Tag: chemistry
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Online Game Harnessed to Combat Foodborne Toxins
A consortium of companies and university labs is recruiting participants in an online computer game to design synthetic proteins to neutralize a toxin that contaminates food crops.
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Gas-Jet Printing Process Developed for Medications
A team of material scientists and biomedical engineers designed techniques for producing pharmaceuticals on demand by printing drugs as thin films.
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Drug Delivery Technology Licensed in $2B Deals
The biotechnology company Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. is licensing its technology for making infusion drugs deliverable with injections to two more drug makers.
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Synthetic DNA Start-Up Raises $13M in Early Funds
A company producing synthesized DNA for medical and other biotechnology applications is raising €11 million ($US 13 million) in its first venture funding round.
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Risks of E-Cigarette Use, Ingredients Highlighted
Several sessions at a scientific meeting on respiratory diseases report on effects of electronic cigarettes on people’s health, including those who also smoke conventional cigarettes.
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Clinical Trial Okayed for Parkinson’s Drug Implant
A maker of implants for long-term release of drugs to treat chronic diseases says the Food and Drug Administration approved a clinical trial to test its implant for Parkinson’s disease.
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Vaccines in Development for Opioid Combinations
Researchers studying the immune system as a weapon against opioid addiction say they can develop vaccines that block combinations of opioids, like those sold on the street.
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3-D Printing Process Developed for Living Tissue
Researchers in the U.K. devised 3-D printing techniques for human and animal cells to produce functioning tissue with multiple types of cells.
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Injectable Patch Designed to Repair Heart Tissue
An injectable soft mesh patch seeded with cardiac cells is shown to fix damaged heart tissue in tests with lab animals, as an alternative to open-heart surgery.
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Tough Ingested Hydrogels Designed for Long-Term Drugs
A medical engineering team developed and tested in animals a new water-based polymer material to deliver drugs for long-term release in the stomach.