Tag: university
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Home Eye Pressure Gauge in the Works
An easy-to-use device for measuring intraocular pressure responsible for glaucoma is in development by University of Pittsburgh biomedical engineers.
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Univ Lab, Company Developing Phone-Based Virus Sensor
A biotechnology company is sponsoring university research on light waves reacting in characteristic patterns for detecting SARS-CoV-2 viruses by a smartphone camera.
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Quick Crispr-Based Test Detects Malaria in Blood
A blood test designed for low-resource field settings is shown to quickly detect and distinguish between different malaria parasites needed to accurately diagnose the disease.
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Skeletal Stem Cells Enhanced for Bone Repair
Researchers in the U.K. created a bandage with enhanced human skeletal stem cells that in lab mice repairs simulated skull defects.
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Point-of-Care Covid-19 Diagnostic Shows High Accuracy
A test for SARS-CoV-2 viruses in humans is shown in field tests to return diagnostic results in 90 minutes with accuracy comparable to the gold-standard RT-PCR test.
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Wearable Device Shown to Relieve Migraine Pain
Evidence collected from electronic neuro-stimulation devices shows for most people the wearable systems relieve migraine pain without other drugs.
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Infographic – U.S., U.K. Top University Rankings
University of Oxford claims the top spot, followed by Stanford, Harvard, Cal Tech, MIT, Cambridge, University of California in Berkeley, and Yale.
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NIH Trials Testing Covid-19 Blood Clot Therapies
National Institutes of Health is starting two clinical trials testing a number of blood thinning treatments for people with blood clots from Covid-19 infections.
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Small Biz Grant Funds Covid-19 Disinfectant Spray
A Florida start-up company is developing a fast-acting disinfectant spray that dries on contact, yet still kills Covid-19 viruses on surfaces.
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Phone Data Show Stay-Home, Distancing Order Effects
Anonymous data collected from millions of mobile phones last spring show stay-at-home and social distancing orders helped slow the spread of Covid-19 in the U.S.