Tag: physical sciences
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Mount Sinai, Sanofi, Sema4 Partner on Long-Term Asthma Study
A collaboration of Mount Sinai medical center, drug maker Sanofi, and data science company Sema4 aims to track people with asthma for 5 years to help develop personalized treatments for the disease.
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Immune Cell Chips to Launch into Space for Microgravity Tests
Chip devices with human immune system and stem cells are among the cargo set for launch today to the International Space Station.
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Electrode in Brain Blood Vessel Shown to Stimulate Body Muscles
Electrodes sent into a blood vessel in the brain with a catheter and stent are shown in tests with sheep to stimulate muscles in the animals’ faces and limbs.
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Recap – Editas Medicine Advances Crispr Therapy
Editas Medicine received the go-ahead to conduct a clinical trial using the genome editing technique Crispr.
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Nanotech Polymers Deliver More Effective Arthritis Therapy
A chemical engineering lab developed a process to help proteins combined with nanoscale polymers penetrate the cartilage in lab rodents and boost treatment for damage caused by osteoarthritis.
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Prosthetic Joint Provides More Natural Wrist Movements
An academic-industry engineering team in Sweden developed and tested a prosthetic wrist joint that provides more natural movement and control than most current devices.
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Personalized Computer Models Developed for Heart Disease
Researchers in the U.K. are developing computer models of heart functions that enable physicians to simulate recommended treatments for individual patients to gauge and optimize their outcomes.
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Vital Signs Electronic Tag Designed to Aid First Responders
A simple electronic monitoring device that adheres to the chest aims to provide basic vital signs data to first responders and emergency medical staff in mass casualty situations.
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3-D Printed Scaffolds with Stem Cells, Sensors Studied to Repair Bones
A bioengineering lab at University of Arizona is researching new techniques with three-dimensional printing, stem cells, and sensors to repair severe bone fractures.
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Engineered Tissue-Polymer Replacement Spinal Discs Developed
Vertebrae discs made with engineered tissue from stem cells and biocompatible polymer hydrogels were shown in test with lab animals to have comparable properties to natural spinal discs.