Tag: engineering
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Industry, Univ. Labs Partner on Parkinson’s Digital Biomarkers
A developer of electronic health data tools and a university’s neuroscience labs are collaborating on tests of Parkinson’s disease drugs using digital measures of patient functioning.
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Health App Shown to Improve Asthma, Depression Outcomes
Findings from two clinical trials show a digital health mobile app helps improve outcomes and manage the conditions for people with depression and asthma.
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Long-Acting Drug Start-Up Raises $4M in Seed Funds
A new company with a process using artificial intelligence and robotics to speed development of sustained release drugs is raising $4 million in seed funds.
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Digital Chemistry Start-Up Gains $43M in Early Funds
A company, spun-off from academic labs that designs and produces new chemicals with artificial intelligence and robotics, is raising $42.7 million in its first venture funding round.
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Companies Partner on Fast Production of Biologics in Plants
The developer of a biologic drug-making process with engineered plant crops is collaborating with a vertical farming company to create a network of biologics production facilities.
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A.I. Analytics Detect Heart Failure in Single Ultrasound View
A system using deep learning algorithms to analyze ultrasound video images is shown to detect a difficult-to diagnose type of heart failure with clips from one view of the heart.
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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.