Tag: life sciences
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Engineered Bacteria Designed to Detect Gut Inflammation
A bioengineering team at Rice University developed a genetically modified form of bacteria that in lab mice detects inflammatory diseases in the gut.
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Antibody Shows Promise Against Marburg Virus Infections
Tests with lab animals show an experimental synthetic antibody protects against deadly Marburg and Ravn viruses as long as 5 days following infections.
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Umbilical Cord Blood Evaluated for Autism Treatment
Results from a clinical trial show infusions of a child’s own umbilical cord blood are safe for treating autism spectrum disorder, and provide initial signs of effectiveness.
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Prodrugs Designed to Better Target Cancer Therapies
A delivery mechanism is being developed to package cancer drugs in a nanoscale precursor state that reacts only in tumor regions, to protect against adverse effects.
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Artificial Pancreas Shown Feasible for Young Children
An integrated system combining a glucose monitor and insulin pump to simulate the human pancreas is shown to be feasible for young children with type 1 diabetes.
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Triple-Drug Inhaler Shown to Cut COPD Attacks
Results from a year-long clinical trial show that an inhaler with three types of drugs reduces the number of COPD attacks compared to a common single-drug inhaler.
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Enhanced Gene Therapy Boosts Anti-Tumor Response
Gene therapies delivered with electronic pulses were shown in lab mice to increase production of natural immune-system proteins and reduce melanoma, or advanced skin cancer, tumors.
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Zika DNA Vaccine Begins Clinical Trial
A new clinical trial is underway testing a Zika vaccine that uses genetically-engineered DNA to generate an immune response against the disease.
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Start-Up Licensing Flexible Genome-Editing Technology
A start-up biotechnology company is licensing techniques from two universities that make genome editing more flexible and better control gene expression.
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NIH Funds Seen Boosting Industry Patents
An analysis of grants issued by National Institutes of Health shows a large percentage of those grants, directly or indirectly, result in patented technologies in industry.