Tag: preclinical
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Covid-19 Nasal Vaccine Produces Antibodies, Cuts Viral Load
Tests with lab animals show a vaccine given as a nasal spray produces high antibody volumes against SARS-CoV-2 infections and reduces viral loads.
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Precise Stimulation Shown to Reduce Parkinson Symptoms
Light-activated stimulation of a precise set of nerve cells in the brainstem is shown to improve motor abilities in lab mice induced with Parkinson’s disease.
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ALS Therapy Start-Up Gains $5.1M in Seed Funds
A start-up enterprise is developing a treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS, spun off from university research labs and an ALS advocacy group.
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Alzheimer’s Vaccine Shown to Produce Immune Response
In tests with lab animals, an experimental vaccine is shown to generate antibodies responding to toxic brain proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Start-Up Founders Demonstrate Amputated Tissue Regrowth
Founders of a regenerative medicine company demonstrated a drug delivery device that helps regrow several tissue types on frogs’ amputated limbs.
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Exosomes Shown to Block Broad Covid-19 Variant Range
Tiny natural bubbles with infection-receptor proteins found in blood are shown in lab mice to divert and prevent SARS-CoV-2 viruses from infecting real cells.
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Trial Set for Covid-19 Nasal Spray Vaccine
A clinical trial testing a vaccine to protect against Covid-19 disease, given as a nasal spray, is scheduled to begin later this year in the Netherlands.
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Optogenetics Start-Up Raises $6M for Retinal Therapy
A new company developing a therapy using light-sensitive proteins for treating an inherited eye disorder is raising $6 million in seed funds.
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Device Spin-Off Raises $2.2M in Seed Funds
A medical technology company developing a sensor device that monitors catheters draining excess brain fluid is raising $2.2 million in seed funds.
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Preclinical Test Advances Synthetic Bio ALS Treatment
A candidate treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS made with synthetic genetic material is shown to improve motor function and survival in lab mice.