Tag: physical sciences
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Inhaled Anti-Fungal Drug Shown Safe for People with Asthma
Results from a clinical trial show an inhaled form of a current anti-fungal drug to treat a complication of asthma is safe for patients, including those with asthma.
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Hydrogel Developed for Lower-Cost Wound Healing
An engineering lab develop a new hydrogel with readily available materials that in lab tests promotes healing of wounds similar to those encountered by people with diabetes.
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RNA Therapy Helps Reduce Preeclampsia Symptoms
Experimental treatments with engineered RNA are shown in lab animals to reduce symptoms of preeclampsia, a disorder causing high blood pressure in pregnant women.
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Update – Verily Suspends Glucose-Sensing Contact Lens Project
An initiative developing a contact lens that measures blood glucose levels in tear fluid is now on hold, according to Verily Life Sciences, a division of Alphabet, the parent company of Google.
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Radio Frequency Tags, A.I. Designed to Detect Unsafe Food
A computer engineering team designed a simple, inexpensive system for detecting food quality with radio-frequency tags applied to consumer products and machine learning algorithms.
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RNA Therapeutics Company Raises $30M in First Venture Round
A company spun-off from a university biochemistry lab is raising $30 million to fund discovery of treatments targeting RNA, genetic material instructing protein production in cells.
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NIH Funds Support for Point-of-Care Device Entrepreneurs
Two institutions in Massachusetts are starting a program to help inventors and new enterprises anywhere in the U.S. bring their point-of-care medical devices to market.
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Phone App Shown to Detect Serious Heart Attack
A smartphone app that monitors heart functions like an electrocardiogram, or EKG, can detect a dangerous form of heart attack, according to results of a clinical trial.
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$200M Gift Supporting Translational Research, Start-Up Incubator
Harvard Medical School is the recipient of a gift from the Blavatnik Family Foundation to develop innovative treatments, apply advanced digital technologies, and accelerate biotech and life science start-up companies.
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Modified Cancer Drug Hastens Bone Fracture Healing
A current drug for leukemia, with a simple protein chemically added, is shown in tests with lab mice to accelerate the healing of broken bones.