Tag: physical sciences
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Flexible Device Attaches to Heart, Monitors Functions
Biomedical engineers designed a thin flexible implantable patch that attaches to the heart, monitors its functions, and can perform therapeutics.
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Inhaled Dry-Powder Covid-19 Antibodies in the Works
Two biotechnology companies are developing synthetic antibodies to treat Covid-19 infections formulated as an inhaled dry powder rather than an infusion.
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Wearable Data Help Detect Covid-19 Cases
Data from smart watches and fitness trackers, when combined with symptom reports, can show that the wearers likely have Covid-19 infections.
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Phone Video Algorithm Screens for Stroke
A medical informatics team designed a computer model from patient videos to help emergency room physicians quickly diagnose stroke.
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Carb-X Funding Nanoscale Sponge to Treat Sepsis
A company developing tiny particles made of cellular material to soak-up toxins in the body received a $4 million award to advance its sepsis treatment.
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Software Designed to Model, Visualize Brain Circuits
An academic-industry team designed a web-based software tool to ease the computer modeling, simulation, and visualization of the brain’s nerve cell circuits.
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Infographic – Covid-19 Brings Down Carbon Emissions
The chart shows double-digit percentage reductions in carbon dioxide emissions through 31 August for many countries experiencing high Covid-19 infection rates.
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ALS Drug Shown to Extend Patient Survival
Results of a clinical trial show a drug to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, extends patients’ survival by several months and slows decline of their functions.
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Gene Therapy Delivery Tech Licensed in $1.8B Deal
A biotechnology company creating synthetic viruses with artificial intelligence to deliver gene therapies is licensing its technology to drug maker Roche.
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Individual Cells Explored with Virtual Reality
A new software package uses virtual reality to allow biologists and medical researchers to visualize and explore inside individual cells in three dimensions.