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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.
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Trial to Test Drug Combination for Hospital Infections
A clinical trial scheduled for early 2017 plans to assess the activity of two drugs to treat antibiotic-resistant infections often found in health care facilities.
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ALS Soy Peptide Trial Completes Enrollment
A clinical trial testing a peptide found in soy as a potential treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS completed its enrollment of 50 participants.
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Google Acquires Visual Interaction Tech Company
Google is acquiring Eyefluence Inc., developer of a technology that allows individuals to interact with computers, phones, and other devices using only their eyes.
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3-D Printing Creates Heart-on-Chip with Sensors
Biomedical engineers at Harvard University developed a programmable and automated process for creating miniature organs on chips with integrated sensors using 3-D printing.
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On the Road Again
We’ll be traveling for the rest of the week, so Science & Enterprise will not have any posts tomorrow or Friday.
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Biotech, Novartis Partner on Rare Metabolic Diseases
A biotechnology start-up enterprise using genome editing for drug discovery is collaborating with drug maker Novartis on rare metabolic disorders.
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Virtual Reality Game in Development for Vision Disorder
An engineering lab at New Jersey Institute of Technology is creating a virtual reality therapy game to treat children with binocular vision dysfunction.