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WPI researchers develop chip for early cancer screening

By Emily Micucci, The Worcester Business Journal

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have developed a chip that could lead to early detection of cancer metastasis.

Gallup survey finds healthcare professionals most trusted

Americans view healthcare professionals as more trustworthy than most other professionals, according to annual Gallup survey results released Monday.

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute researchers have received $3.2 million in funding to study how high-deductible health plans and preventative drug lists impact asthma patients.

Worcester-based autism services provider Behavioral Concepts Inc. (BCI) will celebrate the opening of its new Fitchburg location with an open house and ribbon cutting on Jan. 17.

Spectrum names new COO

Worcester addiction treatment provider Spectrum Health Systems has hired industry veteran Sherry Ellis as its new chief operating officer.

UMass Medical School is now home to two high-resolution microscopes, the first of their kind in New England.

Pulse Check: Opinion on ACA

What do Americans want for the Affordable Care Act?

Expand what the law does	30%
Repeal the entire law	26%
Move forward with implementing the law as is	19%
Scale back what the law does	17%
Don't know/None of these	7%

Source: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll

People on the Move

Dr. Jan Leitao-Pina has moved his internal medicine practice to Saint Vincent Medical Group's Shore Drive Internal Medicine practice in Worcester. He is accepting new patients.

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