Category: New products
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High-Res Optics Developed for Imaging Under the Skin
An engineering professor at University of Rochester in New York has developed new medical optics that provide diagnostic images under the skin’s surface. Jannick Rolland discussed the technology on Saturday at the 2011 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C.. Rolland’s technology aims to detect and examine skin…
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Contract Awarded for Smallpox Countermeasure Drug Candidate
Chimerix Inc., a pharmaceutical company in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, was awarded a contract by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to develop the company’s antiviral drug candidate, CMX001 as a medical countermeasure in the event of a smallpox release. The contract has a total potential value of $81 million. CMX001 is…
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Chemistry Prof. Commercializes Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology
A chemistry professor at Michigan State University in East Lansing developed a process for making inexpensive hydrogen fuel cells to generate cheap electrical power, and helped start a business to bring that technology to market. A company making portable device chargers has now licensed the technology and unveiled its product this week. James Dye has…
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Genetic Modification Leads to Longer Tomato Shelf Life
Researchers at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Beltsville, Maryland have introduced a new gene to tomatoes that help make the fruit last longer in stores and at home. The team published their findings in the February issue of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research magazine, and last fall in The Plant Journal (paid…
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Whole Genome Sequencing Advances for Cancer Diagnosis
Physicians and researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona and the Translational Genomics Research Institute in Phoenix successfully completed sequencing a single patient’s normal and cancer cells. The team says this is among the first whole genome sequencing performed for the medical care of a specific cancer patient. The genomic sequencing of tumor and…
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Grants Awarded for Robotics, Cyber-Vision and Child Health
A research team at University of Minnesota in Minneapolis received two grants totaling more than $3 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for technology to help diagnose children’s mental health disorders. The grants, totaling more than $3 million, were awarded by NSF’s Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Major Research Instrumentation programs. The Minnesota team led by…
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Students Develop Remote IED Detonation Technology
Two graduate students at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have developed a way to remotely detonate improvised explosive devices or IEDs, by using the energy from their electromagnetic impulses. Félix Vega and Nicolas Mora, both from Colombia, developed the technology as part of their doctoral theses, in cooperation with universities in Colombia.…
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Transgenic Switchgrass Improves Biofuel Yield
Plant engineering by The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation in Ardmore, Oklahoma and fermentation research by Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have led to new lines of native perennial prairie grass that can make the production of cellulosic ethanol more economical. The researchers published their findings this week in in the Proceedings of the National…
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Grant Awarded for Medical Test Results Follow Up Technology
Martin Chieng Were, assistant professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, has received a grant to support his research on health information technology to improve post-hospital management of patients. The $420,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will fund Were’s work focusing on medical test results that are still pending when…
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Radio Chips Found Effective in Tracking Surgical Sponges
A study of simulated surgical procedures found surgical sponges with embedded radio-frequency (RF) chips were detected when placed out of visual sight under the patients, many of whom were obese. The findings appear in the February issue of The American Journal of Surgery (paid subscription required). Retained surgical items — those left in the patient’s…