Tag: university
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Small Biz Grant Advances Neuro Protection Drugs
An NIH award to a biotechnology company funds discovery of drugs that protect brain cells from degenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease.
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Hospitals Testing Fast Covid-19 Diagnostic
A New England hospital system is assessing with real patients a point-of-care test for Covid-19 viruses that returns results in about an hour.
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Muti-Focus Contact Lenses Slow Children’s Myopia
Results of a clinical trial show contact lenses that focus light on multiple areas of the retina reduce near-sightedness in children.
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A.I. Discovery Company Raises $123M in Venture Funds
A company using image analysis and deep learning to discover therapies for diseases often considered difficult to treat is raising $123 million in new venture funds.
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Breath Analysis Sensor Licensed to Detect Covid-19
Discoveries in a university lab that enable detection of Covid-19 infections from a person’s breath are being licensed for development by a biotechnology company.
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Start-Up to Engineer T-Cells for Autoimmune Diseases
GentiBio Inc., a new enterprise in Boston, is starting work on creating engineered T-cells from the immune system to treat autoimmune diseases.
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UCLA, Apple Partner on Depression Study
Researchers from University of California in Los Angeles and Apple Corp. are beginning a study of wearable and home technologies to detect depression.
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New Allergy Biotech Launches, Raises $10M
A new company developing treatments to relieve allergic reactions with reprogrammed antibodies began work and is raising $10 million in its first venture funding round.
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A.I. Employed for Local Covid-19 Prediction Models
Computer scientists in California are writing deep learning algorithms that generate forecasts for Covid-19 infections in local communities.
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Sensor Patch Captures Health Indicators in Sweat
A bio-engineering lab created a wearable fabric patch with threads configured into sensors that capture and measure health indicators from human sweat.