Tag: university
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Biotech, Univ of Miami Spin-Off Vaccine Company
Biotechnology company Heat Biologics Inc. is licensing research from University of Miami in Florida to develop vaccines against infectious diseases, starting with the Zika virus, in a new subsidiary.
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Preventive Drugs Offer No Benefit for Children’s Migraine
A clinical trial testing drugs for depression and seizures, but sometimes prescribed to prevent migraines, shows the drugs to be no better than a placebo in preventing migraines among children.
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Organ Chip System Designed to Simulate Smoking Effects
A system that combines human airway tissue on a chip with components that simulate cigarette smoking is being developed to test treatments for lung disorders.
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Skin Patch Shown to Increase Peanut Tolerance in Children
A skin patch worn by children with peanut allergies was shown in a clinical trial to increase the wearers’ tolerance for peanuts by 10 times after 1 year.
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ALS Soy Peptide Trial Completes Enrollment
A clinical trial testing a peptide found in soy as a potential treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS completed its enrollment of 50 participants.
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3-D Printing Creates Heart-on-Chip with Sensors
Biomedical engineers at Harvard University developed a programmable and automated process for creating miniature organs on chips with integrated sensors using 3-D printing.
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Virtual Reality Game in Development for Vision Disorder
An engineering lab at New Jersey Institute of Technology is creating a virtual reality therapy game to treat children with binocular vision dysfunction.
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Mobile Multichannel Biomarker Detector Designed
An engineering lab designed a portable testing device connected to a smartphone that can analyze multiple specimen samples for a leading cancer biomarker.
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Clinical Trial Network for Lupus Formed
A network of medical researchers is being assembled to conduct clinical trials to test new therapies for lupus and drugs approved for other disorders that may also treat the disease.
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Trial Testing Retina Cell Implants for Glaucoma
A new clinical trial is testing implants to treat glaucoma made of genetically engineered retina cells that release hormones promoting optic nerve growth.