Tag: biomedical
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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.
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Electronic Pulses, Sounds Shown to Reduce Tinnitus
A non-invasive system that combines coordinated electronic pulses and sounds is shown in tests with lab animals and humans to reduce tinnitus, phantom sounds often called ringing in the ears.
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Sangamo, Pfizer Partner on ALS Gene Therapy
Drug maker Pfizer Inc. is licensing and collaborating on a gene therapy technology from Sangamo Therapeutics Inc. to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, and a related neurodegenerative disease.
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RNA Therapies Start-Up Raises $55.3M in Early Funds
A start-up company creating treatments for inherited diseases that target faulty RNA transcribed from genetic codes is raising $55.3 million in its first venture funding round.
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NIH Grant Funds Synthetic Peptide for Severe Asthma
A synthetic peptide, a short chain of amino acids, is being developed as a treatment for severe cases of asthma that do not respond to conventional drugs.
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Trial Testing Biomarkers as Brain Injury Diagnostics
A clinical trial is underway in Finland testing the ability to detect traumatic brain injuries with simple blood, urine, and saliva tests.