Tag: physical sciences
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Room-Temperature Vaccine Storage Techniques Devised
Vaccines against viral diseases today need to be kept refrigerated to prevent spoilage, which raises costs and often prevents their widespread use in many developing regions. A team of materials scientists at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, or EPFL, proposes methods for storing vaccines without refrigeration for many days.
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Biodegradable Capsule Designed for Hemophilia Drug
A chemical engineering group designed a capsule to deliver blood coagulating proteins for people with hemophilia B who now require injections or infusions.
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Nylon Fibers Given Muscle-Like Bending Properties
Research engineers at MIT designed a process that gives ordinary nylon fibers the ability to bend and flex like artificial muscles.
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Algae Feed Proposed to Enrich Farm Salmon Fatty Acids
A developer of feeds for farmed salmon says its algae-based feed supplements could arrest the sharp decline in omega-3 fatty acids discovered in a recent study.
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Nanotech Material Found Having Anti-Bacterial Properties
A synthetic porous material developed to deliver drugs to the skin was shown in lab tests to prevent the growth of bacteria on its surfaces.
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Laser-Immunotherapy Now in Cancer Clinical Trial
A new type of cancer treatment that precisely attacks tumors with synthetic antibodies activated by laser beams is being tested in an early-stage clinical trial.
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Electronic Pulses Shown to Induce Cancer Immune Response
A medical device company presented results of preclinical studies showing its drug-free electronic pulse technology encourages the immune system to kill and clear cancer cells.
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Phone-Based Microscope Developed for Water Testing
An engineering lab at University of Houston in Texas designed an inexpensive lens that when placed over a smartphone’s camera, turns the phone into a microscope.
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RNA Drug Delivery Technique Shown Safe in Monkeys
A biotechnology company reports a drug delivery method combining nanoscale lipid particles and biocompatible polymers enables the safe production of synthetic RNA-based proteins in monkeys.
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Crowdfunded Digital Health Investment Fund Launches
An investment fund raising its capital through crowdfunding began operations this week to back start-up enterprises developing digital health technologies.