Tag: biomedical
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Institute, Company Studying Neuro Disease Proteins
The Montreal Neurological Institute and Thermo Fisher Scientific are beginning a study of 30 proteins implicated in neurodegenerative diseases to validate related antibodies and reagents for advancing treatments.
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3-D Biomaterial Boosts Personal Cancer Immunotherapy
A Harvard University bioengineering lab developed an injectable material designed to load up with proteins from a patient’s own tumors to induce immune reactions that fight that person’s cancer.
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Breathalyzer Biopsy Company Gains $15M in New Funds
A company in the U.K. developing a technology for early and precise diagnosis of lung and other cancers by analyzing exhaled breath is raising $15 million in new venture capital.
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Trial Shows Reduction in Huntington Disease Protein
First results from a clinical trial show an experimental therapy reduces production of a protein damaging nerve cells in people with Huntington disease.
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Start-Up Developing Blood-Brain Barrier Treatments
A medical school professor in Singapore is starting a biotechnology company to discover and develop new drugs for neurological disorders based on his research with mechanisms for crossing the blood-brain barrier.
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3-D Printing Devised for Sensors in Soft Robotics
Engineering researchers developed techniques using three-dimensional printing that enables robotic devices made with soft materials, like those in health care, to sense more properties of objects they encounter.
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Biotech Sponsoring Microbiome-Cancer Research
A biotechnology enterprise is starting research collaborations with cancer labs in the U.S. and Germany to study interactions of gut microbes on responses of individuals to cancer immunotherapies.
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Techniques Devised to Boost Gene Therapy Success
An engineering team at Washington University in St. Louis is developing mechanical and electronic processes to improve the success of inserting large, complex therapeutic molecules like DNA into cells.
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Synthetic Bio Company Starts Up, Raises $53 Million
A start-up business that aims to apply principles of computer circuit design to biology and medicine in creating treatments for disease is raising $53 million in its first venture funding round.
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Protein Engineered to Boost Nerve Cell Imaging
Engineers and neuroscientists developed a synthetic protein that illuminates electrical activity in animal brain nerve cells, with a process using robotics to test millions of protein candidates in cells.