Tag: biomedical
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Daily Covid-19 Nasal Spray Vaccine in Works
A group of university and government labs is formulating an antiviral drug as a nasal spray for use as a daily preventive vaccine against Covid-19 infections.
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Trial Shows Stem Cell Therapy Slows M.S. Progression
Results of a clinical trial show a treatment for multiple sclerosis from patients’ stem cells slows progression of the disease and improves walking ability.
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Start-Up Company Creating Wearable Brain Scanner
A new enterprise, spun-off from a neuroscience lab in the U.K., is advancing a wearable scanner to detect and diagnose various brain disorders.
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Bayer Gains Lung Cancer Therapy in $670M Deal
Global drug maker Bayer AG is licensing an engineered T-cell therapy to treat mesothelioma and other solid tumor cancers from biotech Atara Biotherapeutics.
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Small Biz Grant Funds AI Repro Health Technology
A company developing health metrics with artificial intelligence received a grant to better understand polycystic ovary syndrome, an endocrine disorder affecting women.
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FDA Begins Qualifying Non-Animal Testing Options
The Food and Drug Administration began a pilot program for assessing alternative technologies to test drugs, biologics, and devices without animals.
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Start-Up Creating Digital Therapies for Alzheimer’s
A new enterprise is developing personalized digital therapeutics for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.
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Inexpensive Chip Detects Covid-19, Other Pathogens
A small silicon lab-on-a-chip device costing about $0.35 to make is shown in lab tests to quickly detect SARS-CoV-2 viruses and infectious bacteria.
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Industry, Univ Labs Partner on Cannabinoid Pain Drug
A Canadian medical school lab is helping evaluate and develop a pain relief drug made by a company developing therapies from cannabis.
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Simpler Method Devised to Validate Covid-19 Tests
An engineering lab created simple and stable control probes to validate widely used diagnostic tests for SARS-Cov-2 viruses responsible for Covid-19.