Tag: university
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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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Students Write App to Operate, Enhance Exoskeleton
A group of computer science students at Michigan State University designed a smartphone app to operate a robotic-arm exoskeleton for individuals with disabilities.
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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.
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Trial Testing Nerve Stimulation for Stroke Rehab
A clinical trial is recruiting participants to test an implanted device that electronically stimulates a key nerve pathway for restoring use of a person’s arm after suffering a stroke.
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Fitness Trackers Seen Feasible for Cancer Patients
Activity tracking devices, used by athletes and ordinary persons to track their fitness, are shown in a pilot test to successfully monitor physical activity of older cancer patients for periods of 10 weeks or more.
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Cellectis, Wyss Inst. Partner on Recoding Human Genome
A bioengineering center at Harvard University and a biotechnology company are creating a process for genetically editing human cell lines to produce virus-resistant synthetic proteins for research and therapies.
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Technique Devised to Monitor Blood Flow in Brain
A bioengineering lab developed a technique using common photography chips to measure blood flow in the brain, which could help detect traumatic brain injury, stroke, and related disorders.
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Nasal Spray Vaccine Shown to Control Peanut Allergies
A vaccine to protect against peanut allergies, given as a nanoscale droplets suspended in a nasal spray, is shown to prevent allergic reactions in tests with lab mice sensitized to peanuts.
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FDA Clears A.I. Software Detecting Diabetic Eye Disease
The Food and Drug Administration authorized a system for detecting diabetic retinopathy, a condition threatening the vision of people with diabetes, that uses artificial intelligence to analyze images of patients’ retinas.