Tag: preclinical
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Protein Delivered with Gold Nanoparticles Helps Fix Muscle Injuries
A bioengineering lab at Harvard University devised a technique using gold nanoscale particles to deliver a protein to reduce inflammation from muscle injuries in lab mice.
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$29.5M Funding Raised for Sinus Drug Delivery Company
A company developing a drug delivery technology to treat chronic sinus conditions is raising $29.5 million in its second venture financing round.
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App Offers Fast, Inexpensive Urinary Tract Infection Test
A system for identifying bacterial infections shows the system’s smartphone app and accompanying lab kit can detect urinary tract infections, including those with sepsis, in about an hour.
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Small Business Grant Supports Bone Fracture Technology
An award from National Institutes of Health is funding development of a new injected drug that promises to repair bone fractures without surgery.
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Gene-Edited Stem Cells Reduce Cocaine Seeking, Overdoses
The genome-editing technique Crispr used with stem cells is shown to release enzymes that reduce cocaine-seeking behavior in lab mice and protect against overdoses.
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Gilead Gains Genome-Editing Hepatitis B Therapy
Biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences is acquiring a genome-editing technology for treating hepatitis-B, a viral disease affecting the liver.
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Nanoscale Sponges Deliver Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment
An engineering lab developed a technique to load molecules from white blood cells into tiny particles that act like sponges to reduce joint damage in lab mice from rheumatoid arthritis.
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Smartphone Device IDs Dangerous Mosquitoes
A study shows a smartphone-based system can quickly and inexpensively identify the species of mosquito that carries many infectious diseases, as well as a natural enemy of those mosquitoes.
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Non-Invasive Imaging Technology Probes Deeper Into Tissue
An imaging process that combines ultrasound and lasers is shown in tests with lab samples and in animals to provide clearer and more detailed images of tissue deeper in the body.
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New Antibiotics Discovered in Stomach Peptides
Researchers in Italy and the U.S. found a potential source of new antibiotics in derivatives of peptides used by the digestive process in the stomach.