Tag: life sciences
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Wearable Sensor Patch Records Multiple Health Measures
An engineering team developed a transparent thin film sensor patch that measures several vital signs for monitoring heart disease and diabetes.
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AI Cell Analysis Start-Up Raises $6M Seed Funds
A new enterprise using artificial intelligence to analyze individual cells for immune-related diagnostics and therapies is raising $6 million in seed funds.
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Grant Funds Brain Disease Tissue Banks
An advocacy organization for neurodegenerative diseases and medical research foundation are sponsoring formation of a network to collect brain tissue samples.
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20 Precision Meds Approved by FDA in 2020
A report by a group advocating for precision medicine notes that the Food and Drug Administration approved 20 new personalized drugs and biologics in 2020.
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AI Designs Better Gene Therapy Delivery Viruses
An academic-industry team used machine learning to design more effective variations of common benign viruses that deliver gene therapies.
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Immune Response Shown in Alzheimer’s Vaccine
Results from a clinical trial show an experimental vaccine produces antibodies for breaking up harmful brain deposits in people with early Alzheimer’s disease.
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AbbVie Licenses Engineered Crispr Cell Process
Drug maker AbbVie is acquiring a technology using the gene-editing process Crispr to produce new off-the-shelf engineered T-cells as disease therapies.
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FDA Clears Covid-19 Dual-Antibody Therapy
The Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency authorization for a combination of two synthetic antibodies to treat non-hospitalized Covid-19 infections.
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Smartwatch Shown to Offer Early Covid-19 Warning
A study shows heart rate data captured by an Apple watch can provide an early warning of impending Covid-19 infections, even before a positive test.
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Biotech, UK Govt to Design Covid-19 Variant Vaccines
A biotechnology company and a U.K. government agency agreed to quickly develop and produce vaccines to protect against emerging Covid-19 viral mutations.