Tag: university
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Platform Devised for 3-D Engineered Heart, Liver Tissue
8 March 2016. An engineering team at University of Toronto designed and tested in lab animals a technology for growing synthetic heart and liver tissue for drug testing and eventual clinical use. Researchers led by chemical engineering professor Milica Radisic published their findings yesterday (7 March) in the journal Nature Materials; paid subscription required. Radisic…
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Gene Editing Creates Pigs Resilient to African Virus
23 February 2016. University and industry researchers edited the genomes of domesticated pigs to create a variety better able to withstand a deadly tick-borne virus. The team from University of Edinburgh and the biotechnology companies Sangamo BioSciences and Genus plc published its findings in yesterday’s (22 February) issue of the journal Scientific Reports. The team…
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Breast Cancer Academic Research Program Launched
23 February 2016. Breast Cancer Research Foundation in New York began a new initiative to attract more academic researchers to take part in clinical trials of cancer therapies. The group is starting its Drug Research Collaborative, with a $15 million contribution from drug maker Pfizer, that is also granting research access to its cancer drug…
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Pain Medication Given FDA Breakthrough Tag
22 February 2016. A new drug to treat moderate to severe pain, now in clinical trials, received a breakthrough designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drug, oliceridine, is made by Trevena Inc. in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Oliceridine addresses the same pain signals as opioid drugs that affect areas of the brain…
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Antibody Treatment Designed for MERS Virus
18 February 2016. The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS virus, is spreading throughout the Middle East and Asia, largely through person-to-person contacts, and with a fatality rate of 36 percent. A research team at University of Maryland, with colleagues from industry and government labs, developed antibodies from genetically-engineered cattle that protect lab mice…
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Biotech Reviewing Stanford Immuno-Stem Cell Technology
16 February 2016. A biotechnology company in Los Angeles is evaluating a technology developed at Stanford University for transferring DNA of immune system cells to a patient’s own stem cells to produce immunotherapies for treating cancer. The agreement with Stanford gives ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Ltd. an option to license the technology from the lab of immunologist…
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Virtual Reality Seen Helping People with Depression
15 February 2016. Individuals suffering from depression often express a high degree of self-criticism to the point it interferes with recovery from their disorder. Researchers from University College London showed in a pilot study that a virtual reality exercise could increase feelings of self-compassion and reduce the severity of depression, in some cases with enough…
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Harnessing Big Data for Precision Medicine
13 February 2016. Precision medicine aims to match individualized genomic data with therapies to provide personalized treatments for people with disease. A panel today (13 February) at the American Association for Advancement of Science or AAAS 2016 annual meeting, described how big data — finding insights in large data sets — help make precision medicine…
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What it Takes to Innovate in the Old Economy
12 February 2016. Innovation is important throughout the modern economy, particularly in established industries that may lack the excitement of hot new sectors like biotechnology. A panel at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS 2016 annual meeting today (12 February) in Washington, D.C. examined ways of creating innovation in these legacy…
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Gene Editing Enlisted to Fight Citrus Greening
11 February 2016. Plant scientists at University of California in Riverside plan to use genome editing to develop varieties of citrus fruit resistant to a bacterial disease devastating crops in the U.S. and other parts of the world. The five-year research project led by UC-Riverside plant pathologist Wenbo Ma is funded by a $4 million…