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Start-Up Lands $10M for Gene-Editing HIV Treatments
A new enterprise developing treatments using gene editing to eliminate HIV infections received $10 million in its seed funding round.
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Phone App Found to Measure Heart Health Metrics
A medical engineering team designed a smartphone app that in a clinical study shows it can measure key factors in heart health as accurately as MRI scans.
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Field Tests of Genetically Modified Moths to Begin
Outdoor tests of a genetically engineered diamondback moth, a difficult agricultural pest, altered to stop reproducing and collapse the species, are about to get underway.
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Engineered T-Cell Trials Stopped after Patient Death
The Food and Drug Administration stopped two clinical trials testing genetically engineered T-cells from the immune system to treat leukemia, after a participant in one trial died.
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Infographic – Smartphones Cause Photography Boom
Taking photos is one of the leading uses of smartphones, documented by the chart posted above from Statista showing the growing number of images captured with phones since 2013.
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Trial Underway Testing Alzheimer’s-Schizophrenia Drug
A new clinical trial began in the U.K. in a test of an experimental drug to treat schizophrenia associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Going Green With Your Science Biz
There is a growing trend among entrepreneurs to go green and starting a business that’s eco-friendly is the first step toward success.
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Univ. Spin-Off Offers Technology to Boost Math Learning
A new company aims to make learning algebra more intuitive and productive for students with software based on research at Indiana University in Bloomington.
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Clever Smartphone Software, Boldly Going Where No Phone Has Gone Before
Read about the latest developments in smartphone software.
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Simple Cell Programming Designed for Gene Therapies
A simpler technique using nanoscale particles was shown in lab tests to deliver messenger RNA to reprogram cells for gene therapies, including changes in T-cells in the immune system now approved to treat a type of leukemia.