Tag: pharmaceuticals
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You Call That a Drug Pricing Policy?
Although he called it, “the most sweeping action in history to lower the price of prescription drugs for the American people,” the plan was anything but that.
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Crispr Deployed to Correct Inherited Vision Disorder
Researchers at Columbia University developed and tested in lab mice a technique using the genome editing technology Crispr with gene replacement therapy to correct the inherited eye disease retinitis pigmentosa.
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University, Industry Labs Partner on Bioprinted Tissue
A joint project between Indiana University and the company Lung Biotechnology is investigating three-dimensional bioprinting to produce animal tissue for research on organ transplantation, and eventually for transplants themselves.
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Genentech Gains Microbe Drug Discovery Tech in $1B Deal
Biotechnology company Genentech is licensing a process from a start-up enterprise that discovers small molecule drugs from naturally occurring microbes found in soil.
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Crowdfunding Found Supporting Dubious Stem Cell Clinics
More people now use crowdfunding campaigns to raise money to cover families’ medical costs, but the technique is also used to support treatments from stem cell clinics that exaggerate their outcomes and minimize their risks.
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Univ. Spinoff Qualifies for NIH Clinical Program
An enterprise developing a synthetic antibody to treat breast cancer, spun-off from a University at Buffalo research lab, is taking part in a federal program to advance the treatments to clinical trials.
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3-D Models Devised to Simulate Patients’ Tumors
A university lab is teaming up with a local biotechnology company to develop realistic models of tumors from individual cancer patients, enabling more personalized treatment options.
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Gates Grant Funds A.I. for Malaria Drug Discovery
An award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is supporting research by a digital drug discovery company and university lab into use of artificial intelligence to find new drugs for treating malaria.
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Trial Underway Testing Universal Flu Vaccine
A clinical trial is recruiting participants to test a vaccine to protect against a variety of influenza strains, instead of today’s vaccines designed to prevent infections from specific strains expected in a given year.
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New Cell Therapy Company Raises $58.5M in Early Funds
A start-up enterprise is discovering therapies to address a variety of disorders that result from faulty cell degradation processes known as autophagy, which when functioning normally contribute to cell health.