Tag: U.K.
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Venture Fund Formed to Back Longevity Research
A new venture capital fund is being formed to finance start-up companies developing technologies that aim to extend healthy human life spans.
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Trial Underway Testing Stem Cells for Stroke Repair
A clinical trial assessing stem cell treatments to repair long-term damage to brain cells from a stroke recruited its first patient.
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Engineered Hens Produce Human Proteins in Eggs
An animal biology lab in Scotland developed genetically engineered chickens that efficiently produce human therapeutic proteins in their eggs.
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Comment – Precision Medicine to Beat Antibiotic Resistance
Precision is applied to the bacterial genome, to find vulnerabilities making the microbe more susceptible to antibiotics, with those targets used to identify appropriate drugs.
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Start-up Funds Univ. Medical Cannabis Research
A developer of therapies derived from cannabis is sponsoring a 3-year basic and translational research program, including clinical trials, at Imperial College London.
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Genetic Acids Harnessed to Promote Wound Healing
A bioengineering team designed a way to use acids in DNA that in lab tests promote wound repair by encouraging production of healing proteins in surrounding tissues.
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Inhaled Messenger RNA Developed, Tested
An academic-industry team developed an inhaled form of genetic material in nanoscale particles that enables lab mice to safely produce proteins in their lungs.
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Trial Testing Breath Detection for Cancer
A clinical trial is recruiting participants to test a technology that analyzes exhaled breath for indicators of specific types of cancer.
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Eye Drops Reverse Infected Eye Scarring
Eye drops containing a therapeutic protein and applied as a gel, are shown in lab mice to remove scar tissue from the surface of infected or damaged corneas.
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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.