Category: New products
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FDA Clears Placenta Cell Brain Cancer Trial
A company developing cancer therapies with stem cells from human placentas says FDA cleared its request to start a clinical trial of a treatment for brain cancer.
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Organoids Developed for Precision Cancer Treatments
A medical engineering team developed personalized organoid lab models with cancer cells that predict patient responses and may even replace immunotherapy drugs.
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Many Non-Cancer Drugs Found to be Cancer Fighters
A systematic high-speed screen of more than 4,500 drugs on hundreds of cancer cell lines finds 49 approved drugs for a range of diseases are also able to treat cancer.
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New Company Developing Cell-Based Milk
A biotechnology start-up enterprise plans to produce milk directly from mammary cells in the lab without crops, animals, or farms.
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Light-Activated Gel Breaks Down Implanted Devices
A medical engineering team developed a light-sensitive polymer gel that activates compounds to break down implanted or ingested devices.
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Protein Tags Devised to Stop Counterfeit Drugs
A bio-engineering lab developed a tiny edible tag from natural proteins that uniquely identifies individual doses of medicines to prevent counterfeiting.
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Living, Reproducing Concrete Created with Bacteria
Engineers developed a more sustainable type of concrete adding a form of bacteria to grow and reproduce the material under most conditions.
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Organoid in Chip Device Better Simulates Gut Functions
A chip device simulating intestinal functions, bolstered by a gut tissue organoid, behaves more like a human intestine in lab tests than the gut organoid alone.
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Algorithm-Designed Robots Made from Living Cells
A team of biologists and computer scientists created tiny robotic devices designed by computer models and made from frog embryo cells.
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Venture Philanthropy Funds Rare Neuro Disease Trial
A gene therapy start-up is receiving an award resembling venture financing to advance its treatment for a rare inherited neuromuscular disorder to clinical trials.