Category: New products
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Trial Underway Testing Engineered Cancer-Killing Viruses
A clinical trial, testing stem cells for neurons fortified with tumor-killing viruses, administered its first doses to a patient with glioma, an aggressive type of brain cancer.
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NIH Funding Single Home Test for Covid-19, Influenza, RSV
A developer of diagnostics for infectious and other diseases is receiving a National Institutes of Health contract to advance a single at-home test for multiple respiratory diseases.
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Trial Underway Testing Dried Plasma for Transfusions
A clinical trial is recruiting participants to assess the safety and feasibility of a system for spray drying and re-constituting a person’s blood plasma.
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Digital Biomarkers Shown to Highlight Parkinson’s Disease
Early findings indicate calculations from MRI scans of white matter lesions in the brain can distinguish between Parkinson’s disease and other neurological conditions.
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A.I.-Enhanced Sensors Start-Up Gains $10.5M in Early Funds
A company developing area sensors for smart homes that combine WiFi technology with machine learning algorithms is raising $10.5 million in venture funds.
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Biochip Device Tests Malaria Drug Efficacy, Safety
A lab-on-a-chip device with human organ cells is shown in lab tests to distinguish between malaria strains and detect drug toxicity when assessing blood for seven days.
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Synthetic DNA Company Gains $10M in Venture Round
A company using a process it says can produce synthetic genes with greater accuracy for research and clinical applications is raising $10 million in its first venture round.
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Weather Balloon Data Company Raises $6M in Seed Funds
A company creating a network of long-range high-altitude balloons to expand the scope of global weather forecasting is raising $6 million in seed funds.
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Engineered T-Cells Shown Safe, Reduce Myasthenia Gravis
Results of a small clinical trial show genetically altered T-cells from patients with myasthenia gravis are well tolerated and reduce symptoms of the disease.
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Automated Life Science A.I. Generation System Unveiled
A bioengineering lab created a system to make it easier for life scientists to use machine learning for data analysis, without writing their own algorithms.