Tag: chemistry
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Spin-Off Creates Enzyme to Prevent Celiac Disease
A spin-off enterprise from University of Washington is developing a synthetic enzyme that prevents dietary gluten from triggering symptoms of celiac disease.
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Peptide-Infused Gel Shown to Heal Chronic Wounds
A tissue engineering group developed a gel material infused with a synthetic peptide that in lab cultures and animals healed chronic diabetic wounds faster than a current commercial treatment.
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Room-Temperature Vaccine Storage Techniques Devised
Vaccines against viral diseases today need to be kept refrigerated to prevent spoilage, which raises costs and often prevents their widespread use in many developing regions. A team of materials scientists at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, or EPFL, proposes methods for storing vaccines without refrigeration for many days.
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Biodegradable Capsule Designed for Hemophilia Drug
A chemical engineering group designed a capsule to deliver blood coagulating proteins for people with hemophilia B who now require injections or infusions.
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Nylon Fibers Given Muscle-Like Bending Properties
Research engineers at MIT designed a process that gives ordinary nylon fibers the ability to bend and flex like artificial muscles.
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Nanotech Material Found Having Anti-Bacterial Properties
A synthetic porous material developed to deliver drugs to the skin was shown in lab tests to prevent the growth of bacteria on its surfaces.
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RNA Drug Delivery Technique Shown Safe in Monkeys
A biotechnology company reports a drug delivery method combining nanoscale lipid particles and biocompatible polymers enables the safe production of synthetic RNA-based proteins in monkeys.
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Safety, Effects Shown in Drug Clearing Alzheimer’s Peptides
An experimental drug that clears peptides associated with Alzheimer’s disease from the central nervous system was also shown to be safe for patients in an early clinical trial.
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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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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.