Category: New products
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Trial Tests Diabetes Mgmt. Program vs. Smartphone Glucose Meter
A new clinical trial is testing a diabetes management program that includes Internet-connected glucose meters and one-on-one coaching against smartphone-enabled glucose meters alone.
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DNA-Encoded Synthetic Antibodies Protect Against Ebola
Synthetic antibodies derived from survivors of Ebola infections are shown to be quick and simple to develop, and in lab mice to provide long-term protection against against Ebola viruses.
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RNA Therapeutics Company Raises $30M in First Venture Round
A company spun-off from a university biochemistry lab is raising $30 million to fund discovery of treatments targeting RNA, genetic material instructing protein production in cells.
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Phone App Shown to Detect Serious Heart Attack
A smartphone app that monitors heart functions like an electrocardiogram, or EKG, can detect a dangerous form of heart attack, according to results of a clinical trial.
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Infographic – Superbugs Annually Kill 33,000 in Europe
Our friends at Statista posted a chart showing the median number of deaths by country in Europe from microbes resistant to antibiotics, this weekend’s infographic.
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Trial Underway for Inhaled Heart Rhythm Drug, Developer Raises $42M
A clinical trial is underway testing an inhaled therapy to quickly treat irregular heart rhythms, in cases where the problems occur occasionally and often resolve on their own.
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Modified Cancer Drug Hastens Bone Fracture Healing
A current drug for leukemia, with a simple protein chemically added, is shown in tests with lab mice to accelerate the healing of broken bones.
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Nanotech Immunotherapy Reduces Heart Transplant Rejection
Proteins known to regulate immune cells, given as nanoscale particles, are shown in lab mice to encourage long-term acceptance of a transplanted heart.
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NIH Award Supports Esophagus Tissue Implants from Stem Cells
A company developing engineered tissue implants from stem cells received a grant from National Institutes of Health to develop an implant to correct a congenital defect in a newborn infant’s esophagus.
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New Processes Devised to Boost Antibiotics
Researchers in chemistry at two institutions report new techniques that lab tests show modify current antibiotics to make them more effective against infections that resist today’s antibiotics.