Tag: preclinical
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Immune Responses Shown in Covid-19 Nasal Vaccine
An experimental vaccine to prevent Covid-19 infections, given as a nasal spray, produces immune responses in tests with lab mice.
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Biotech IDs Potent Covid-19 Antibodies
A company discovering therapeutic antibodies identified antibodies considered particularly effective in neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 viruses causing Covid-19 infections.
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Polymer Boosts Insulin Speed, Stability
Researchers discovered a polymer compound added to insulin that in tests with pigs cuts insulin’s acting time in half and more than doubles its usable life.
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Crispr Heart Therapy Demonstrated in Monkeys
An experimental therapy using a precise gene editing technique is shown in lab monkeys to reverse the cause of a chronic form of heart disease.
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Ultrasound Boosts Cancer Gene Therapy
Ultrasound waves are shown in tests with lab mice to increase the uptake of a gene therapy that invokes the immune system in treating solid tumor cancers.
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Virtual Drug Discovery Incubator Launched for Univ. Labs
Life science investors and a drug discovery company started a remote business incubator service to discover and develop early therapy candidates from academic research.
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Non-Invasive Fetal Oxygen Monitor Designed
A university engineering lab created a device that safely monitors a fetus’s blood oxygen levels from outside the mother’s abdomen, which could reduce the rate of cesarean sections.
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Biotechs Partner on Crispr for Stem Cell Transplants
A biotechnology partnership is evaluating a synthetic antibody to make it safer for people with genetic diseases to receive gene-edited bone marrow stem-cell transplants.
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Covid-19 Antibody Cocktail to Begin Clinical Trial
A combination of two synthetic antibodies, with an enhanced infection-blocking design for preventing and treating Covid-19 infections, is set to begin a clinical trial.
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Cancer Drug Technology Licensed for Covid-19
A biotechnology company is licensing medical research discoveries from university labs first designed for treating cancer as a potential Covid-19 therapy.