Tag: patent
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Infographic – Patenting Among Top Tech Companies
CB Insights compiled a recent research brief with a chart showing where the top five technology companies — Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft — are placing their bets with new patent applications.
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Rapid DNA, RNA Capture Technique Devised
Researchers in Australia developed a simple and inexpensive dipstick technique that captures and purifies specimen samples for genetic analysis in about 30 seconds.
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Biotech Licenses Mayo Clinic Microbiome Research
A biotechnology company developing therapies with specialized gut microbes is licensing research from the Mayo Clinic on these microbes’ effects with autoimmune diseases.
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Start-Up Formed to Develop Non-Opioid Pain Drugs
A new enterprise is being formed to develop non-addictive drugs for chronic pain that use different biochemical processes than opioid pain relievers.
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Gene Therapy Shown to Prevent, Reverse Multiple Sclerosis
Medical researchers show that transferring healthy genes can protect nerve cells in lab mice against damage from multiple sclerosis, and help reverse effects of the disease.
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Patent Awarded for Live Bacterial Acne Treatment
A company developing treatments for disease by restoring the natural balance of bacteria on the skin received a patent for its acne therapy using spray-on live bacteria.
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Phone App Found to Measure Heart Health Metrics
A medical engineering team designed a smartphone app that in a clinical study shows it can measure key factors in heart health as accurately as MRI scans.
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Simple Cell Programming Designed for Gene Therapies
A simpler technique using nanoscale particles was shown in lab tests to deliver messenger RNA to reprogram cells for gene therapies, including changes in T-cells in the immune system now approved to treat a type of leukemia.
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Patent Set for Peptide Nerve Damage Treatments
The European Patent Office announced its intent to award a patent on treatments for nerve cell damage based on the peptide thymosin beta 4.
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Creative Ideas Mined with Crowdsourcing, Neural Nets
A computer science team developed a process that combines crowdsourcing and artificial intelligence to find analogies across disciplines to spark creative ideas.