Tag: biomedical
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Program Reduces Long-Term Care Covid-19 Outbreaks
A collaborative program between an academic medical center and long-term care homes for older residents helps reduce Covid-19 infection outbreaks and deaths.
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Non-Invasive Fetal Oxygen Monitor Designed
A university engineering lab created a device that safely monitors a fetus’s blood oxygen levels from outside the mother’s abdomen, which could reduce the rate of cesarean sections.
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Covid-19 Dual Therapy Drug Trial Okayed
A company developing an oral drug that treats both Covid-19 infections and overactive immune system reactions received regulatory approval for a later-stage clinical trial.
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Engineered Immune, Stem Cells Studied for HIV Cure
Academic and industry researchers are investigating engineered immune-system cells combined with stem cells as an immunotherapy to neutralize HIV viruses and cure infections.
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Partnership to Speed Covid-19 Clinical Trials
A company that aims to accelerate clinical trials is partnering with an entrepreneur and researcher to speed up the pace of new trials of Covid-19 vaccines, therapies, and diagnostics.
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FDA Clears Video Game ADHD Therapy
A video game designed to help children improve their inattention and other symptoms of ADHD received authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Biotechs Partner on Crispr for Stem Cell Transplants
A biotechnology partnership is evaluating a synthetic antibody to make it safer for people with genetic diseases to receive gene-edited bone marrow stem-cell transplants.
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Covid-19 Antibody Cocktail to Begin Clinical Trial
A combination of two synthetic antibodies, with an enhanced infection-blocking design for preventing and treating Covid-19 infections, is set to begin a clinical trial.
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Crispr Heart Disease Start-Up Raises New $63M
A one year-old company developing a one-time gene-editing treatment for coronary artery disease is adding $63 million to its first venture funding round.
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Cancer Drug Technology Licensed for Covid-19
A biotechnology company is licensing medical research discoveries from university labs first designed for treating cancer as a potential Covid-19 therapy.