Category: New products
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Small Business Grant Supports Bone Fracture Technology
An award from National Institutes of Health is funding development of a new injected drug that promises to repair bone fractures without surgery.
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Gene-Edited Stem Cells Reduce Cocaine Seeking, Overdoses
The genome-editing technique Crispr used with stem cells is shown to release enzymes that reduce cocaine-seeking behavior in lab mice and protect against overdoses.
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Trial Testing Universal Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine in Children
A clinical trial is underway evaluating a vaccine given as a nasal spray among children and teens that promises to protect against multiple flu types.
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Exosuit Designed for Personalized Walking Help
A wearable robotic exoskeleton designed into textiles to provide personalized assistance is shown in lab and field tests to reduce the amount effort needed to walk long distances.
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NIH Grant Aims to Make Drugs Taste Better, Not Bitter
A new award from National Institutes of Health funds a study to identify components in taste bud cells that block bitter taste sensations encountered in some drugs and foods.
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Univ. Spin-Off Developing A.I.-Boosted Heart Monitor
A new enterprise in the U.K. is developing a wearable heart monitor that diagnoses irregular heart rhythms with artificial intelligence using cloud-based algorithms.
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Simple, Less Expensive Ultrasound Probe Developed
12 September 2018. Engineers designed a device that sends and receives ultrasound signals with polymer plastics instead of silicon-based circuits, which can lower the cost of medical images. A team at University of British Columbia in Vancouver describes its device in yesterday’s issue of the journal Microsystems and Nanoengineering. Researchers led Carlos Gerardo, a doctoral…
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Clinical Trial Testing Anti-Resistant Malaria Therapy
A clinical trial is getting underway that tests the safety and dosage levels of a new drug to treat malaria and block resistance from developing to it.
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Robot Navigates New Spaces with Bat-Like Sonar
A terrestrial robot demonstrates an ability to map and move through new environments using an ultrasound system inspired by bats, as well as decision-making algorithms.
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Machine Learning Detects More Cancer Mutations
Medical researchers and data scientists developed a system for analyzing genomic data from cancer patients that accurately detects more cancer-causing mutations than other current techniques.