Tag: life sciences
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Biotechs Partner on Lower Cost AI-Designed Drugs
Two biotechnology companies are collaborating on discovery and development of new drugs designed with artificial intelligence, at lower cost to patients.
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Micro Brain Robot Granted Orphan Status
A tiny remote-controlled device that carries chemotherapy drugs to brain tumors received orphan drug status from the Food and Drug Administration.
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Challenge Seeks Reliable Depression Diagnostics, Models
A new competition seeks reliable biological methods for detecting depression and decision models that connect diagnostics to effective disease treatments.
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FDA Okays Trial of Donated Stem Cells for Parkinson’s
An organization studying stem cell therapies says it received FDA authorization for a clinical trial to test donated stem cells to treat Parkinson’s disease.
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Patent Awarded for Safer Cancer Drug Delivery
A pharmaceutical R&D company is receiving a patent for its process that encapsulates and better targets chemotherapy drugs for cancer patients.
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Flexible Electrodes Devised for Implanted Devices
Biomedical engineers designed flexible electrodes that in lab tests safely connect and deliver electrical current to animal hearts and brains.
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Antibodies Help Some Hospitalized Covid-19 Patients
Results from a clinical trial show a combination of two synthetic antibodies reduces deaths in hospitalized Covid-19 patients with no earlier immune response.
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Biotechs Partner on Crispr Therapies for Neuro Disorders
Two biotechnology companies are designing therapies to deliver edited genes to treat Friedreich’s ataxia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
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Diverse Genomic Variation Analytics Panel Created
A synthetic biology company and genetics research service are providing analytics on population genomic variations they say are more racially and ethnically diverse.
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DNA Data Search, Retrieval Medium Designed
A bioengineering team created a practical technique for using DNA as a medium to store and retrieve vast and rapidly growing volumes of data.