Category: New products
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Heart Research Built Into Personalized Activity Tracker
An activity tracking device introduced earlier this year uses data from a major population health study to write its algorithms measuring exercise achievement to prevent heart disease.
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Small Business Award Funding Epilepsy Drug Research
A federal grant is funding a project by Neuroene Therapeutics, a start-up enterprise in South Carolina to develop a new class of drugs to treat epilepsy.
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Inexpensive Hydrogen Storage Devised for Solar Energy
An engineering team in Switzerland designed a system for producing hydrogen from solar power with abundant available materials, providing an inexpensive and feasible energy storage method.
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Lower-Risk Blood Thinning Drugs Designed
Researchers from academic and industry labs designed anti-coagulation treatments for people in danger of blood clots, but less likely to cause excessive bleeding than current drugs.
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So Many Lights To Choose From But Which One Shines The Brightest, A Guide To LEDs
Everyone should make a conscious effort to help the environment and switching to LEDs is just one simple way.
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Stem Cells, Engineered Protein Reverse Stroke Damage
A combination of stem cells and synthetic human protein was shown in lab mice to repair damaged brain cells a week after an induced stroke.
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Genome Engineering Streamlines E. Coli DNA
A genetics engineering team developed a technique for modifying the genome of E. coli bacteria to remove redundant DNA components, a step toward designing new organisms.
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Safer Pain-Killing Drug Candidate Discovered
A research team from the U.S. and Germany identified a chemical molecule with pain-killing properties of opioids, but apparently without the dangerous side effects.
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Phone-Linked Glucose Meter Shows Health, Monetary Benefits
The maker of a glucose meter that connects to cell-phone networks reports users of the device enjoy lower blood glucose readings and financial savings.
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Leukemia Drug Shows Potential as Heart Attack Therapy
A new drug being tested as a leukemia treatment was shown in lab mice to reduce inflammatory white blood cells that lead to a build-up of arterial plaques and heart disease.