Month: August 2016
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Robo-Bacteria Engineered for Cancer Drug Delivery
A biomedical engineering team designed a technology for precise deployment of drugs to tumors with bacteria modified to deliver their cargoes.
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Gene Editing Negates Sickle Cell to Create Healthy Blood
Medical researchers developed a technique with genome editing to negate the effects of a mutation that causes inherited blood disorders like sickle cell disease.
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Molecular Express, Baylor Medicine Partner on Vaccines
Vaccine developer Molecular Express and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston are developing boosters for vaccines from pieces of viruses that increase immune response to disease, including cancer.
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NSF Funding Data Mining for Depression Diagnosis
A computer scientist at University of Texas in Arlington is developing data mining techniques and algorithms to help clinicians analyze unstructured notes accumulated from patients in therapy for depression.
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Biopharm Company Raising $40 Million in IPO
Omeros Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company developing drugs that prevent inflammation in surgeries, is raising $40 million in its initial public stock offering.
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New System Measures Oxygen Levels in ICU Patients
Researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K. designed a device that measures oxygen consumption in critically ill patients, to prevent occurrence of shock.
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Patent Advances for Gut Damage Treatment Delivery
A developer of therapies for damage to an intestinal barrier received a notice that the U.S. intends to issue a patent protecting the technology to deliver the treatments.
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Chip Device Simulates Blood Vessels in Clotting
Researchers at a Harvard University bioengineering center developed a plastic chip that simulates critical interactions between tissue lining blood vessels and platelets that affect the flow of blood.
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Stanford, Google Partner on Genomic Health Analysis
Stanford University’s medical departments and Google’s cloud service are collaborating on a plan to make genomics a more routine part of health care.
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NIH Funding Trial of Precise Tumor Removal System
A company making a system to guide surgery that promises more complete removal of breast tumors received funding for a large-scale clinical trial testing the technology.