Tag: engineering
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Infographic – Digital Health Venture Funds Remain Stuck
Global venture funding for digital health start-ups remains mired at low levels, as the number of investment deals in the second quarter of 2023 dropped to its lowest level in eight years.
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Streamlined Gene Therapy Delivery Process Demonstrated
A group of academic and industry researchers exhibited in lab cells and mice a more direct delivery technique that could make gene therapies more accessible and inexpensive.
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NIH Funds Depression Game Therapy Clinical Trial
A treatment for depression designed as a game for patients will be assessed in a clinical trial conducted by a university psychology lab and funded by National Institutes of Health.
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Trial Cleared for Lab-Grown Replacement Knee Cartilage
A biotechnology company creating living tissue from a person’s stem cells says it received FDA clearance for a clinical trial of its replacement knee cartilage.
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Small Biz Award to Boost Maternal Health App
A digital health company with an app for monitoring maternal health is receiving nearly $1 million to add an algorithm for detecting a dangerous pregnancy complication.
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Infographic – Most in U.S. Favor False Online Info Limits
A recent survey shows majorities of American adults would like technology companies or the government to restrict the spread of false information online.
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Darpa Seeking On-Demand, Distributed Production of Proteins
A synthetic biology company is receiving a contract with the U.S. advanced defense research agency to devise a high-speed localized process for making therapeutic proteins.
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NIH Funding Single Home Test for Covid-19, Influenza, RSV
A developer of diagnostics for infectious and other diseases is receiving a National Institutes of Health contract to advance a single at-home test for multiple respiratory diseases.
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Venture Fund to Back Life Science A.I. Start-Ups
A new venture fund says it’s investing in health and life science start-ups implementing advanced technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, that promise to transform the field.
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Trial Underway Testing Dried Plasma for Transfusions
A clinical trial is recruiting participants to assess the safety and feasibility of a system for spray drying and re-constituting a person’s blood plasma.