Tag: engineering
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Bluetooth Data Added to Ingestible Capsules
Engineers created a sensor device, which in tests with pigs can be packed into a capsule, swallowed, and communicate wirelessly for weeks with Bluetooth protocols.
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Companies to Analyze 40,000 Protein Samples
A partnership between genomic analysis company deCode Genetics and proteomics enterprise SomaLogic plans to analyze protein activity in 40,000 human samples.
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Mobile App, Start-Up Find Designated Drivers
A group of current and former students at Virginia Tech designed a smartphone app and started an organization to connect designated drivers to party-goers to take them home safely.
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Validation Scheme Proposed for Medical Algorithms
A law school professor urges developers, users, and regulators of machine learning in medicine to validate the algorithms that represent their underlying decision-making processes.
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Nanotech Gene Therapy Company Raises $8.5M in Seed Funds
A start-up company developing nanoscale particles to deliver gene-editing enzymes, including those for Crispr, is raising $8.5 million in its seed funding round.
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FDA Clears Mobile App for Opioid Use Disorder
The Food and Drug Administration authorized a mobile app, when prescribed by clinicians for patients with opioid use disorder in outpatient treatment programs.
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Keep Your Lab Running Smoothly
In an office, if someone makes a mistake then that might be an inconvenience, in a lab, it could spell complete and total disaster.
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Patent Set for Long-Term Drug Capsules
Techniques for delivering drugs in capsule form that last a week or longer in the patient are expected to receive a patent soon from U.S. authorities.
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Companies Partner on High-Resolution 3-D Tissue Printer
Two developers of tissue engineering technologies are building a three-dimensional bioprinter that produces high resolution, finely structured human tissue, including tiny blood vessels.
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You Should Migrate To the Cloud Sooner Than Later
Migrating to the cloud is probably one of the smartest things you will do for your business, helping you to save time and money in the long run.