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Gene Therapy Shown Helpful with Inherited Skin Disease
An early clinical trial shows genetically engineered skin grafts help heal some open wounds and appear safe for individuals with a serious inherited skin disorder.
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Clinic Opens for Engineered T-Cell Cancer Therapies
A clinic to provide cancer treatments that use a patient’s immune system cells engineered to fight cancer is open at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
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Spinach Enhanced to Detect Chemicals, Send Signals
A chemical engineering group showed the feasibility of embedding sensors in common spinach plants that can detect and signal the presence of explosive chemicals in the soil.
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Institutes, Companies Form Business to Bridge Discovery Gap
Three research institutions with pharmaceutical and venture capital companies are creating a new enterprise to fill the drug development gap between proof-of-concept and initial clinical trials.
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Foundation Medicine, Sarah Cannon Partner on Cancer Trials
Foundation Medicine, a cancer diagnostics company, and Sarah Cannon Research Institute plan to apply genomic testing of patients’ tumors in clinical trials of personalized treatments.
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Biotech, Univ of Miami Spin-Off Vaccine Company
Biotechnology company Heat Biologics Inc. is licensing research from University of Miami in Florida to develop vaccines against infectious diseases, starting with the Zika virus, in a new subsidiary.
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Preventive Drugs Offer No Benefit for Children’s Migraine
A clinical trial testing drugs for depression and seizures, but sometimes prescribed to prevent migraines, shows the drugs to be no better than a placebo in preventing migraines among children.
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Organ Chip System Designed to Simulate Smoking Effects
A system that combines human airway tissue on a chip with components that simulate cigarette smoking is being developed to test treatments for lung disorders.
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Skin Patch Shown to Increase Peanut Tolerance in Children
A skin patch worn by children with peanut allergies was shown in a clinical trial to increase the wearers’ tolerance for peanuts by 10 times after 1 year.
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Engineered Mosquito Production Facility Opens
A new industrial lab to produce mosquitoes genetically engineered to prevent the spread of infectious diseases opened in Piracicaba, Brazil.