Tag: biomedical
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Flexible Device Attaches to Heart, Monitors Functions
Biomedical engineers designed a thin flexible implantable patch that attaches to the heart, monitors its functions, and can perform therapeutics.
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Trial Shows Covid-19 Vaccine Safety, Immune Response
First results from an early-stage clinical trial show an RNA-based vaccine to prevent Covid-19 infections is safe and produces a complex immune response.
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Inhaled Dry-Powder Covid-19 Antibodies in the Works
Two biotechnology companies are developing synthetic antibodies to treat Covid-19 infections formulated as an inhaled dry powder rather than an infusion.
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Wearable Data Help Detect Covid-19 Cases
Data from smart watches and fitness trackers, when combined with symptom reports, can show that the wearers likely have Covid-19 infections.
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Infographic – Q3 Health Care A.I. Funding Soars
In the third quarter of 2020, worldwide investments in artificial intelligence applications in health care rose to a new high, $2.1 billion.
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Covid-19 Drug Biotech Raises $300M in IPO
A company developing a treatment for Covid-19 infections taken as a tablet instead of infusion issued its initial public offering, or IPO, for common stock.
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FDA to Use Lung Chip Model for Covid-19 Testing
The Food and Drug Administration plans to use organ-on-chip models to test mechanisms for preventing Covid-19 infections, and other processes.
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Covid-19 Antibodies Cut Viral Load, Medical Visits
Interim results from a clinical trial show a synthetic antibody drug reduces viral burden and medical visits among non-hospitalized Covid-19 patients.
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200M Covid-19 Vaccine Doses Donated to Int’l Effort
Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline are offering 200 million doses of their Covid-19 vaccine for a project devoted to making vaccines equitably available worldwide.
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Novartis Gains Synthetic Protein Therapies for Covid-19
Global drug maker Novartis is gaining access to two Covid-19 therapy candidates made from a library of synthetic protein components.