Tag: physical sciences
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Audio Tone Therapy Shown to Relieve Insomnia
Clinical trial findings show an electronic system that reads brain waves and feeds back personalized audio tones helps people with insomnia achieve better sleep.
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New Venture Funds to Back Life Science, Tech Start-Ups
Three new venture funds are seeking to invest up to $6.3 billion in start-up companies with advances in life sciences, health care, energy, and information technologies.
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Trial Underway Testing Bioelectronic Incontinence Device
The first participants are enrolled in a clinical trial of an implanted bio-feedback device to help women control urinary incontinence, sudden or stress-related urges to urinate.
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Psychedelic Drug Shown to Relieve PTSD Brain Signals
A small clinical trial shows psychotherapy with the psychedelic drug MDMA generates brain signals that help relieve symptoms in people with post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Real-World Data Shown to Match Eye Disease Trial Results
Research findings show data in patients’ electronic health records can be collected and analyzed to replicate results from late-stage clinical trials of an eye disease biologic drug.
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Trial to Assess At-Home Asthma Lung Function Tests
A clinical trial is set to begin that compares monitoring of lung functions in people with asthma using portable ultrasound and mobile app at home to conventional tests in a clinic.
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Nasal Spray Vaccine Shown to Stop Gonorrhea Infections
A vaccine against gonorrhea given as a nasal spray is shown to generate protective immune responses in lab mice of both sexes, and in females similar to an intravaginal vaccine.
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Environmental Biomarker Start-Up Gains $16M in Early Funds
A new company developing diagnostics for neurological and other disorders based on environmental exposures is raising $16 million in venture funds.
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CEPI Assessing Advanced RNA Nanoparticle Vaccine
An international health organization is evaluating a new type of vaccine made with biodegradable RNA nanoparticles to help head off future viral pandemics.
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Audio Digital Biomarkers Start-Up Raises $3.7M in Seed Funds
A new company developing techniques to analyze internal physiological sounds captured by stethoscopes as health indicators is raising $3.7 million in seed funds.