Tag: biomedical
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Electrode in Brain Blood Vessel Shown to Stimulate Body Muscles
Electrodes sent into a blood vessel in the brain with a catheter and stent are shown in tests with sheep to stimulate muscles in the animals’ faces and limbs.
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Janssen Licensing Cancer Antibodies in $1.8B Deal
An affiliate of drug maker Janssen Pharmaceutical is licensing a synthetic antibody to treat blood-related cancers from a developer of antibodies based on the immune system of llamas.
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The Resurgence of “They Did Surgery on a Grape”
If a machine can carry out a delicate surgical task on something as vulnerable and soft as a grape, we begin to wonder whether such machines could be put to work on people too.
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Recap – Editas Medicine Advances Crispr Therapy
Editas Medicine received the go-ahead to conduct a clinical trial using the genome editing technique Crispr.
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Infographic – HIV Infections Growing in Eastern Europe
While much attention is focused on the continuing AIDS and HIV crisis in Africa, countries in Eastern Europe are also facing growing numbers of HIV infections.
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Trials OK’d for Inherited Eye Disease Therapy with Crispr
The company developing a treatment for a rare inherited eye disease using the genome editing technique Crispr received authorization from the Food and Drug Administration to begin clinical trials.
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Project to Catalog Precision Lung Cancer Immunotherapies
A new research initiative in the U.K. is collecting and mapping precise combinations of therapies that invoke the immune system to treat lung cancer.
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Nanotech Polymers Deliver More Effective Arthritis Therapy
A chemical engineering lab developed a process to help proteins combined with nanoscale polymers penetrate the cartilage in lab rodents and boost treatment for damage caused by osteoarthritis.
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Prosthetic Joint Provides More Natural Wrist Movements
An academic-industry engineering team in Sweden developed and tested a prosthetic wrist joint that provides more natural movement and control than most current devices.
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Personalized Computer Models Developed for Heart Disease
Researchers in the U.K. are developing computer models of heart functions that enable physicians to simulate recommended treatments for individual patients to gauge and optimize their outcomes.