Tag: chemistry
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High-Speed Screens, A.I., Boost Nanoscale Medicines
Biomedical engineers are using high-throughput screening techniques and machine learning to speed and improve the design of new drugs based on nanoscale particles.
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Capsule Designed to Inject Insulin in Stomach Wall
A biomedical engineering team created a capsule that in animal tests releases a tiny needle delivering an insulin dose to the stomach lining, equivalent to conventional insulin injections.
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Large Molecule Library Enables On-Demand Drug Discovery
A large-scale public drug molecule library is shown with computational modeling to accurately identify on-demand new compounds that bind completely to therapy targets.
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Spin-Off Gains Seed Funds for Non-Opioid Pain Drug
A company spun-off from a university medical materials lab received start-up funds to develop a non-opioid surgical pain therapy, including a clinical trial.
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Cancer-Fighting Protein Designed to Cut Adverse Effects
A computational biology lab designed a synthetic protein that works like natural cancer-fighting proteins, but in lab mice kills cancer cells with few adverse effects.
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Genetic Acids Harnessed to Promote Wound Healing
A bioengineering team designed a way to use acids in DNA that in lab tests promote wound repair by encouraging production of healing proteins in surrounding tissues.
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Sustainable Bioplastics Produced from Microbes, Algae
Researchers in Israel showed in lab tests the feasibility of producing biocompatible and degradable plastics from ocean microbes and algae.
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Eye Drops Reverse Infected Eye Scarring
Eye drops containing a therapeutic protein and applied as a gel, are shown in lab mice to remove scar tissue from the surface of infected or damaged corneas.
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Drug Discovery Start-Up Gains $400M Financing
A 2 year-old company using computational techniques to find protein-targeting drugs raised $400 million in new financing, led by the venture funding arm of Softbank.
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A.I.-Aided Processes Reduce Chemical Reaction Time, Waste
A chemical engineering lab designed processes with artificial intelligence to screen chemical reactions in small quantities that can reduce the time and waste in current methods.