Category: New products
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Nasal Spray Vaccine Shown to Stop Gonorrhea Infections
A vaccine against gonorrhea given as a nasal spray is shown to generate protective immune responses in lab mice of both sexes, and in females similar to an intravaginal vaccine.
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Environmental Biomarker Start-Up Gains $16M in Early Funds
A new company developing diagnostics for neurological and other disorders based on environmental exposures is raising $16 million in venture funds.
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Audio Digital Biomarkers Start-Up Raises $3.7M in Seed Funds
A new company developing techniques to analyze internal physiological sounds captured by stethoscopes as health indicators is raising $3.7 million in seed funds.
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Nanotech Enzyme Process Boosts T-Cell Cancer Therapies
A bioengineering team devised techniques for feasibly adding cancer-killing enzymes to engineered immune cells that in lab mice kill solid-tumor and blood cancer cells.
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BioNTech to Provide Personal Cancer Immunotherapies in UK
The biotechnology company BioNTech SE is partnering with the U.K. government to provide up to 10,000 personalized cancer immunotherapy treatments by 2030.
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Biotech Alliance Creating Circular RNA Cancer Drug
A partnership of biotechnology components and therapy companies aims to develop new drugs made from circular forms of RNA, starting with a colorectal cancer treatment.
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Protein Chemistry Biotech Gains Collaboration, Venture Funds
An enterprise discovering new drugs with optical light-based protein chemistry is emerging from stealth, including work with biopharmaceutical company Genentech.
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Trial Shows Anti-Inflammatory Drug Stops Covid-19 Hospitalization
Findings from a clinical trial show an anti-inflammatory drug reduces new symptoms among people with Covid-19 infections and keeps them out of the hospital.
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Company Started for Gene Editing Rare Inherited Diseases
A new enterprise is formed to develop gene-editing therapies for mitochondrial disorders, rare inherited mutations in the energy centers of cells.
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Implanted Organoid Connects to Brain, Reacts to Visual Cues
Engineers and neuroscientists developed a circuit that in lab mice connects implanted lab-grown brain tissue to the brain’s cognitive center and responds to visual stimuli.