Tag: university
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Merck Licensing Harvard Cancer Drug Molecules
21 March 2016. The pharmaceutical company Merck is licensing small molecule research discoveries from a Harvard University lab as potential treatments for leukemia. The agreement brings the university $20 million immediately, with further payments expected as Merck develops the discoveries into products. The deal gives Merck an exclusive license to research by biochemistry professor Matthew…
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Implant Developed to Deliver Alzheimer’s Immunotherapy
18 March 2016. A neuroscience team from Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, or EPFL, in Switzerland designed and implanted a capsule that in lab mice generates antibodies to reduce amyloid beta plaque accumulations in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers from the lab of Patrick Aebischer, also EPFL’s president, published its findings in the…
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Allied-Bristol Licenses NYU Research, Starts New Company
17 March 2016. Allied-Bristol Life Sciences, a joint venture of Allied Minds and Bristol-Myers Squibb, is licensing research from New York University on signaling pathways affecting growth of tumors, for a new company begun under its tutelage. Financial aspects of the deal between Allied-Bristol and NYU were not disclosed. The new enterprise, known as iBeCa…
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Clinical Trial Advances Dengue Vaccine Candidate
17 March 2016. A small-scale clinical trial testing an experimental vaccine with people given live dengue viruses shows the vaccine is effective in preventing dengue infections. The team from Johns Hopkins University and University of Vermont published its findings in yesterday’s (16 March) issue of Science Translational Medicine; paid subscription required. The vaccine, developed by…
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Technique Speeds, Eases Bone Marrow Stem Cell Collection
16 March 2016. A lab in Australia developed a process that makes it easier and faster to harvest blood-forming stem cells for treating diseases such as leukemia. The team led by Susan Nilsson at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria published its findings in yesterday’s (15 March) issue of the journal Nature Communications. Transplants of hematopoietic…
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Beta Cell Patch Designed to Control Blood Glucose Levels
14 March 2016. A patch device made of beta cells — the cells that produce insulin — was shown to produce insulin on demand in lab mice induced with diabetes. A team from the biomedical engineering department jointly hosted by University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University in Raleigh published…
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Vibration Technology Developed to Diagnose Back Pain
11 March 2016. Researchers at University of Alberta adapted engineering technologies using vibrations to develop a new way to diagnose spinal problems causing back pain. The team led by Alberta physical therapy professor Greg Kawchuk reported results of tests comparing its technology to MRI in today’s (11 March) issue of the journal Scientific Reports. Kawchuk…
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Process Devised for Plastics from Carbon Dioxide, Plants
10 March 2016. Producing common plastics like polyester today often needs large inputs of fossil fuel derivatives. A chemistry lab at Stanford University in California developed a low-carbon alternative to polyester that combines recycled carbon dioxide with inedible plant matter, such as agricultural waste, as reported in today’s issue of the journal Nature. Matthew Kanan…
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Study to Develop Simple, Standard TBI Test Process
9 March 2016. An industry, academic, and medical center research team is beginning a study to better diagnose traumatic brain injury with multiple testing methods. The project is an undertaking of medical device maker Abbott, Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, and University of Minnesota medical school, also in Minneapolis. The initiative aims to develop…
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Hydrogel Injection Tested to Treat Advanced Artery Disease
9 March 2016. A biomedical engineering team developed an injected hydrogel for advanced cases of peripheral artery disease that in lab animals improved blood flow and muscles in affected limbs. Researchers from University of California in San Diego, led by bioengineering professor Karen Christman, published their findings earlier this year in the Journal of the…