Tag: university
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Vaccine Shown Effective Against Range of Flu Viruses
An experimental vaccine made with protein-infused nanoscale particles was shown to provide long-lasting protection in lab mice against a broad range of common influenza viruses.
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NIH Funding Immune-Friendly Synthetic Vascular Grafts
A bioengineering lab is receiving a National Institutes of Health grant to advance development of more tolerable synthetic veins and arteries implanted in heart bypass patients.
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T-Cell Therapy Company Gains $100M in Venture Funds
A 2 year-old company developing treatments for cancer and other diseases that activate or suppress the immune system with genetically engineered T-cells is raising $100 million in its first venture funding round.
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Start-Up Licenses Children’s Myopia-Control Contact Lens
A start-up enterprise spun-off from Hong Kong Polytechnic University is licensing the technology for a customized contact lens that controls and prevents further myopia in children.
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Institute Using Software to Boost Results Reproducibility
A genomics research lab in the U.K. is adding software to automate data collection that its developer says can improve the productivity of scientists and reproducibility of their findings.
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Institute, Company Partner on Implanted Neuro Device
A research center in Switzerland and medical engineering company in Germany are developing an implanted device to measure signals and treat disorders affecting the brain.
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Stem Cells Created with Gene Editing
A research lab in San Francisco devised a simpler process for creating stem cells from skin cells in mice with the gene editing technique Crispr.
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Technique Developed for High-Speed Antibody Screening
A process is being developed to quickly discover antibodies in a person’s immune system that can also lead to new vaccines and drugs against viruses.
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Small Business Grant Advances Drug Safety Test System
An award from National Institutes of Health is advancing a technology for testing the safety of drugs with heart muscle cells derived from stem cells before the drugs are tested on humans.
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Nerve Stimulation Shown to Reduce Diabetes Symptoms
Electric stimulation of a key nerve pathway was shown in lab animals to restore insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance typically missing in people with type 2 diabetes.