Tag: life sciences
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First MERS Virus Treatment Found Safe
An experimental treatment for Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS, infections made from antibodies produced in cattle is shown in a clinical trial to be safe for patients.
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Stem Cell Patches Shown to Treat Heart Attack Damage
Human heart muscle patches made from stem cells helped fix damage and improve heart functions in tests with pigs induced with heart attacks.
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Neuro Informatics Software Released to Open Source
A collection of software from the Blue Brain Project for reconstructing models of mammal brain circuitry is being made freely available to the research community.
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HIV Drugs Formulated Into Once-Weekly Capsules
Medical and engineering researchers developed and tested in pigs a technique for packing several drugs into a capsule taken once a week to prevent and treat HIV infections.
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Genomic Analysis Company Adds Body Composition Profiles
A company analyzing genomics and microbiome factors to extend human life spans is adding an evaluation of body composition to its tool kit.
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Ingestible Sensors Measure Gases in Stomach, Gut
Researchers in Australia created a sensing device packed in a standard-size drug capsule that measures gas concentrations in the digestive tract in real time.
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Lilly, Tech Company Study Diabetes Experiences
A maker of diabetes drugs and digital health enterprise are beginning a study of real world experiences with self-management and education among people with diabetes.
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Celgene Acquires Cancer Drug Start-Up in $7B Deal
The biopharmaceutical company Celgene Corp. is acquiring Impact Biomedicines Inc., a developer of drugs to treat a type of blood-related cancer, in a deal valued as much as $7 billion.
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Highly Targeted Opioid Designed to Avoid Side Effects
A pharmacology team decoded complex opioid proteins in the brain to design a compound that can relieve pain, but avoid the dangerous adverse effects causing addiction and overdoses.
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Biotech, Microsoft Partner on Immune System Diagnostics
A company that analyzes immune system genomics is collaborating with Microsoft Corporation to develop early-stage disease diagnostics.