Tag: university
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Trial to Test Immunotherapy with Children’s Solid Tumors
Researchers at hospitals and universities in Philadelphia and Salt Lake City will test T-cell immunotherapy strategies in children with neuroblastoma, a solid tumor cancer that occurs in children. The $550,000 grant from the ACT FAST (Adoptive Cell Therapy For Adolescent/pediatric Solid Tumors) initiative funding the trial is provided by three foundations: Solving Kids’ Cancer, the…
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Lab-On-Chip Maker Lands $9.2M in Early Round Venture Funds
Hurel Corporation, a developer of preclinical testing devices in New Brunswick, New Jersey, raised $9.2 million in its first round of venture fund raising after initial start-up. The round was organized by Spring Mountain Capital, a private equity investment management company in New York. No other participants in the round were disclosed. Hurel Corp. designs…
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Anatomical Models 3-D Printed from Tomography Scans
Researchers at University of Notre Dame in Indiana developed a process for three-dimensional printing of anatomical models from computed tomography (CT) scans. The team from the lab of Matthew Leevy, a research professor at Notre Dame’s Integrated Imaging Facility, published its findings online last week in text and video form in the Journal of Visualized…
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Biotech, University to Partner on Bone Regeneration Trial
University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and biotechnology company NeoStem Inc. in New York are collaborating on a clinical trial to test the ability of adult stem cells to grow into bone tissue. The trial, which involves the university’s dental school, will try to regenerate bone tissue among patients who need a tooth extraction. NeoStem…
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Study: Solar Panel Industry Now a Net Energy Producer
The global photovoltaic industry has reached a point where solar panels are now likely generating more energy than needed to produce the panels, concludes a new study by Stanford University’s Global Climate and Energy Project. The findings of postdoctoral fellow Michael Dale and project director Sally Benson appear in the 2 April issue of the…
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Common Virus Fortifies Stem Cells, Improves Their Survival
Medical researchers at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and others devised a method for improving the survival of stem cells in the body, making them more effective therapeutic agents. The team led by Graca Almeida-Porada of Wake Forest’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine published their findings last week in the online journal PLoS One.…
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Student Develops Heart Health Management Smartphone App
An undergraduate student at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey led the development of a smartphone app to help heart patients prevent and manage heart failure. Shannon Patel, a registered nurse at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey and bachelor of science candidate at Rutgers-Camden, led the team that developed the…
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Recommended Heart Failure Meds Save Lives, and Maybe Money
Medical researchers at University of California in Los Angeles found medications recommended in national guidelines for heart failure are cost-effective in saving patient lives and could also provide financial savings for the national health care system. The findings of the team led by Gregg Fonarow, director of the cardiomyopathy center at UCLA, appear in the…
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Material Developed to Reflect Sun’s Heat, Cool Buildings
Engineers at Stanford University in California developed a new type of cooling material based on nanotechnology that radiates sunlight back into space. The team led by Stanford engineering professor Shanhui Fan published its findings earlier this month in the journal Nano Letters (paid subscription required). Fan, with doctoral candidates Eden Rephaeli and Aaswath Raman, engineered…
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Portable White Blood Cell Measurement Device Developed
Engineers at California Institute of Technology in Pasadena and the medical device company LeukoDx in Jerusalem, Israel developed a portable device to count white blood cells requiring only a drop of blood and a few minutes to run. The team led by Cal Tech electrical engineering professor Yu-Chong Tai published its findings in the 7…