Tag: chemistry
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Nanotech Gel Designed to Treat Snake Bites
A team from University of California in Irvine developed a snake bite treatment that in lab tests stops venom more effectively and at lower cost than current antidotes.
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Nuclear Cancer Therapy Company Launches, Raises $25M
A new company developing cancer therapies combining nuclear radiation and synthetic antibodies is starting up in Hamilton, Ontario.
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System Slashes Time to Detect Bacteria in Blood
A biomedical engineering lab developed a compact system that detects harmful bacteria in blood samples in less than four hours, a process that now takes days.
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DNA Tags Speed Nanoparticle Gene Therapy Discovery
Biomedical engineers developed a technique with unique DNA identifiers that makes possible faster screening of gene therapies delivered with nanoscale particles.
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Stomach Acid Harnessed to Power Ingestible Devices
Researchers at MIT and Harvard University designed a tiny device that in tests with animals show it can run for days powered by acids in the stomach.
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Protein Drug Discovery Company Launches, Gains $50M
A biotechnology enterprise founded by faculty at Scripps Research Institute plans to discover new therapies based on complex interactions with human proteins.
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Scripps, Pfizer Collaborate on DNA-Coded Drug Discovery
Drug maker Pfizer Inc. is gaining access to advances in a synthetic chemistry technology developed by Scripps Research Institute that tags compounds with DNA identifiers.
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Neurology Drug Signals Shown to Help Tooth Repair
Chemical signals from a drug designed to treat Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological disorders were shown in tests with mice to stimulate stem cells that repair teeth.
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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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Solar Reactor Devised for Small-Scale Chemical Production
An engineering group developed a solar-powered catalytic reactor that can produce small amounts of drugs and agricultural chemicals on demand.