Tag: university
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New Analytical Tools Reveal Cancer DNA Properties
Researchers from the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project developed a computerized algorithm to better identify genomic properties of cancer cells. Their findings appear in the advance online issue of the journal Nature Methods (paid subscription required). The analytical methods are contained in a software package called Clipping Reveals…
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New Process Integrates Cancer Lab Studies, Clinical Trials
A joint project of National Cancer Institute (NCI), Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, and University of California at Davis plans to develop a more consistent model for integrating the results of preclinical cancer research with human clinical trials. The new process comes under NCI’s Advanced Technology Partnerships Initiative and its Center for Advanced Preclinical…
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Company, University Partner on Steel Manufacturing Process
A materials science lab at Ohio State University in Columbus is working with a manufacturer in Detroit to better understand the science behind the small company’s high-performance steel product. The researchers and the company’s president reported their findings last month in the journal Materials Science and Technology (paid subscription required). Gary Cola, founder of the…
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University Lighting Research Center Gains Industry Backers
The Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center (ERC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York has drawn 21 industrial partners to help guide the center’s research programs and move its findings from the lab bench to the marketplace. ERC began in 2008 with funding from National Science Foundation, and is led by Rensselaer. The center’s…
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Pfizer Adds Mass. Institutions to Translational Network
Pfizer Inc. in New York is adding eight Massachusetts research institutions to its network of translational research partnerships, called the Centers for Therapeutic Innovation. The company also says it will put the academic network’s headquarters in Boston, a $100 million investment over five years. Jose Carlos Gutierrez-Ramos, Pfizer’s vice-president for biotherapeutics research and development, says…
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Prototype U.K. Medical Records Card/Stick Developed
Two universities in the U.K. have developed a prototype smart card fitted with mass memory stick containing an individual’s medical records. The MyCare Card prototype was developed by City University London and Coventry University, with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The MyCare Card, pictured left, stores personal medical data, such…
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Open-Source Genome Analysis Software Developed
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, part of Yeshiva University in Bronx, New York have written software to make the analysis of genomic data easier for fellow researchers. The findings appeared last month in the journal Bioinformatics. Julien Lajugie and Eric Bouhassira developed the open-source software, called GenPlay, to help biologists analyze raw genomics…
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Intel to Partner with Universities on Secure Computing
Intel Corporation in Mountain View, California says it has an agreement with five universities to collaborate on research to improve secure computing for the end user. Partnering on its second Intel Science and Technology Center (ISTC) is University of California at Berkeley that will serve as the center’s host, and Carnegie Mellon, Drexel, Duke, and…
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Clinical Trial Tests Diuretic Drug on Neurologic Disorder
A Michigan State University physician is testing a common diuretic as a treatment for a neurological disorder that affects younger, overweight women. The six-month clinical trial is funded by National Institutes of Health and conducted at 50 sites nationwide. Eric Eggenberger, professor of neurology and ophthalmology, is leading a team focusing on idiopathic intracranial hypertension…
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Court Rules for Companies in University Collaborations
Bloomberg News reports that the Supreme Court ruled today in favor of the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche, against a suit filed by Stanford University in Palo Alto, California that contended Roche violated the university’s patent rights under the 1980 Bayh-Dole Act. The 7-2 vote affirmed a lower court decision that Roche became co-owner of the…