Category: New products
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Crispr Techniques Devised for Editing RNA
Geneticists and bioengineers developed a technology for applying genomic editing techniques known as Crispr to ribonucleic acid, or RNA, transcribed from the genetic code in a person’s DNA.
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Quick Bacterial Blood Detection Gains Breakthrough Tag
A technology that detects dangerous bacteria in patients’ blood samples in less than an hour received a breakthrough medical device designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Esophagus Tissue from Stem Cells Grown, Implanted
Replacement engineered esophagus tissue grown from stem cells was shown in tests with pigs to be a feasible alternative to transplanting pieces from other parts of the body for people with esophagus cancer.
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Cancer Drug Seen to Reverse Autism Spectrum Symptoms
Small doses of a drug for blood-related cancers are shown in lab mice to reverse social symptoms often found in children with autism spectrum disorder, a condition characterized by limited social activity.
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Trial Shows Patch Feasible for Heart Rhythm Detection
Results from a clinical trial show a wearable patch, applied and used by older adults in their homes, detects more heart rhythm problems than waiting to see a doctor, the usual way these problems are detected.
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Smartphone App, Device Shown to Measure Blood Pressure
A smartphone-based system and app were shown in a pilot study with human subjects to measure a person’s blood pressure with about the same accuracy as some cuff devices normally used to gauge blood pressure.
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Peptide Hydrogel Boosts Cancer Immunotherapies
A team at Rice University in Houston developed an injectable gel material that in lab mice slows the release of cancer immunotherapy drugs, enhancing the treatments’ effectiveness and reducing the need for repeated doses.
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3-D Biomaterial Boosts Personal Cancer Immunotherapy
A Harvard University bioengineering lab developed an injectable material designed to load up with proteins from a patient’s own tumors to induce immune reactions that fight that person’s cancer.
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Infographic – Apple Emerges as Wearables Leader
Our friends at Statista provide us with this weekend’s infographic on wearables, a look at the leading vendors of wearable devices, based on data from a new IDC study.
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Trial Shows Reduction in Huntington Disease Protein
First results from a clinical trial show an experimental therapy reduces production of a protein damaging nerve cells in people with Huntington disease.