Tag: university
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Natural-Killer Cell Cancer Therapy Biotech Launches
A new company is underway creating off-the-shelf engineered cells from the immune system as cancer treatments, and raising $42 million in venture funds.
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Infographic – Vaccines Boost Biotech Shares
News of those trials fueled healthy share price rises for the biotechnology companies developing the vaccines, shown in this weekend’s infographic.
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Privacy-Enhanced Contact Tracing App in the Works
A mobile app for Covid-19 contact tracing, designed to protect the user’s personal privacy, is being developed by two university engineering labs.
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Nanoscale Particles Deliver Crispr Cancer Treatments
Researchers in Israel developed techniques to deliver gene editing therapies with lipid nanoscale particles that in lab mice killed cancer cells and increased survival.
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Trial Assesses Remote Drug-Phone Blood Pressure Mgmt
A clinical trial is testing a combination of smartphone reporting and medication to help individuals personalize their blood pressure therapy.
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Cancer Immune System Therapy Start-Up Raises $53M
A company developing treatments that retune the immune system to kill solid tumor and blood-related cancers is raising $53 million in its first venture funding.
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Blood Cells Transport Enzymes to Slow Cancer Spread
Researchers devised a technique that in lab mice carries immune system enzymes on red blood cells to stop the spread of cancer in the lungs.
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Tech, Genomics Companies Form DNA Storage Alliance
Four companies from the computer technology and genomics industries are starting a coalition to advance DNA as a data storage medium.
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Start-Up Gains Drug Nanoparticle Manufacturing Tech
A new enterprise spun-off from University of Connecticut is acquiring a technology for continuous manufacturing of nanoscale drug particles.
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Covid-19 Saliva Test Earns FDA Emergency Clearance
A test to detect Covid-19 viruses in saliva rather than nasal swabs received emergency authorization from Food and Drug Administration.