Tag: biomedical
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Process Devised for Continuous Stem Cell Production
Researchers in the U.K. developed a process for closed-loop continuous production and collection of large quantities of stem cells for therapies.
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Thin, Flexible, Lower-Cost Motion Sensors Developed
Engineers in the U.S. and France created and tested motion-detecting sensors more flexible and thinner than today’s sensors, and made with a low-cost process.
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Biotech Licenses Mayo Clinic Microbiome Research
A biotechnology company developing therapies with specialized gut microbes is licensing research from the Mayo Clinic on these microbes’ effects with autoimmune diseases.
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Report: Health System Not Ready for Alzheimer’s Therapies
A new study finds the U.S. health care system does not have the capacity for large-scale screening and treatment of people with early indicators of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Trial Underway Testing Personal RNA Cancer Drug
A clinical trial is underway testing a treatment for solid tumor cancers derived from messenger RNA, genetic material with protein coding instructions for cells.
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Two Opioid Addiction Treatments Found Safe, Effective
A clinical trial testing two leading therapies for opioid abuse found the treatments both safe and effective, even though they work in different ways.
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Alliance Exploring Microbiome on Cancer Immunotherapy
A biotechnology company and two research institutes are collaborating on a study of a proposed cancer treatment that targets the microbiome, communities of bacteria in the human body.
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FDA Clears First Sensor-Pill and App System
The Food and Drug Administration approved for the first time in the U.S. a system that combines pills with built-in sensors and a mobile app to track adherence.
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Zymeworks, Janssen in $1.45B Antibody Licensing Deal
Janssen Biotech, a division of drug maker Johnson & Johnson, is acquiring technologies that make it possible to create synthetic antibodies that hit multiple targets.
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Math Models to Predict Animal-Borne Disease Outbreaks
A team of ecologists and mathematicians is applying machine learning and statistical models to forecast outbreaks of zoonotic diseases, those spread to humans from animals.