Tag: Asia
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Takeda, Biosurfaces Partner on Nanofiber Devices
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company is joining with a developer of medical devices from nanoscale bioactive fibers to design new devices for gastrointestinal, or GI, disorders.
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Undergrad Research Leads to Probiotic Beer
An undergraduate’s research project in Singapore led to the invention of a new type of beer having live bacteria associated with improving gut health.
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Device Simplifies Treatment for Child Ear Disorder
An engineering and medical team in Singapore created a new device that it says simplifies and speeds surgery for a leading cause of hearing loss in children.
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Univ. Spin-Off Creating Baby Brain Development Food
A start-up enterprise spun-off from the Duke-NUS medical school in Singapore is licensing research for a new food product for mothers to help a baby’s cognitive development.
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Smartphone-Controlled Cells Produce Insulin on Demand
A system designed by researchers in China and Switzerland and controlled by a smartphone app was shown in lab mice to produce insulin on demand from engineered pancreas cells.
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Grid Computing Harnessed for Childhood Cancer Research
An international consortium is seeking crowdsourced computing power to screen drug candidates for treating a number of cancers affecting children.
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Pharma Firms Start Non-Communicable Disease Initiative
A group of 22 pharmaceutical companies is supporting worldwide projects to improve access to prevention and treatments for chronic disorders like cancer and heart disease, in lower-resource regions.
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Precision Health Tech Network Expands, Invests $400M
Digital Life Alliance, a consortium of enterprises applying advanced technologies to health and medicine that plans to offer personalized solutions, is expanding to 7 members, as well as iCarbonX, the company that founded the network.
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Biotech, Pharma Partner on Neuro Drug Discovery
A collaboration between a biotechnology enterprise tracking defective proteins and pharmaceutical company plans to discover new treatments for neurodegenerative disorders.
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Ostrich Antibodies to Fight Resistant Infections
A biotechnology company developing antibodies grown in ostrich eggs is partnering with a Boston hospital to test a new treatment for Clostridium difficile, or C. difficile, a stubborn infection, increasingly resistant to antibiotics, and often contracted in hospitals.