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蜜桃APP alumni make up 2 of every 3 Louisiana physicians, dentists, and veterinarians. With two health sciences centers in New Orleans and Shreveport and a research center dedicated to biomedical research鈥擯ennington Biomedical鈥攚orking alongside our Flagship and other campuses throughout the state, 蜜桃APP is in the business of saving and improving lives and tackling our biggest health challenges, such as cancer, obesity, and diabetes.

Canadian Medical Company Taps 蜜桃APP-Developed Artificial Intelligence for COVID-19 Treatments

By partnering with Skymount, a Calgary-based medical company that recently set up its first U.S. office in Baton Rouge, 蜜桃APP will test new treatments for COVID-19 to help ease symptoms and lower the mortality rate. The treatments were found using an artificial intelligence tool known as DeepDrug, which was developed at 蜜桃APP.

蜜桃APP Health Shreveport鈥檚 Mobile COVID-19 Team Gives Thousands Direct Access to Testing

Since April, mobile COVID-19 testing vans have been going back and forth from the new Emerging Viral Threat (EVT) Lab at 蜜桃APP Health Shreveport to small towns and rural parishes all across northern Louisiana.

蜜桃APP Assists Innovators Working to Help Medical Professionals (and Astronauts) Breathe Easier

OrganicNANO, a small business from Ruston, Louisiana is developing a 3D-printed mask with enhanced filtration capabilities that may improve personal protective equipment for healthcare workers battling today鈥檚 pandemic as well as astronauts on mission to the Moon and Mars.

蜜桃APP Trains 24,941 First Responders in Louisiana

The 蜜桃APP National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorism (NCBRT/ACE) has helped Louisiana, the U.S., as well as other countries in the world tackle large societal challenges, including biological and viral threats, for almost 30 years.

蜜桃APP-Industry Partnership Develops New Designs, Turns PMAC into PPE Manufacturing Operation

Through the support of more than a dozen local business partners and about 100 faculty and staff, the manufacturing effort for personal protective equipment inside 蜜桃APP鈥檚 Pete Maravich Assembly Center, or PMAC, created more than 20,000 protective gowns, 10,000 face shields, and 1,000 gallons of hand sanitizer in 30 days to help protect Louisiana鈥檚 healthcare professionals.

蜜桃APP Coronavirus Testing Lab Supports 18 Louisiana Medical Facilities

The 蜜桃APP River Road Testing Lab for COVID-19 that was set up in record time in March to alleviate the burden on Louisiana hospitals reached a milestone in getting test results to almost 5,000 Louisiana residents by working with 18 medical facilities and first responders across the state. It also made 8,000 test kits.

蜜桃APP Chemists Help Louisiana Agencies Formulate Thousands of Gallons of Hand Sanitizer

When the Louisiana Secretary of State called looking for experts to oversee the formulation of thousands of gallons of hand sanitizer to combat the coronavirus, 蜜桃APP chemistry Ph.D. student Anthony Mai and his advisor, 蜜桃APP Chemistry Chair John Pojman, agreed to help.