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Danforth Center, Valent Partner on Underground Plant Imaging
A plant science center and crop science company are developing a large-scale X-ray imaging system to measure root development in plants.
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Univ. of Pittsburgh, Ansys Partner on Additive Mfring
Ansys, a developer of engineering simulation software and services, is starting an additive manufacturing lab at University of Pittsburgh’s engineering school.
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Biomaterials Solutions Studied for Chronic Wounds
3 June 2016. A team of materials and medical scientists is investigating a new process of applying protein-based biomaterials to the healing of chronic wounds. The research led by materials scientists Millicent Sullivan and Kristi Kiick at University of Delaware in Newark is funded by a 4 year, $1.4 million grant from National Institute of…
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Braeburn to Continue N. Carolina Facility Despite HB2
17 May 2016. Braeburn Pharmaceuticals, a developer of treatments for opioid addiction, will continue with its plans to build a research and manufacturing facility in North Carolina, despite its opposition to a recent state law overturning local ordinances prohibiting discrimination against the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) individuals. The company says the state’s Attorney…
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566 New Drugs in Pipeline for Orphan Diseases
9 May 2016. A report by an industry group says 566 drugs designed to treat rare diseases are now in clinical testing by pharmaceutical companies. The report, prepared by Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, or PhRMA, and the ALS Association, credits many of these new drugs to incentives in legislation encouraging research and development…
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U.S. Energy Use Declines in 2015, Renewables Gain
20 April 2016. Energy use by Americans in their homes and businesses declined in 2015 from the previous year, due to a sharp drop in coal burned for electric power, among other factors. The findings were published in an annual accounting of national energy supply and demand by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, based on data…
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Gene Editing Creates Pigs Resilient to African Virus
23 February 2016. University and industry researchers edited the genomes of domesticated pigs to create a variety better able to withstand a deadly tick-borne virus. The team from University of Edinburgh and the biotechnology companies Sangamo BioSciences and Genus plc published its findings in yesterday’s (22 February) issue of the journal Scientific Reports. The team…
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Vaccine Developed to Stop Synthetic Opioids
17 February 2016. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid drug for treating severe pain after surgery, and in some cases chronic pain, but is also highly addictive and increasingly abused, with growing numbers of overdose deaths. Researchers from Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California developed a vaccine that in lab mice prevents ingredients in fentanyl…
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NSF Grant Funds Biosensing Laser Research
9 February 2016. An engineering professor at University of Texas in Arlington received a grant from National Science Foundation for research on lasers with fluid samples to detect indicators of disease. Yuze Sun, known as Alice, is the recipient of a $500,000 Faculty Early Career Development award from NSF, expected to run through 2020. Sun’s…
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Researchers Develop Eye Injury Test, Start Company
9 December 2015. A medical and engineering team at University of Illinois in Champaign designed a sensor providing a quick, portable test for the severity of eye injuries. The researchers led by bioengineering professor Dipanjan Pan and ophthalmologist Leanne Labriola at Carle Foundation Hospital affiliated with the university described the proof-of-concept device last month in the…