Tag: clinical trials
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Blockchain Added to Clinical Trials Management
A contract research organization, or CRO, specializing in clinical trials is adding blockchain capability for data management, with help from an engineering consulting firm.
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Start-Up Creating Blood Tests, Apps for Mental Disorders
A new enterprise based on psychiatric and molecular research at Indiana University is developing precision-medicine diagnostics for pain and mental disease.
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Trial Testing Paramedic-Delivered Stroke Drug
A clinical trial is getting underway testing a treatment for stroke delivered to patients by emergency medical technicians on the way to the hospital.
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Two Biotechs Each Issue $300M+ IPOs
Two biotechnology enterprises in the U.S. issued their initial public stock offerings yesterday, with each company raising at least $300 million in their transactions.
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Topical Immune Drug Reverses Skin Disease
A drug targeting immune system enzymes used as a skin cream is shown in a clinical trial to reverse effects of vitiligo, or loss of skin coloring.
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Nerve Stimulation Reduces Arthritis Inflammation
Results from a small-scale clinical trial show an implanted device that stimulates the vagus nerve helps reduce the activity of rheumatoid arthritis.
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Intermountain, deCode Partner on Population Genetics
A health care network in Utah is partnering with a genetic analytics company to find connections between genetics and disease in 500,000 of its members.
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DoD Funding Vaccine, Therapy Delivery Device
The U.S. Department of Defense is supporting creation of a small, portable device that safely sends vaccines and therapies through the skin.
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Engineered Antibody Delays Type 1 Diabetes Onset
Results from a clinical trial show a synthetic antibody delayed for about 2 years the start of type 1 diabetes symptoms among people at high risk of the disease.
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Liquid Biopsy Screening Start-Up Launches, Gains $110M
A new enterprise is starting up, developing early-stage cancer screening with a single blood test, based on research at Johns Hopkins University.