Tag: physical sciences
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Data Architecture Studied to Speed Genomic Sequencing
An academic-industry team of researchers and engineers is studying better ways of structuring the large volumes of data storage needed to speed up genomic sequencing.
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3-D Printed Implants Treat Spinal Cord Injury
Customized implants, produced on a 3-D printer and seeded with stem cells, are shown in tests with lab animals to restore nerve signals and functioning after a spinal cord injury.
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Designing Strawberry Varieties for Japanese Farms
An agricultural genomics company in Israel and auto maker Toyota began a joint project to design new varieties of strawberries to grow on Japanese farms
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Spin-Off Gains Seed Funds for Non-Opioid Pain Drug
A company spun-off from a university medical materials lab received start-up funds to develop a non-opioid surgical pain therapy, including a clinical trial.
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Cancer-Fighting Protein Designed to Cut Adverse Effects
A computational biology lab designed a synthetic protein that works like natural cancer-fighting proteins, but in lab mice kills cancer cells with few adverse effects.
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Electronic Tags Assessed to Boost Clinic Care
A medical school eye clinic is asking clinicians and patients to wear radio-frequency tags that track their time and movements to improve the clinic’s efficiency and quality of care.
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Algorithms Identify More Genetic Syndromes
An analysis of facial images with computer vision and deep learning returned more accurate identifications of genetic syndromes than 3 panels of trained clinicians
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Genetic Acids Harnessed to Promote Wound Healing
A bioengineering team designed a way to use acids in DNA that in lab tests promote wound repair by encouraging production of healing proteins in surrounding tissues.
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Tissue Chip, A.I. Companies Partner on Heart Drug Discovery
A developer of chip devices emulating heart tissue and a medical analytics company using artificial intelligence are jointly discovering new drugs to treat aging heart muscles.
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Inhaled Messenger RNA Developed, Tested
An academic-industry team developed an inhaled form of genetic material in nanoscale particles that enables lab mice to safely produce proteins in their lungs.