Tag: biomedical
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Alliance to Develop Rare Cancer Preclinical Models
A coalition of a patient advocacy organization, research institute, and cancer research company are implanting mice with human tumors to help study a rare form of cancer.
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Injectable Patch Designed to Repair Heart Tissue
An injectable soft mesh patch seeded with cardiac cells is shown to fix damaged heart tissue in tests with lab animals, as an alternative to open-heart surgery.
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Parkinson’s Protein Experiment in Space Station Cargo
An experiment to grow a crystallized form of protein associated with Parkinson’s disease is among the cargo that lifted off today from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
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Patent Set for Peptide Nerve Damage Treatments
The European Patent Office announced its intent to award a patent on treatments for nerve cell damage based on the peptide thymosin beta 4.
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Smartphone Attachment Performs Medical Diagnostics
An engineering lab at University of Illinois created a device that uses a smartphone’s imaging and processing features to analyze human specimen samples for detecting disease.
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Viruses Removed from Pig Organs for Human Transplants
Researchers in the U.S., Denmark, and China devised a process with genome editing to remove viruses that prevent organs from pigs from being used for human transplants.
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Peptide Immunotherapy Shown Safe for Type 1 Diabetes
In an early clinical trial, researchers in the U.K. show treatments with peptides, fragments of proteins, are safe and can slow the progression of type 1 diabetes.
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Trial Underway Testing New ALS Treatment
Patients in a clinical trial testing a treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, began receiving their first doses administered by the study team.
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Chip-Phone System Detects Disease Biomarkers
A biomedical engineering team created a chip device attached to a smartphone that detects indicators of disease in blood faster than today’s more expensive lab tests.
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Trial to Test Inhaled Insulin, App for Diabetes Mgmt
A clinical trial is planned to test the benefits of managing type 2 diabetes with an inhaled formulation of insulin and a smartphone app.