Tag: university
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Alliance to Study Brain Tumor Precision Diagnostics
A group of medical centers and companies, mainly in Philadelphia, is beginning a study of genomic profiling to diagnose brain tumors in adults and children.
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Univ. Spin-Off Offering Pediatric Care Software
A company spun-off from Indiana University is marketing software written in its medical school to relate pediatric clinical guidelines to parents’ concerns during office visits.
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Asthma Drug Tested as Alcoholism Treatment
Results from a small-scale clinical trial show an established drug to treat asthma and other inflammatory conditions has promise as a treatment for alcohol dependence.
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EU Project to Develop More Versatile Heart Pacemakers
An initiative in Europe plans to design a new type of pacemaker device that adapts to a host of signals in the cardiovascular system and regulates multiple heart functions.
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Grid Computing Harnessed for Childhood Cancer Research
An international consortium is seeking crowdsourced computing power to screen drug candidates for treating a number of cancers affecting children.
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Low-Cost Skin Hydration Sensor and Systems Designed
Engineers at North Carolina State University in Raleigh developed a hydration sensor worn on the skin and built into two low-cost prototype wearable systems.
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Smart Watch Software Designed to Verify Signatures
Engineering researchers in Israel created software that enables smart watches and fitness bands to capture wrist movements for verifying a person’s signature.
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Novo Nordisk to Open Oxford Diabetes Research Center
The pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk will build a research center to study type 2 diabetes on the campus of University of Oxford in the U.K.
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Simpler Lab Cell Production Techniques Devised
A process is being developed that makes it easier to produce healthy and diseased cells in the lab from human specimens for regenerative medicine and research.
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Self-Adjusting Lenses Designed for Eyeglasses
An engineering lab at University of Utah developed a system with eyeglass lenses that automatically adjust to the focus of the wearer, to replace bifocals and reading glasses.