Tag: genomics
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Phone-Based Infectious Disease Diagnostics Being Developed
An engineering lab is building a system for diagnosing viral infectious diseases with blood samples analyzed by a smartphone add-on.
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Engineered Organ Transplant Company Raises New Funds
An enterprise that applies gene editing to create replacement organs from pigs for human transplant is raising $100 million in new venture financing.
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Small Biz Grants Fund Simpler Aneurysm Tests
Two recent federal small business grants are supporting development of simple tests to screen for unruptured brain aneurysms in asymptomatic patients.
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Gene Therapy Combo Treats Multiple Age-Related Diseases
A bio-engineering team shows a single experimental gene therapy cocktail can reduce or reverse four age-related diseases in lab mice.
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MD Anderson, Biotech Partner on T-Cell Receptors
A cancer center and biotechnology company are creating treatments that target proteins on immune-system cells unique to each patient.
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Data Trial to Build Precision Epilepsy Model
A medical data science company is analyzing health data from participants’ smartphones with artificial intelligence to better determine epilepsy treatments.
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Nanoparticles Designed to Cross Blood-Brain Barrier
Nanoscale particles derived from viruses are shown in tests with lab mice to cross the blood-brain barrier, and reach nerve cells in the brain.
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Companies Developing Hemophilia Gene Editing Therapy
A partnership between drug maker Novo Nordisk and biotechnology company bluebird bio is designing a treatment for hemophilia with gene-editing proteins.
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Merck Gaining Gut Microbe Technology for Vaccines
Drug maker Merck & Co. is partnering with a developer of treatments for disease derived from microbes in the gut, for discovery of up to three vaccines.
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Small Biz Grant Funds Prenatal Genetic Test
A small business set-aside grant is funding early development of a non-invasive prenatal test that simplifies detection of genetic abnormalities in a fetus.