Tag: university
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Trial Shows RNA Therapy Safe for Diabetes
Results from a clinical trial show a new drug with synthetic messenger RNA is safe for people with diabetes, and has the potential to promote new blood vessel growth.
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High-Speed Screens, A.I., Boost Nanoscale Medicines
Biomedical engineers are using high-throughput screening techniques and machine learning to speed and improve the design of new drugs based on nanoscale particles.
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Smart Watch in Development for Respiratory Diseases
A watch-like device is being designed to monitor for early onset of respiratory diseases like the flu, well before noticeable symptoms develop.
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Stem Cell Genes Edited to Avoid Immune Rejection
A new study shows editing the genomes of adult stem cells can avoid their rejection by the immune system when implanted in lab mice other than the stem cell donor.
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Genetic Engineering, Silencing Boost Plant Output
An agricultural research lab uses genetic engineering and gene silencing to produce crop plants that increase their yields by more than 40 percent.
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MIT Spins-Off 32 Start-Ups in 2018
Research done at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2018 led to creation of 32 new start-up enterprises as well as hundreds of licenses and patents.
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Asthma Drug Shown to Lower Airway Muscle Mass
An experimental drug is shown in a clinical trial and computer modeling to reduce the mass of smooth muscle tissue that builds up in airways of people with asthma.
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Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Adapted for Epilepsy
An academic-industry collaboration in Europe is evaluating brain stimulation, but without implanting electrodes, as a treatment for one type of epilepsy.
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Laser Treatments Tested for Cancer Side Effects
Researchers from University at Buffalo are evaluating low-level lasers as a treatment for oral mucositis, a painful adverse effect of cancer chemo and radiation therapy.
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Kidney Organoids Created with Working Blood Vessels
Bioengineering labs at Harvard University and affiliated hospitals used stem cells and three-dimensional printing to create kidney tissue chips with blood vessel networks.