Tag: university
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Students Invent Germ-Killing Catheter, Start Company
21 May 2014. Five medical and engineering students at University of Utah in Salt Lake City invented a new type of catheter that emits high-intensity light killing bacteria before they cause an infection in the patient. The students also formed a new company, Veritas Medical LLC in Salt Lake City to take the invention to…
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Wireless Power System Invented for Miniaturized Implants
20 May 2014. Engineers and medical researchers at Stanford University in California designed a wireless system that can transfer electric power deep inside the body for miniaturized implants and other therapies. The work of a team led by electrical engineering professor Ada Poon was published online yesterday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (paid…
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Antibody Developer Secures $40M from Foundation Investors
16 May 2014. Kymab Ltd., a developer of human antibodies from mouse genomes, raised $40 million in its second round of venture investment from the Wellcome Trust, an original backer of the company, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Kymab, based in Cambridge, U.K., is also collaborating with the Gates Foundation in research on discovery…
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Laser Activation Tested as Potential Cancer Drug Delivery
16 May 2014. Researchers from University at Buffalo in New York developed and tested in the lab a process harnessing lasers to activate drugs inside the body to kill cancer cells. Findings from the proof-of-concept study, led by Buffalo’s Paras Prasad with colleagues from universities in China and Korea, were published online earlier this week…
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Partnership to Test Genome-Driven Breast Cancer Therapies
15 May 2014. Researchers at Indiana University’s medical school in Indianapolis and Paradigm, a genomic sequencing company in Ann Arbor, Michigan are enrolling patients in a clinical study testing the ability of genomic sequencing to find optimal treatments for an aggressive type of breast cancer. The study covers women with triple-negative breast cancer, a form…
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Trial Shows Polymer Dressing Reduces Surgical Scarring
15 May 2014. A follow-up study of patients one year after cosmetic surgery shows a polymer adhesive dressing applied after the surgery reduced the formation of scars compared to untreated areas of the incision. The researchers tested the bandage made by Neodyne Biosciences of Menlo Park, California, and reported the results online earlier this month…
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Biopharm Starts Genetic Heart Disease Clinical Database
14 May 2014. MyoKardia Inc., a biopharmaceutical company in South San Francisco, California, began a repository of clinical data on patients with genetic heart disorders. The database, known as Sarcomeric Human Cardiomyopathy Registry, or SHaRe, is a joint project with seven medical centers specializing in these conditions in the U.S., U.K., Netherlands, and Italy. SHaRe aims…
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Electronic Circuits Developed That Become Flexible in Body
13 May 2014. Engineers and material scientists from University of Texas in Dallas and University of Tokyo in Japan developed electronic circuits encased in polymers that become flexible and adapt their shape to three-dimensional objects when implanted in mammals. The team from the labs of Walter Voit in Dallas and Takao Someya in Tokyo published…
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Antioxidant-Rich Diets Fail to Reduce Heart Disease, Cancer
13 May 2014. In a study of Italians age 65 and older, researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore find people with diets high in the antioxidant resveratrol — found in berries, dark chocolate, and red wine — develop cardiac problems and cancer, and live no longer than people who consume smaller amounts. A team…
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Neurodegenerative Therapies Start-Up Gains $4.8M Seed Funds
12 May 2014. Lysosomal Therapeutics Inc., a start-up developer of therapies for neurodegenerative disorders in Cambridge, Massachusetts, raised $4.8 million in seed financing, the enterprise’s initial operating funds. The company was begun by and is based on the research of Dimitri Krainc, a neurologist at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Atlas…