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The Food and Drug Administration approved yesterday Flucelvax, the first seasonal influenza vaccine cleared for use in the U.S., produced with cultured animal cells, instead of fertilized chicken eggs. Flucelvax is made by the global pharmaceutical company Novartis, based in Basel, Switzerland. The virus strains in the vaccine are grown in animal cells of mammalian . . . → Read More: FDA Approves Cell Culture Seasonal Flu Vaccine  One comment - (Comments are closed)  Regulations  biomedical, FDA, grant, life sciences, pharmaceuticals David Kappos (A. Kotok) U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) director David Kappos pushed back at complaints about software patents harming American innovation, saying the current patent system has generated “an explosion of innovation.” Kappos discussed software patents today in a speech to the progressive think tank Center for American Progress in Washington, . . . → Read More: Special: Patent Office Director — Software Patents Working One comment - (Comments are closed) Intellectual property computer science, economics, engineering, entrepreneurs, patent, robotics, software, USPTO, venture capital (Wikimedia Commons) Applied Genetic Technologies Corp., a biotechnology company in Gainesville, Florida, gained $37.5 million in series B funds, the second round of financing after initial start-up. Alta Partners and S.R. One Ltd led the financing, with new investor Osage University Partners joining existing investors InterWest, Intersouth Partners, and MedImmune Ventures in the . . . → Read More: Gene Therapy Biotech Secures $37.5 Million in Venture Funds One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance biomedical, biotechnology, clinical trials, equity, genomics, investment, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, venture capital Natural gas wells (Alfred Eustes, Colorado School of Mines) The president of University at Buffalo in New York closed an industry-funded research institute doing studies on shale gas. Satish Tripathi announced the decision to close the Shale Resources and Society Institute yesterday in an open letter to the university community. In the letter, . . . → Read More: University at Buffalo to Close Shale Research Center The freezing of water and other substances is normally attributed to temperature, but chemistry researchers at New York University found other molecular processes taking place that influence freezing, with potential applications in food processing and other industries. The NYU team published its findings today online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . . . → Read More: Anti-Freeze Molecule Behavior Identified, Analyzed Comments are closed New products chemistry, grant, life sciences, NSF, physical sciences, university Stanford researchers, from left, Vikash Gilja, Krishna Shenoy, and Paul Nuyujukian (Joel Simon, Stanford University) Engineers, neuroscientists, and computer scientists in the U.S. and U.K. designed an algorithm offering more sensitive and accurate control of a computer display cursor controlled by thoughts. The team led by Krishna Shenoy, Stanford University professor of neurobiology . . . → Read More: Algorithm Improves Brain-Controlled Cursor Movements One comment - (Comments are closed) New products biomedical, clinical trials, computer science, engineering, life sciences, mathematics, medical device, physical sciences, robotics, semiconductors, software, U.K., university Bradley Olsen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Chemical engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed a way to add structure to hydrogels injected in the body as treatments, to prevent them from liquifying. The team led by MIT engineering professor Bradley Olsen (pictured left) published its findings recently in an online issue of the . . . → Read More: Process Devised to Reinforce Injectable Hydrogels in Body 2 comments - (Comments are closed) New products biomedical, chemistry, engineering, life sciences, materials science, medical device, physical sciences, university Researchers at Empa, a scientific institute in Switzerland, the Swiss Paraplegic Centre, and Schoeller Group, an advanced textiles company also in Switzerland, created a new type of bed linen that reduces the chance of bed sores developing on immobile patients. Schoeller Group’s medical division plans to introduce the new material as a commercial product next . . . → Read More: High-Tech Sheet Fabric Developed to Reduce Bed Sore Risk One comment - (Comments are closed) Joint ventures/collaborations, New products biomedical, clinical trials, engineering, Europe, life sciences, materials science, physical sciences, physics Scanning electron microscope image of carbon nanotube yarn (University of Texas at Dallas) Engineers and materials scientists from the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Australia, China, and Korea developed a super-strong yarn based on carbon nanotubes with the contracting ability of muscles. The team led by Ray Baughman of University of Texas in Dallas published . . . → Read More: High-Strength Muscle-Emulating Nanotech Yarn Developed Comments are closed New products chemistry, engineering, materials science, nanotechnology, physical sciences, university (MBDA.gov) A greater percentage of primary care doctors in the U.S. now use electronic medical records in their practices, according to an international survey by the Commonwealth Fund, but lag in other indicators of affordability and administrative time. The survey findings were reported online today in the journal Health Affairs. The research team, . . . → Read More: More U.S. Primary Doctors Using Electronic Health Records 5 comments - (Comments are closed) Business conditions, Regulations biomedical, computer science, economics, health care, statistics |
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