Tag: clinical trials
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Home V.R. Therapy Shown to Reduce Back Pain
A virtual reality program conducted at home is shown in a clinical trial to relieve chronic lower back pain intensity and improve daily living more than a sham V.R. program.
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Electric Pulses Induce Lung Cancer Immune Response
Results of a clinical trial show a lung cancer therapy using highly focused pulses with electrical energy show signs of immune responses that can treat the patients’ tumors.
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High-Speed Biologic Injection Device Shown Feasible
A developer of an auto-injection technology says its device can deliver a biologic drug under the skin in a fraction of the time of conventional syringes.
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Genetic Tests of Breast Cancer Patients Shown Useful
Experiences from a rural hospital in North Carolina show hereditary genetic testing of all breast cancer patients is feasible and can result in changes in care for many patients.
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Collapsed Microbiome Biotech Sells Off Assets
A developer of therapies addressing the body’s microbe communities is selling off key assets to another biotechnology company, after problems developed with its lead program.
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Trial Shows Broad Coronavirus Immune Response
Initial results from a clinical trial show an experimental vaccine produces immune responses in healthy adults against Covid-19 variants and a range of other coronaviruses.
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Infographic – Deaths From Nipah Virus
Nipah virus is a rare but deadly infectious disease affecting south and southeast Asia, and since August the Kerala state in India recorded six Nipah cases leading to two deaths.
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FDA Clears Biotech Seasonal Flu Treatment Trial
A start-up biotechnology company says it received the okay for its investigational new drug application of an anti-viral drug to treat a whole class of seasonal flu strains.
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Biotech, Univ. Labs Test Psychoactive Drug as PTSD Therapy
A developer of treatments with psychedelic compounds for brain disorders is partnering with a lab at Yale University to assess methylone as a PTSD therapy.
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Small Biz Grant Supports Regenerative Alzheimer’s Treatment
A new award from National Institutes of Health funds preclinical work to prepare for a clinical trial assessing a treatment to reverse brain signaling damage in people with Alzheimer’s disease.