Tag: clinical trials
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NIH Funding Trial of Precise Tumor Removal System
A company making a system to guide surgery that promises more complete removal of breast tumors received funding for a large-scale clinical trial testing the technology.
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Cocaine Vaccine Trial Recruitment Underway
An early-stage clinical trial testing a vaccine designed to prevent cocaine from reaching the brain started recruiting participants in New York.
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FDA Funding Brain Tumor Treatment Trial
The biotechnology company DNAtrix is receiving a grant from U.S. Food and Drug Administration to support a clinical trial of its virus-delivered immunotherapy to treat an aggressive form of brain cancer.
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Trial to Assess Anti-Gravity Treadmill for Stress Test
Researchers at University of Cincinnati Medical Center plan to evaluate an anti-gravity treadmill for cardiac stress tests that check for heart disease.
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Trial Underway Testing Stem Cells to Treat Alzheimer’s
An intermediate-stage clinical trial is recruiting participants to test donated stem cells as a treatment for mild-moderate dementia from Alzheimer’s disease.
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Trial Shows 5-Year Retinal Implant Safety, Efficacy
A device implanted people with retinitis pigmentosa shows after 5 years the device provides visual function to recipients, largely without adverse effects.
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Common Antibodies Found for Multi-Virus Flu Vaccine
A team at National Institutes of Health discovered three types of antibodies that can neutralize a variety of influenza viral strains infecting humans.
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Device Measuring Nerves on Heart Rhythm in Development
22 July 2016. A spin-off enterprise from Indiana University is creating a device to measure sympathetic nerve activity — the fight-or-flight response — in people with heart rhythm disorders. Research and development of a prototype device, by Arrhythmotech LLC in Indianapolis, is funded by a new 2-year, $1.47 million grant from National Institute of Drug…
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Study to Evaluate Blood Pressure Diagnostics
A health care system in Seattle is assessing three different techniques for confirming newly found cases of hypertension, or high blood pressure.
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Cancer Center Tests Mobile Patient Tracking
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York is evaluating mobile devices to track the quality of life experienced by multiple myeloma patients.