Tag: biotechnology
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Small Business Grant Funds Diabetes Rescue Device
A device to rescue people with diabetes experiencing low blood sugar is being developed by an Indiana company and Purdue University pharmacy lab.
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Biotech, NIH Partner on Opioid Alternative Discovery
A company creating human tissue samples from stem cells is partnering with National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, or NCATS, to help find new alternatives to opioid drugs.
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DNA Nanoscale Capsules Designed for Drug Delivery
Researchers in Finland developed tiny drug-delivery capsules made of folded pieces of DNA, with the capsules opening and closing in specified chemical environments.
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Crispr Made More Immune-System Safe
Researchers at Arizona State University created a process to make the genome editing technique Crispr less likely to cause an immune system reaction in patients.
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Tissue Chip Experiments Set for Space Station
A collection of 4 new tissue chip experiments are among the payloads to be sent next week to the International Space Station or ISS.
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Leaf-Based Process Produces Low-Cost Enzymes
A University of Pennsylvania lab is developing a process for producing enzymes, chemicals from organisms that act as catalysts, in green leafy plants at low cost.
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Gel Boosts T-Cells for Cancer Treatments
A biomedical engineering team devised techniques using a gel to produce more engineered T-cells, which in lab mice stopped the growth of tumors.
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Patent Awarded for Engineered T-Cell Cancer Therapy
An experimental treatment using a person’s modified T-cells from the immune system to attack solid tumor cancers received a U.S. patent.
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Crispr Used to Create Circuit-Like Genes
A biotechnology team uses genome-editing to create synthetic genes acting like electronic circuits that can be arrayed in cells like computer components.
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Engineered Moth to Control Soybean Pest
A company providing genetically engineered insects to control threats to health and agriculture is designing a modified moth that now destroys soybeans and other crops.