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Simple Blood Test System Detects Brain Injuries
An engineering team at Purdue University designed a system that detects indicators of traumatic brain injuries in lab tests with one or two drops of blood.
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Biotech, Cancer Center Partner on T-Cell Research
A developer of cancer diagnostics and treatments is collaborating with Moffitt Cancer Center to advance therapies for ovarian cancer with T-cells from the immune system.
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Bayer Acquiring Therapeutic Peptides in $1.1B+ Deal
Bayer AG, the global drug maker and agricultural chemical company, is partnering with a Japanese biologics enterprise to discover a series of peptides for therapies.
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Infographic – America’s Immigration Advantages
Trade Vistas, a project of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., compiled a chart outlining the benefits to the U.S. from immigration.
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Process Devised for Continuous Stem Cell Production
Researchers in the U.K. developed a process for closed-loop continuous production and collection of large quantities of stem cells for therapies.
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Thin, Flexible, Lower-Cost Motion Sensors Developed
Engineers in the U.S. and France created and tested motion-detecting sensors more flexible and thinner than today’s sensors, and made with a low-cost process.
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Biotech Licenses Mayo Clinic Microbiome Research
A biotechnology company developing therapies with specialized gut microbes is licensing research from the Mayo Clinic on these microbes’ effects with autoimmune diseases.
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Report: Health System Not Ready for Alzheimer’s Therapies
A new study finds the U.S. health care system does not have the capacity for large-scale screening and treatment of people with early indicators of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Trial Underway Testing Personal RNA Cancer Drug
A clinical trial is underway testing a treatment for solid tumor cancers derived from messenger RNA, genetic material with protein coding instructions for cells.
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Two Opioid Addiction Treatments Found Safe, Effective
A clinical trial testing two leading therapies for opioid abuse found the treatments both safe and effective, even though they work in different ways.