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(FDA.gov) Ten of the world’s larger pharmaceutical companies formed a non-profit organization to improve the way clinical drug studies, a major time and financial expense, are conducted. Abbott, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly and Company, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Genentech (a division of the Roche Group), and Sanofi will take . . . → Read More: Pharmas to Collaborate on Improving Clinical Trial Process  4 comments - (Comments are closed)  Joint ventures/collaborations, Regulations  biomedical, clinical trials, Europe, FDA, pharmaceuticals (James. J. Caras, National Science Foundation) Researchers at University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada found DNA identification successfully verified a vast majority of natural health products sold in two North American cities. The study led by Mehrdad Hajibabaei, in Guelph’s integrative biology department and Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, appears online in the journal . . . → Read More: DNA Bar Codes Help Authenticate Natural Health Products Comments are closed Regulations agriculture, Canada, genomics, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, university (A. Kotok) Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Massachusetts received a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to develop a portable sensor that alerts firefighters to the presence of toxic gases in burning buildings. The $1 million award will support the work of researchers in WPI’s Fire Protection Engineering and Electrical and Computer . . . → Read More: University to Build Toxic Gas Sensor for Firefighters Comments are closed Finance, New products biomedical, chemistry, computer science, engineering, grant, heart disease, medical device, physical sciences, university Bedrich Benes (Mark Simons, Purdue University) Computer scientists at Purdue University in Indiana and computer software company Adobe Systems devised an automated process to add more robustness to objects created through three-dimensional printing. The researchers discussed their methods in a presentation last month at the SIGGRAPH 2012 conference in Los Angeles. 3-D printers . . . → Read More: Purdue, Adobe Create Process to Strengthen 3-D Print Objects Comments are closed Joint ventures/collaborations, New products computer science, engineering, mathematics, physical sciences, software, university Adah Almutairi (Univ. of California – San Diego) Pharmaceutical scientists and engineers at University of California in San Diego developed a degradable polymer in nanoscale form that can respond to measurable concentrations of hydrogen peroxide, an indicator of inflammation associated with many disorders. The team led by pharmacy professor Adah Almutairi (pictured left) . . . → Read More: Polymer Nanoparticles Tested to Respond,Treat Inflammation Comments are closed New products biomedical, chemistry, engineering, life sciences, materials science, pharmaceuticals, physical sciences, university SpiroSmart app (Shwetak Patel, University of Washington) Engineers at University of Washington in Seattle created a prototype smartphone app that can monitor lung functioning of patients with asthma and cystic fibrosis. A team from Washington’s electrical engineering department and Seattle Children’s Hospital presented the results of a test of the app earlier this . . . → Read More: Smartphone App Helps Monitor Lung Function 2 comments - (Comments are closed) New products biomedical, clinical trials, computer science, engineering, grant, life sciences, medical device, physical sciences, software, university (USEmbassy.gov) Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh devised additional safeguards for voice authentication systems that produce coded identifiers from a voice print comparable to a password. Bhiksha Raj, a professor in Carnegie Mellon’s Language Technologies Institute, with Manas Pathak, a recent Ph.D. graduate, and Isabel Trancoso of INESC-ID in Lisbon, Portugal, . . . → Read More: Protections Added to Voice Authentication Systems Comments are closed New products, Regulations computer science, engineering, life sciences, physical sciences, software, university (Army.mil) BrainScope Company Inc. in Bethesda, Maryland received a U.S. Army contract to develop a medical device to diagnose traumatic brain injuries in the field using smartphone-enabled technology. The $2.67 million contract with the four year-old company runs for two years. The award funds development of a device to help in the triage . . . → Read More: Start-Up Gets Army Brain Injury Field Diagnostics Contract 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Finance, New products biomedical, clinical trials, computer science, contract, DoD, engineering, entrepreneurs, life sciences, medical device, physical sciences, university Science Business will take a break for Jewish new year observances on Monday, 17 September. We will resume the blog on Tuesday. In the meantime, here’s a video to get into the spirit of the new year.
* * * Tim Devarenne (Kathleen Phillips, Texas Agrilife Research) Biochemists and engineers at Texas A&M AgriLife Research in College Station are researching the genetic characteristics of algae to produce a type of the organism that can quickly make fuel-grade oil in commercial quantities. The project that includes collaborators from Cornell University and Boyce Thompson Institute . . . → Read More: Study to Genetically Alter Algae for Faster Biofuel Output One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance, New products agriculture, biofuels, biotechnology, chemistry, energy, engineering, genomics, grant, life sciences, NSF, physical sciences, university |
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