Category: New products
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Faster Process Devised for Targeted Antibodies
Researchers in the U.S. and U.K. designed techniques for quickly generating highly targeted antibodies in the lab, which can speed production of new vaccines and therapies.
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Clinical Trial Begins for Liver Dialysis Device
A clinical trial is underway in Europe testing a device that works like dialysis to clear toxins from the blood associated with liver failure, where a transplant is often the only option.
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Robot Designed to Grow into Shapes, Spaces
Engineering researchers created a new type of robot that grows to extend its form into spaces like a vine, rather than move to different locations.
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Start-Up Building Mobile Apps Combining DNA, Lifestyle
A new enterprise in California is creating smartphone apps that provide lifestyle advice based on DNA analysis and activity tracking.
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Start-Up Offering Precise Heart Rhythm Diagnostic
A one year-old company in New York City is developing a device that assesses the severity of heart rhythm problems to prescribe a more precise course of treatment.
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Plant-Based Diet Quality Key to Reducing Heart Disease
A review of health surveys going back to the 1980s reveals individuals consuming healthier plant-based diets are less likely to encounter heart disease than people eating less-healthy foods from plants or animals.
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FDA Grants Priority Review for Gene Therapy
A biotechnology company making gene therapies to treat rare diseases says the Food and Drug Administration granted an accelerated review for its treatment of an inherited eye disorder.
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Students Design Prototype Soft Artificial Heart
Two graduate students in materials science and engineering designed and tested an artificial heart made with soft plastics for eventual use as an implanted device.
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Nanotech Treatment Studied for Brain Tumors
Medical researchers and engineers designed and tested in mice a way to deliver gene-silencing therapies in nanoscale particles to treat glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.
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Lab-On-Chip Quickly Isolates, Captures Exosomes
Tests of a lab-on-a-chip system show the device can rapidly isolate and recover cellular carriers of biomarkers useful in detecting cancer and other diseases.