Estimates show that the #COVID19 pandemic will lead to a 2% rise in acute #malnutrition levels. #Nutrition can provide the best possible immunity and strengthen resilience for vulnerable people all over the world. Supporting good nutrition is more important than ever.
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Congrats to Dr. Saurabh Mehta, the recipient of the 2020 Norman Kretchmer Memorial Award in Nutrition and Development given to a young investigator for their research in the field of nutrition and development with relevance to improving child health! #NUTRITIONLIVEONLINE
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Congrats to our Board Member and Founder @MehtaRG for this well- deserved award!! #nutrition
Congratulations to @CornellNutri 's Dr. Saurabh Mehta @MehtaRG on being awarded the Norman Kretchmer Memorial Award in Nutrition and Development from @nutritionorg! A well-deserved honor! @CornellCHE @CornellCALS @cornell #globalhealth #epidemiology #epitwitter #nutrition
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Want to know how a rapid mobile-based assay can be used to determine inflammation? Listen to this exclusive interview with #CTSC TL1 Awardee @BryanMGannon @WeillCornell @ncats_nih_gov @CLIC_CTSA @ProfEricksonCU @MehtaRG #translationalscience
A rapid mobile-based assay for the determination of inflammation? Learn more in the exclusive interview with @BryanMGannon – available here https://t.co/TyFag7e6BW
@_atanas_ @MehtaRG @ProfEricksonCU @FinkelsteinLab @CornellNutri @JohnsonLynnM @CornellCSCU @erlesen @_INPST
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Another patent granted for VitaScan, and our first in Europe!!
New European Patent Issued! EP 2946198, Smartphone-Based Apparatus and Method for Obtaining Repeatable, Quantitative Colorimetric Measurement -
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Paving the way for@Tokyo: more money for nutrition and more nutrition for the money. Inspiring discussions at #SUNGG19 advocating for SMART commitments for #nutrition, including domestic and innovative, new and existing. $10 per child per year is achievable! #InvestinNutrition
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