Tag: life sciences
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Govt. Shutdown Disrupts U.S. Science
Several agencies that run or finance labs are closed, due to the lapse of funding for about a quarter of federal departments that began on 22 December.
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Antibiotic Prevents Staph Colonies in Newborns
Results from a clinical trial show a common antibiotic ointment can prevent dangerous staph bacteria from colonizing in vulnerable newborn infants.
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FDA Clears Inhaled Parkinson’s Drug
A drug administered as an inhaled powder to supplement a common treatment for Parkinson’s disease received approval for marketing from the Food and Drug Administration.
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Sustainable Bioplastics Produced from Microbes, Algae
Researchers in Israel showed in lab tests the feasibility of producing biocompatible and degradable plastics from ocean microbes and algae.
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Eye Drops Reverse Infected Eye Scarring
Eye drops containing a therapeutic protein and applied as a gel, are shown in lab mice to remove scar tissue from the surface of infected or damaged corneas.
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CDC Finds 12 People Sickened by Stem Cell Provider
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a report on a provider of stem cell therapies indicating 12 people in 3 states were infected with bacteria from that company’s treatments.
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Nanoscale Bacteria Particles Deliver Cancer Drugs
An engineering lab developed techniques for delivering cancer drugs into tumors in lab cultures and mice with nanoscale polymer particles, aided by a strain of salmonella bacteria.
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FDA Warns Cord Blood-Stem Cell Company
Food and Drug Administration recently warned GeneTech Inc. that its unauthorized stem cell regenerative medicine products, may be causing serious blood infections.
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Drug Discovery Start-Up Gains $400M Financing
A 2 year-old company using computational techniques to find protein-targeting drugs raised $400 million in new financing, led by the venture funding arm of Softbank.
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Smartphone App Measures Wounds, Tracks Healing
The need for better ways of tracking the size and healing of wounds led a medical resident in Canada to help develop a smartphone app and start a company for these tasks.