Tag: biotechnology
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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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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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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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Cancer Immunotherapy Biotech Issues $80M IPO
A biotechnology company designing immunotherapies for solid tumor cancers with a patient’s white blood cells is raising $80 million in its initial public offering or IPO.
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One-Time Crispr HIV Therapy Given Fast-Track Status
A treatment for HIV taken just once, using the genome-editing technology Crispr, is receiving fast-track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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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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Trial Underway Testing Engineered Cancer-Killing Viruses
A clinical trial, testing stem cells for neurons fortified with tumor-killing viruses, administered its first doses to a patient with glioma, an aggressive type of brain cancer.
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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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Bio-Friendly Plant Nutrient Delivery Patent Awarded
A process for delivering nutrients for crop growth that its developers say is more sustainable than most fertilizer methods today received a U.S. patent.