Tag: life sciences
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NIH Funds Depression Game Therapy Clinical Trial
A treatment for depression designed as a game for patients will be assessed in a clinical trial conducted by a university psychology lab and funded by National Institutes of Health.
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Trial Cleared for Lab-Grown Replacement Knee Cartilage
A biotechnology company creating living tissue from a person’s stem cells says it received FDA clearance for a clinical trial of its replacement knee cartilage.
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Small Biz Award to Boost Maternal Health App
A digital health company with an app for monitoring maternal health is receiving nearly $1 million to add an algorithm for detecting a dangerous pregnancy complication.
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One-Time Crispr HIV Therapy Given Fast-Track Status
A treatment for HIV taken just once, using the genome-editing technology Crispr, is receiving fast-track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Darpa Seeking On-Demand, Distributed Production of Proteins
A synthetic biology company is receiving a contract with the U.S. advanced defense research agency to devise a high-speed localized process for making therapeutic proteins.
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Trial Underway Testing Engineered Cancer-Killing Viruses
A clinical trial, testing stem cells for neurons fortified with tumor-killing viruses, administered its first doses to a patient with glioma, an aggressive type of brain cancer.
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Drug Maker, Univ. Lab Partner on Neuropeptide Anxiety Trial
A biopharmaceutical company and university neuroscience lab are collaborating on a clinical trial testing a peptide nasal spray treatment for social anxiety disorder.
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Infographic – U.S. Life Science Venture Activity Keeps Falling
Investments in life science start-ups in the U.S. show continued declines into the second quarter of 2023, reaching levels not seen in four or five years.
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NIH Funding Single Home Test for Covid-19, Influenza, RSV
A developer of diagnostics for infectious and other diseases is receiving a National Institutes of Health contract to advance a single at-home test for multiple respiratory diseases.
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Venture Fund to Back Life Science A.I. Start-Ups
A new venture fund says it’s investing in health and life science start-ups implementing advanced technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, that promise to transform the field.