Month: October 2012
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Artificial Kidney Project Lands New $750,000 Funding
The Kidney Project, an academic-corporate initiative led by University of California in San Francisco to develop an implantable device to replace failed kidneys, secured a new $750,000 grant from the John and Marcia Goldman Foundation. The funding supplements a $2.25 million grant received this summer from National Institutes of Health (NIH). The artificial kidney aims…
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Ninety Minute Forensic DNA Test System Now Available
IntegenX Inc. in Pleasanton, California, a developer of human DNA identification technology, says its RapidHIT 200 system for DNA testing in criminal investigations is now on the market. The system, which the company says can produce a standard DNA profile in about 90 minutes, is being demonstrated at the International Association of Chiefs of Police…
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New Artificial Corneas Advance to Animal Testing
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research in Potsdam, Germany are developing new artificial corneas that can treat a wider range of eye conditions than current devices. The team led by Fraunhofer’s Joachim Storsberg (pictured left) is collaborating with the Aachen Centre of Technology Transfer, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, and the Cologne-Merheim Ophthalmic…