Tag: grant
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Fox Foundation Supports Parkinson’s Walking Device
A spin-off enterprise from University of Delaware is developing an electronic vibrating device that fits on the feet or ankles of people with Parkinson’s disease to help them walk.
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Smart Watch in Development for Respiratory Diseases
A watch-like device is being designed to monitor for early onset of respiratory diseases like the flu, well before noticeable symptoms develop.
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Laser Treatments Tested for Cancer Side Effects
Researchers from University at Buffalo are evaluating low-level lasers as a treatment for oral mucositis, a painful adverse effect of cancer chemo and radiation therapy.
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Univ. Spin-Off Developing High-Nutrition Corn
A company spun-off from a university agriculture research lab is developing a variety of corn with more vitamin A and other nutrients missing from most other types.
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Foundation Backs Engineered T-Cells to Treat Lymphoma
A new initiative is researching modified immune system cells to treat T-cell lymphoma, a type of blood-related cancer, with a simpler, lower-cost process.
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Consortium to Speed Vaccine Production
An alliance of research organizations is designing ways to cut the time needed to develop, test, and manufacture new vaccines to as little as 6 months.
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RNA Therapy Studied for Parkinson’s Side Effects
Medical researchers are developing a treatment for a frequent side-effect of Parkinson’s disease drugs using a corrective RNA molecule to reverse the condition.
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Start-up Funds Univ. Medical Cannabis Research
A developer of therapies derived from cannabis is sponsoring a 3-year basic and translational research program, including clinical trials, at Imperial College London.
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Govt. Shutdown Disrupts U.S. Science
Several agencies that run or finance labs are closed, due to the lapse of funding for about a quarter of federal departments that began on 22 December.
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Chip Device to Test Gut Infections on Space Station
A device with human intestine tissue and cells will be launched into space to test effects of weightlessness on immune functions and bacterial infections in the gastrointestinal tract.