Tag: university
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Genome Engineering Streamlines E. Coli DNA
A genetics engineering team developed a technique for modifying the genome of E. coli bacteria to remove redundant DNA components, a step toward designing new organisms.
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Safer Pain-Killing Drug Candidate Discovered
A research team from the U.S. and Germany identified a chemical molecule with pain-killing properties of opioids, but apparently without the dangerous side effects.
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Computer Models to Boost 3-D Print Designs in Mfring
An academic-industry team is developing computer-based methods to improve the design for three-dimensional printing of complex manufactured items.
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Leukemia Drug Shows Potential as Heart Attack Therapy
A new drug being tested as a leukemia treatment was shown in lab mice to reduce inflammatory white blood cells that lead to a build-up of arterial plaques and heart disease.
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Robo-Bacteria Engineered for Cancer Drug Delivery
A biomedical engineering team designed a technology for precise deployment of drugs to tumors with bacteria modified to deliver their cargoes.
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Molecular Express, Baylor Medicine Partner on Vaccines
Vaccine developer Molecular Express and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston are developing boosters for vaccines from pieces of viruses that increase immune response to disease, including cancer.
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NSF Funding Data Mining for Depression Diagnosis
A computer scientist at University of Texas in Arlington is developing data mining techniques and algorithms to help clinicians analyze unstructured notes accumulated from patients in therapy for depression.
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New System Measures Oxygen Levels in ICU Patients
Researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K. designed a device that measures oxygen consumption in critically ill patients, to prevent occurrence of shock.
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Patent Advances for Gut Damage Treatment Delivery
A developer of therapies for damage to an intestinal barrier received a notice that the U.S. intends to issue a patent protecting the technology to deliver the treatments.
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Chip Device Simulates Blood Vessels in Clotting
Researchers at a Harvard University bioengineering center developed a plastic chip that simulates critical interactions between tissue lining blood vessels and platelets that affect the flow of blood.