Tag: biomedical
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Psychedelic Drug Shown to Relieve PTSD Brain Signals
A small clinical trial shows psychotherapy with the psychedelic drug MDMA generates brain signals that help relieve symptoms in people with post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Real-World Data Shown to Match Eye Disease Trial Results
Research findings show data in patients’ electronic health records can be collected and analyzed to replicate results from late-stage clinical trials of an eye disease biologic drug.
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Biotech, Academic Lab Partner on Microbiome-Safe Products
A biotechnology company creating products for gut health and a university immunology lab are evaluating cleaning products for potential damage to human protective tissues.
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Trial to Assess At-Home Asthma Lung Function Tests
A clinical trial is set to begin that compares monitoring of lung functions in people with asthma using portable ultrasound and mobile app at home to conventional tests in a clinic.
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Nasal Spray Vaccine Shown to Stop Gonorrhea Infections
A vaccine against gonorrhea given as a nasal spray is shown to generate protective immune responses in lab mice of both sexes, and in females similar to an intravaginal vaccine.
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Environmental Biomarker Start-Up Gains $16M in Early Funds
A new company developing diagnostics for neurological and other disorders based on environmental exposures is raising $16 million in venture funds.
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CEPI Assessing Advanced RNA Nanoparticle Vaccine
An international health organization is evaluating a new type of vaccine made with biodegradable RNA nanoparticles to help head off future viral pandemics.
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Audio Digital Biomarkers Start-Up Raises $3.7M in Seed Funds
A new company developing techniques to analyze internal physiological sounds captured by stethoscopes as health indicators is raising $3.7 million in seed funds.
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Nanotech Enzyme Process Boosts T-Cell Cancer Therapies
A bioengineering team devised techniques for feasibly adding cancer-killing enzymes to engineered immune cells that in lab mice kill solid-tumor and blood cancer cells.
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Project to Sequence 20K Dog and Cat Genomes
Some 20,000 dogs and cats are expected to have their genomes sequenced in the next 10 years for a publicly available database to enable precision medicine for pets.