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Technique Uses Light to Activate Drugs in Blood Cells
A pharmacology lab developed a process that directs light waves at circulating blood cells to release drugs stored in those cells at precise times and locations.
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Gene Expression Changes Found in Wound Healing Therapy
A clinical trial to reveal the mechanism of a cell therapy to treat venous skin ulcers found the therapy works by altering the gene expression activity of treated cells to resemble healthy tissue.
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Solar Cells Shown Feasible to Power Medical Implants
Biomedical engineers in Switzerland built and field-tested small solar cells that generated enough energy for implanted medical devices like heart pacemakers.
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Biotech, Pharma Partner on Neuro Drug Discovery
A collaboration between a biotechnology enterprise tracking defective proteins and pharmaceutical company plans to discover new treatments for neurodegenerative disorders.
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Antibody Trials Stopped After Deaths Reported
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration halted early-stage clinical trials of a monoclonal antibody drug for leukemia after four deaths occurred from liver toxicity.
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New Year, 2017
It’s the new year holiday in the U.S. today, so Science & Enterprise is taking the day off as well.
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Trial to Test Stem Cells for Treating Heart Failure
A clinical trial testing a treatment for heart failure using a patient’s own bone marrow stem cells is recruiting participants at the first two study sites.
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Brain Cancer Regression Shown with Engineered T-Cells
A patient treated with immune system cells genetically modified to attack his brain cancer reported regression of recurring tumors in the brain and spinal cord.
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Trial to Test Liquid Biopsy for Breast Cancer Complication
A clinical trial plans to assess the use of a blood test to diagnose neurological complications from the spread of breast cancer.
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FDA Approves Spinal Muscular Atrophy Drug [Updated]
A drug to treat spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic disorder causing the wasting away of muscle tissue in children and adults, was approved for sale in the U.S.