Category: Joint ventures/collaborations
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Laser Treatments Tested for Cancer Side Effects
Researchers from University at Buffalo are evaluating low-level lasers as a treatment for oral mucositis, a painful adverse effect of cancer chemo and radiation therapy.
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Capsule Designed to Inject Insulin in Stomach Wall
A biomedical engineering team created a capsule that in animal tests releases a tiny needle delivering an insulin dose to the stomach lining, equivalent to conventional insulin injections.
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Large Molecule Library Enables On-Demand Drug Discovery
A large-scale public drug molecule library is shown with computational modeling to accurately identify on-demand new compounds that bind completely to therapy targets.
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Wearables Assessed for Clinical Trial Value
An evaluation of wearable devices shows their value for collecting useful data in a clinical trial can vary depending on the purpose of the device.
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Biotech, Univ. Lab Partner on Cancer Antibodies
A biotechnology company is engaging the services of a children’s cancer researcher to develop an antibody for treating neuroblastoma, a type of cancer that affects the nervous system.
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Compounds Made Available for Pandemic Drug Discovery
Two international health organizations are making 400 compounds freely available to researchers to spur development of new drugs for pandemic infectious diseases.
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Precision Lung Cancer Trial Expands Scope
A large-scale clinical trial testing immunotherapy drugs to treat specific types of lung cancer is expanding to include all of the most common forms of the disease.
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Data Architecture Studied to Speed Genomic Sequencing
An academic-industry team of researchers and engineers is studying better ways of structuring the large volumes of data storage needed to speed up genomic sequencing.
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Trial Underway Testing Stem Cells for Stroke Repair
A clinical trial assessing stem cell treatments to repair long-term damage to brain cells from a stroke recruited its first patient.
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Sensor-Pill System Designed for Cancer Drugs
A system combining a tiny sensor with oral chemotherapy drugs aims to provide physicians with closer monitoring of cancer patients’ treatments and conditions.