Tag: physical sciences
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Boron Radiation Therapy Company Forms with $40M Funding
A start-up enterprise, spun off from a fusion energy company, plans to develop radiation therapies for solid tumor cancers often considered difficult to treat with conventional methods.
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Smartphone App, Device Shown to Measure Blood Pressure
A smartphone-based system and app were shown in a pilot study with human subjects to measure a person’s blood pressure with about the same accuracy as some cuff devices normally used to gauge blood pressure.
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A.I. Shown to Boost Cancer Clinical Trial Enrollment
Early results from a system using a supercomputer and artificial intelligence to match breast cancer patients to clinical trials shows faster screening and higher enrollment rates in these studies compared to manual methods.
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Peptide Hydrogel Boosts Cancer Immunotherapies
A team at Rice University in Houston developed an injectable gel material that in lab mice slows the release of cancer immunotherapy drugs, enhancing the treatments’ effectiveness and reducing the need for repeated doses.
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3-D Biomaterial Boosts Personal Cancer Immunotherapy
A Harvard University bioengineering lab developed an injectable material designed to load up with proteins from a patient’s own tumors to induce immune reactions that fight that person’s cancer.
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Breathalyzer Biopsy Company Gains $15M in New Funds
A company in the U.K. developing a technology for early and precise diagnosis of lung and other cancers by analyzing exhaled breath is raising $15 million in new venture capital.
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3-D Printing Devised for Sensors in Soft Robotics
Engineering researchers developed techniques using three-dimensional printing that enables robotic devices made with soft materials, like those in health care, to sense more properties of objects they encounter.
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Protein Engineered to Boost Nerve Cell Imaging
Engineers and neuroscientists developed a synthetic protein that illuminates electrical activity in animal brain nerve cells, with a process using robotics to test millions of protein candidates in cells.
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A.I./Image Analysis Diagnose Eye, Lung Diseases
Researchers developed more efficient computational tools with artificial intelligence (A.I.) to diagnose retinal diseases and pneumonia by analyzing retinal scans and X-ray images.
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Highly Stretchable Sensors Devised for Wearable Devices
Engineers in Canada developed graphene sensors with a great deal of flexibility that can measure fine human movements and minute functions for wearable medical devices, and be made with an economical process.