$100 million for medical research technology
The Australian Government is investing $100 million into the development of new technologies to improve the diagnosis and treatment of stroke, epilepsy and lung disease, including COVID-19.
Date published:
26 February 2021
Type:
News
Intended audience:
General public
This funding from the Medical Research Future Fund’s Frontier Health and Medical Research initiative will support the development of:
- lightweight brain scanners that can be carried in ambulances to treat stroke victims
- a platform of artificial intelligence based expertise and clinical decision support, to provide people with epilepsy with the best practice care, and
- safe, rapid and easy to use lung scanners.
See the media release for further details about the projects receiving funding.
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