Tag: life sciences
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Blood Glucose Monitor Built Into Smartphone Case
Engineers at University of California in San Diego designed a case that fits over a smartphone with an integrated sensor, which in lab tests accurately measures blood glucose levels.
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PTSD Drug Trial Begins, Gets Fast-Track Status
An experimental drug that aims to keep nerve cells flexible is beginning an early-stage clinical trial as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.
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Emergency Sealant Gel Developed for Eye Injuries
A medical engineering team created a gel material that safely closes injured eye tissue until surgical treatments can be given.
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Tobacco Plants Studied as Drug Bio-Factories
A university in Australia is joining a European research project to create new types of tobacco plants for producing pharmaceuticals.
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Cell Programming Company Raises $49.5M in Early Funds
A start-up enterprise creating add-on treatments that program the effects of cell and gene therapies is raising $49.5 million in its first venture funding round.
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Large-Scale Process Devised for Lab-Made Liver Tissue
Researchers in Japan and the U.S. created techniques for producing liver tissue in large quantities in the lab for transplant or drug testing.
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Programmable Nanoscale Drug Capsules Designed
A lab at University of Connecticut is developing nanoscale capsules that release drug cargoes only when encountering specific enzymes, even inside cells.
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Engineered Cells Identify Rare Epilepsy Drug Candidates
A process using high-speed screening of drug candidates with genetically engineered cells identified potential drugs to treat a rare form of childhood epilepsy.
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FDA Approves Precision Solid Tumor Cancer Diagnostics
The Food and Drug Administration approved genomic tests for solid tumor cancers that identify the most promising available therapies matched to the tumor’s genetic mutations.
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Drug Price Report Calls for Govt Negotiation, More Generics
A panel convened by the National Academies calls for the federal government to use its buying power to negotiate better drug prices for consumers.