Category: New products
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Gates Grant Funding Malaria Control Test Products
Two universities in the U.K. are developing testing protocols for a new generation of technologies coming to market to prevent mosquitoes from spreading diseases.
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System Slashes Time to Detect Bacteria in Blood
A biomedical engineering lab developed a compact system that detects harmful bacteria in blood samples in less than four hours, a process that now takes days.
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DNA Tags Speed Nanoparticle Gene Therapy Discovery
Biomedical engineers developed a technique with unique DNA identifiers that makes possible faster screening of gene therapies delivered with nanoscale particles.
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Stomach Acid Harnessed to Power Ingestible Devices
Researchers at MIT and Harvard University designed a tiny device that in tests with animals show it can run for days powered by acids in the stomach.
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Univ. Spin-Off Offering Pediatric Care Software
A company spun-off from Indiana University is marketing software written in its medical school to relate pediatric clinical guidelines to parents’ concerns during office visits.
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Asthma Drug Tested as Alcoholism Treatment
Results from a small-scale clinical trial show an established drug to treat asthma and other inflammatory conditions has promise as a treatment for alcohol dependence.
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Low-Cost Skin Hydration Sensor and Systems Designed
Engineers at North Carolina State University in Raleigh developed a hydration sensor worn on the skin and built into two low-cost prototype wearable systems.
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Smart Watch Software Designed to Verify Signatures
Engineering researchers in Israel created software that enables smart watches and fitness bands to capture wrist movements for verifying a person’s signature.
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Simpler Lab Cell Production Techniques Devised
A process is being developed that makes it easier to produce healthy and diseased cells in the lab from human specimens for regenerative medicine and research.
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Self-Adjusting Lenses Designed for Eyeglasses
An engineering lab at University of Utah developed a system with eyeglass lenses that automatically adjust to the focus of the wearer, to replace bifocals and reading glasses.