Tag: life sciences
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FDA Grants Priority Review for Gene Therapy
A biotechnology company making gene therapies to treat rare diseases says the Food and Drug Administration granted an accelerated review for its treatment of an inherited eye disorder.
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Grant Funding Automated Genome Editing System
A consortium of companies and university in the U.K. and U.S. are developing an automated desktop genome editing system using the emerging Crispr technique.
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Start-Up Applying Artificial Intelligence to New Drug Uses
A new enterprise is being formed to apply artificial intelligence to connect drugs in development to treatments for rare diseases and other unmet medical needs.
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Students Design Prototype Soft Artificial Heart
Two graduate students in materials science and engineering designed and tested an artificial heart made with soft plastics for eventual use as an implanted device.
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Report: Long, Complex Effort Needed to Stem Opioid Abuse
A report released today says years of coordinated public health efforts are needed at all levels to contain and reverse the current opioid abuse epidemic.
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Nanotech Treatment Studied for Brain Tumors
Medical researchers and engineers designed and tested in mice a way to deliver gene-silencing therapies in nanoscale particles to treat glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.
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Immigration Crackdown “a Disaster” for U.S. Science
A panel of research executives from American universities said the current hostility to immigration in the U.S. is causing fear among many researchers and could have a serious impact on science.
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Lab-On-Chip Quickly Isolates, Captures Exosomes
Tests of a lab-on-a-chip system show the device can rapidly isolate and recover cellular carriers of biomarkers useful in detecting cancer and other diseases.
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NIH Supporting App That Helps Opioid Therapies
A company making game-style mobile apps to help therapies for opioid and other substance abuse is receiving R&D support from National Institutes of Health.
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Smartphone Data Reveal Physical Activity Worldwide
A data science team tapped into smartphones of more than 717,000 people worldwide to capture the number of steps they take each day as an indicator of physical activity.