Tag: life sciences
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Trial Underway Testing Universal Flu Vaccine
A clinical trial is recruiting participants to test a vaccine to protect against a variety of influenza strains, instead of today’s vaccines designed to prevent infections from specific strains expected in a given year.
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New Cell Therapy Company Raises $58.5M in Early Funds
A start-up enterprise is discovering therapies to address a variety of disorders that result from faulty cell degradation processes known as autophagy, which when functioning normally contribute to cell health.
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Trial Testing Nerve Stimulation for Stroke Rehab
A clinical trial is recruiting participants to test an implanted device that electronically stimulates a key nerve pathway for restoring use of a person’s arm after suffering a stroke.
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Fitness Trackers Seen Feasible for Cancer Patients
Activity tracking devices, used by athletes and ordinary persons to track their fitness, are shown in a pilot test to successfully monitor physical activity of older cancer patients for periods of 10 weeks or more.
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Global Health R&D Cuts Threaten U.S. Economy, Jobs
An analysis of the impact of proposed cuts in funds for research and development on technologies to address global health needs shows the U.S. economy benefits directly from this spending, including support of many jobs in nearly all states.
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Digital Drug Discovery Company Wins A.I. Competition
A company using artificial intelligence algorithms and big data analytics to discover drug targets from RNA splicing errors is the winner of a competition among start-up enterprises for innovative uses of A.I. technology.
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Cellectis, Wyss Inst. Partner on Recoding Human Genome
A bioengineering center at Harvard University and a biotechnology company are creating a process for genetically editing human cell lines to produce virus-resistant synthetic proteins for research and therapies.
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Technique Devised to Monitor Blood Flow in Brain
A bioengineering lab developed a technique using common photography chips to measure blood flow in the brain, which could help detect traumatic brain injury, stroke, and related disorders.
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Platform to Integrate Robotics, Synthetic Biology, A.I.
Two companies are developing a new model for a cloud-based platform that makes possible automated collaborative research with artificial intelligence in synthetic biology.
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Nasal Spray Vaccine Shown to Control Peanut Allergies
A vaccine to protect against peanut allergies, given as a nanoscale droplets suspended in a nasal spray, is shown to prevent allergic reactions in tests with lab mice sensitized to peanuts.