Tag: life sciences
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BARDA to Buy $2B in Covid-19 Vaccines, Therapies
The federal health preparedness agency is spending more than $2 billion for developers to produce Covid-19 vaccines and treatments now in clinical trials.
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FDA Halts Off-the-Shelf Engineered T-Cell Trial
A company designing gene-edited T-cells as cancer therapies stopped its clinical trial of a treatment for multiple myeloma when a patient in the trial died.
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Dual Antibodies in Trial to Prevent Covid-19 Infections
A cocktail of two synthetic antibodies will soon be tested in a clinical trial to prevent against Covid-19 infections, while also in a trial as a treatment for the disease.
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Mobile App Screens for Sleep Apnea
A medical software team designed a mobile app that records and analyzes a person’s sounds and sleep positions to detect signs of sleep apnea.
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Biotech IDs Potent Covid-19 Antibodies
A company discovering therapeutic antibodies identified antibodies considered particularly effective in neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 viruses causing Covid-19 infections.
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Polymer Boosts Insulin Speed, Stability
Researchers discovered a polymer compound added to insulin that in tests with pigs cuts insulin’s acting time in half and more than doubles its usable life.
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FDA Sets Review Criteria for Covid-19 Vaccines
The Food and Drug Administration issued its standards that developers need to meet in evidence submitted for review of vaccines to prevent Covid-19 infections.
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Glove-App System Translates Sign Language to Speech
University engineers designed a glove with electronic sensors that sends signals to a smartphone app to translate American Sign Language into audible speech.
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Crispr Heart Therapy Demonstrated in Monkeys
An experimental therapy using a precise gene editing technique is shown in lab monkeys to reverse the cause of a chronic form of heart disease.
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Trial to Test Stem Cells for Covid-19 Prevention
A company that collects and stores a person’s own stem cells for therapies later on says FDA cleared a clinical trial of donated stem cells to prevent Covid-19 infections.