Tag: life sciences
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Food Banks Shown to Improve Nutrition, Food Security
Surveys of individuals in a food bank’s diabetes prevention program show the program in six months improves diet quality, overall health, and food security of participants.
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Light-Activated Brain Electrodes in Development
A wireless electrode activated by light waves is being developed to connect with nerve cells in the brain that promises to make brain-computer connections safer.
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Pharma Gains Fibrosis Technology in $1B+ Deal
Drug maker Boehringer Ingelheim is acquiring an antibody technology that blocks actions of a signaling protein associated with a range of fibrosis diseases.
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Vaccine Developer Gains $11M in Early Funds
A company designing vaccines delivered with a microneedle patch to prevent infectious diseases is raising $11 million in its first venture funding round.
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Trial Underway Testing Crispr-Based Antibiotic
A clinical trial is recruiting participants to test an antibiotic made with engineered viruses, in people threatened with urinary tract infections from E. coli bacteria.
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A.I. Discovery Companies to Find Rare Disease Drugs
A joint venture of two drug discovery and design companies aims to create new biotechnology businesses to find drugs for treating rare diseases.
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Heart Tissue 3-D Printed in Space Station
A patch of human heart tissue returned to earth today after being produced with a three-dimensional printing system on the International Space Station.
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Juul Delivers More Nicotine than Cigarettes, Other E-Cigs
Tests of aerosol compounds inhaled by lab animals show Juul devices send more nicotine into the blood stream than other e-cigarettes and ordinary cigarettes as well.
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Laser Images, A.I. Diagnose Brain Tumors
Results of a clinical trial show laser images analyzed by machine learning algorithms can offer near real-time diagnosis of brain tumor tissue during surgery.
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Guidelines Proposed for Complex Clinical Trials
A working group published guidelines for conducting clinical trials that simultaneously test multiple cancer treatments and can change course over time.