By meeting the growing demand for botanical micronutrients, the new technology overcomes supply chain disruptions, circumvents climate change and extends plant life cycles.

“We don’t need the whole plant to access specific bioactive compounds. We also don’t need to throw away up to 99% of the plant and generate tons of agricultural waste just to extract specific nutrients. We have a technology where we can narrow down the harvest of an entire field because of its plant nature into a single bioreactor.”

Explains Kobi Avidan, CEO and co-founder of Novella.

The traditional field-to-bottle protocol for nutraceutical production involves a long, complex and often tedious process of prolonged cultivation and labor-intensive harvesting of sensitive plant products, as well as the use of vast tracts of agricultural land.

The supply chain for botanical extracts is constantly subject to natural plant growth cycles, changing environmental conditions, climatic fluctuations and social and economic constraints.

Instead of growing the entire plant, Novella screens specific plant tissues – including stems, fruits, leaves and flowers – to determine the highest concentrations of desired active substances. A cell culture (callus) is formed from these tissues and amplified in bioreactors. This results in a pure, pesticide-free powder product composed of plant tissues with the natural nutrient complex intact.

Novella can grow any type of plant tissue, but is currently focused on growing several high-quality plant products, including some widely consumed vegetables that feature potent concentrations of nutrients such as vitamin C that cannot be extracted by existing methods.

The portable monitoring system and tests will be utilized by physicians, scientists, health professionals, faculty and staff as part of JHM’s commitment to health and well-being among its entire employee population. Ayub Khattak, Co-Founder and CEO of Cue said:

“Johns Hopkins Medicine is playing a leading and critical role in the fight against COVID-19, and we are honored to help support their team’s health and well-being. In settings like hospitals and medical research facilities, accuracy cannot be compromised and precision is paramount.”

In addition, JHM will have access to a Cue Health Enterprise Dashboard, which allows for test results to be shared through a secure, web-based internal application. This way organizations can manage population health and access timely data and analytics to enable administrators to swiftly identify trends and make informed decisions.

Cue’s test uses molecular nucleic acid amplification technology (NAAT) and provides lab-quality results directly to connected mobile devices in 20 minutes. The test is able to detect all known COVID-19 variants, including Omicron, and can be used on adults and children.

Cue also provides tests to Google, the National Basketball Association, and Major League Baseball, among other organizations.

According to some research, there are more than a half-million people with disabilities who never leave their homes. That is causing them debilitating isolation which exacerbates physical and emotional issues. The lack of reliable and safe transportation is often one of the reasons for whether a person gets the regular medical care they need or not. This adds up to an enormous societal cost in human suffering and healthcare costs.

There are more than 60 million adult Americans who live with a disability. Too many struggles to get to their doctors, to get to work and training, and to fully participate in their community.

Community service providers who provide programming for adults with disabilities fill the gaps left by public paratransit, family and friend networks. There are lots of urban centres that have a variety of agencies that provide transportation services along with training and social programs.

As technology is developing and social problems become more serious, there are technologies that are helping and changing people’s lives. Such tech is the new tailored software-as-a-service (SaaS) which is designed to support transportation that can result in better, less costly services. It will not only reduce costs but will also create a system that is more easily accessible to users and managed by staff.

Many of us know that technology is slowly replacing most of the traditional ways of managing a certain problem. That’s why adding a software solution can be one with an array of benefits, even though it can be intimidating financial consideration for a funds-strapped organization. If nowadays we rely on all these traditional methods for coordinating transportation such as hand-written schedules and phone calls, we can be sure that human mistakes will be really expensive, too. So, by adopting a digital solution, we can ensure that we will achieve efficiency and accuracy, beneficial to everyone who provides or uses these transportation programs.

When it comes to the patient’s safety and privacy issues, we need to know that they are at the forefront of technological solutions for care. In particular, scheduling systems for patient populations must be focused on providing safe and timely transport for the individual. There are solutions that are in a HIPAA-compliant, cloud-hosted platform. They can be integrated with providers’ existing infrastructure, in which providers can change, track and coordinate schedules.

There is no doubt that people with disabilities deserve to be heard when we talk about their care and mobility. Using a software solution that is geared specifically to serve a diverse population with different abilities gives users autonomy and freedom to manage their own schedules.

Are there other features that are ideal for a modern scheduling system?

Well, of course. It includes options for tailored individual transport preferences, trackable on- and off-boarding managed schedule changes and the ability to devise optimal routing under real-time circumstances.

Another solution that is created with providing compassionate care that is top of mind will also feature driver check-ins at pick-up, arrival, and drop-off back home. This will provide assurance both to the staff and the families who feel safe and comfortable when knowing that patients are secure and in good hands.