Category: New products
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Compression Software for Genomic Analysis Being Designed
6 July 2015. Engineers at University of Illinois in Urbana and Stanford University in California are tackling the problem of massive data files generated by genomic analyses, an emerging issue as precision medicine harnessing genomics takes hold. A team led by engineering faculty Olgica Milenkovic at Illinois and Tsachy Weissman at Stanford is funded by…
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Engineered Mosquitoes Sharply Reduce Dengue Carriers
2 July 2015. A variety of mosquito, engineered to produce offspring that die before maturity, was found to reduce the dengue mosquito population in a city in Brazil by 95 percent, well below the level needed to spread the disease. The team from the biotechnology company Oxitec Ltd. in Abingdon, U.K., with academic and business…
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Commercial Space Launch Site Slated for New Zealand
2 July 2015. Rocket Lab Ltd, a company aiming to make orbital space launches frequent and less costly, says it plans to build a launch site in New Zealand, with completion scheduled by the end of 2015. The company says test flights will begin soon after completing construction of the site, with commercial operations planned…
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Point-of-Care Ebola Test Found Accurate in Field Test
26 June 2015. A commercial point-of-care test detecting Ebola virus in the blood of a patient was shown in a field test in Sierra Leone to be as accurate as tests sent to remote labs for analysis. Results of the study led by Nira Pollock of Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital were published…
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Study Testing Sleep Rhythm Glasses for Cancer Insomnia
25 June 2015. Special eyeglasses that adjust circadian rhythms of people with sleep disorders are being tested as a treatment for lung cancer patients with chronic insomnia. The study, led by University at Buffalo (New York) nursing professor Grace Dean, is funded by a $25,000 grant from Oncology Nursing Society. Insomnia is a common problem…
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Trial Shows Safety, Benefits of Diabetic Eye Disease Drug
25 June 2015. An early-stage clinical trial of a drug to treat eye disorders caused by diabetes shows the drug is well-tolerated and reduces swelling in the eye associated with the disease. Stealth BioTherapeutics, developer of the drug brand-named Ocuvia, reported the results today at a company symposium in New York City. The study is…
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Smart Insulin Patch Designed to Regulate Blood Glucose
23 June 2015. A skin patch made with tiny needles can dispense insulin and regulate blood glucose levels in lab mice for up to 9 hours. The device is being developed by a joint biomedical engineering department at University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University in Raleigh, and described in…
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Internet-of-Things Security Architecture Designed
19 June 2015. Engineering students at Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany are developing a security architecture to protect wireless communications among small household devices connected in what’s known as the Internet-of-Things. The team from the university’s Horst Görtz Institute that specializes in IT security is also receiving funds from a German government program to start a…
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Anti-Infection Compound Devised for Dental, Wound Care
18 June 2015. A new formulation of a common antibacterial agent can protect against infections for weeks or months at a time, according to its developers at University of Bristol in the U.K. The team led by Bristol dental materials scientist Michele Barbour is developing Pertinax, an extended antimicrobial compound, and receiving this year’s £25,000…
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Institute Developing Engineered Bacteria for Gut Diseases
17 June 2015. Engineers and medical researchers at Harvard University are designing genetically engineered bacteria that can diagnose and treat gastrointestinal disorders affecting travelers, as well as people suffering from acute or chronic gut diseases. The team from Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard developing the engineered microbes is funded by a $4.7…