Tag: grant
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Liquid Injectable Electrodes Designed for Nerve Stimulation
In lab animal tests, an injectable silicon-metal material performs as well as conventional electrodes for electrical nerve stimulation, an emerging therapy for pain.
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Phone-Based Infectious Disease Diagnostics Being Developed
An engineering lab is building a system for diagnosing viral infectious diseases with blood samples analyzed by a smartphone add-on.
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Small Biz Grants Fund Simpler Aneurysm Tests
Two recent federal small business grants are supporting development of simple tests to screen for unruptured brain aneurysms in asymptomatic patients.
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Smart Robotic Leg Prosthesis Being Developed
A project is underway to develop a smarter and lighter-weight motorized leg prosthetic device that gives the wearer better balance and control.
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App Automates, Simplifies Test for Preeclampsia
Results of a pilot test show a smartphone app makes a common test for the pregnancy complication preeclampsia simple and more reliable than before.
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Small Biz Grant Supports Newborn Opioid Device
A start-up enterprise is developing a nerve stimulation device worn by infants born to mothers with opioid addiction to treat the babies’ withdrawal symptoms.
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Implanted Overdose Rescue Device Being Developed
An implanted device that senses an overdose of opioid drugs and dispenses an emergency rescue medicine is in development by two university labs.
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NSF Funds Blockchain Health Care Data System
A new grant finances design of a lower-cost health care data network built with blockchain that promises to preserve patients’ security and privacy.
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Dementia Drug Candidate in Preclinical Tests
A study is underway of a new treatment approach for dementia that targets inflammation and microscopic bleeding in the brain that can accompany Alzheimer’s disease.
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Small Biz Grant Funds Prenatal Genetic Test
A small business set-aside grant is funding early development of a non-invasive prenatal test that simplifies detection of genetic abnormalities in a fetus.