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Afsaneh Lavasanifar (University of Alberta) A researcher at University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada developed a process of delivering drugs to targeted locations in the body with nanoscale polymer capsules, and has received a patent for that process. Afsaneh Lavasanifar, a professor in Alberta’s pharmacy school, also started a company in 2010 to . . . → Read More: Researcher Studies, Commercializes Nanoscale Drug Delivery  Comments are closed  Intellectual property  biomedical, biotechnology, Canada, chemistry, entrepreneurs, genomics, licensing, life sciences, medical device, nanotechnology, patent, pharmaceuticals, physical sciences, university, USPTO Edgar Lobaton (North Carolina State University) Engineers and computer scientists from North Carolina State University in Raleigh and University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill devised a technique for determining the X-rays to track surgical tools in minimally-invasive procedures. NC State engineering professor Edgar Lobaton is the lead author on a paper describing . . . → Read More: Technique Calculates X-Rays for Minimally Invasive Surgery Comments are closed New products biomedical, computer science, engineering, life sciences, mathematics, medical device, physical sciences, software, university (NOAA) Researchers at San Diego State University are partnering with vacation resorts in the U.S. and Canada to encourage their guests to practice smart sun protection. The San Diego team is headed by health communications professor Peter Andersen and funded by National Institutes of Health. “More than two million new cases of skin . . . → Read More: University, Resorts Partner on Sun Safety Campaign Comments are closed Joint ventures/collaborations, Regulations biomedical, Canada, cancer, grant, life sciences, NIH, statistics, university A Chevrolet Volt and replica of the t-shaped battery pack ((Photo by John F. Martin for General Motors)) Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, General Motors, and ABB Group in Cary, North Carolina are testing an operational platform to harness the electricity in spent electric vehicle batteries for the power grid. The project . . . → Read More: System Being Tested to Move Old E-Car Battery Power to Grid One comment - (Comments are closed) Joint ventures/collaborations cleantech, energy, engineering, grant, physical sciences, smart grid My Meal Mate opening screen (Google Play) Food scientists at University of Leeds in the U.K. found a smartphone app helped participants in a clinical trial better manage their food intake and lose weight compared to a food diary on a Web site or on paper. The findings of the team led by . . . → Read More: Trial Shows Smartphone App Effective for Weight Loss One comment - (Comments are closed) New products, Regulations biomedical, clinical trials, computer science, engineering, Europe, medical device, physical sciences, software, U.K., university (NIST.gov) Thermo Fisher Scientific, a maker of laboratory instruments and technologies in Waltham, Massachusetts acquired the genomic sequencing systems developer Life Technologies in Carlsbad, California for $13.6 billion in cash and debt assumption. In the deal, Thermo Fisher Scientific will pay $76.00 per share and assume Life Technologies’ net outstanding debt, valued at . . . → Read More: Thermo Scientific Acquires Sequencing Technology Developer One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance biomedical, biotechnology, debt, engineering, equity, genomics, investment, life sciences, medical device, merger, software (National Institute of Mental Health) Intec Pharma, a biotechnology company in Jerusalem, Israel, received a $705,000 grant from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for a clinical trial of its system to deliver the drug combination carbidopa and levodopa to treat Parkinson’s disease. The company expects to complete the test in the first quarter . . . → Read More: Biotech Wins Fox Grant for Parkinson’s Drug Delivery Test Comments are closed Finance biomedical, biotechnology, clinical trials, grant, Israel, life sciences, pharmaceuticals (National Institute on Aging, NIH) The pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is seeking research ideas from the global scientific community to better understand the body’s neural signaling mechanisms to discover therapies that harness these mechanisms. The company is also mounting a separate competition through InnoCentive to identify a specific disease to serve as a . . . → Read More: GlaxoSmithKline Crowdsourcing Bioelectronic Research Ideas Grains of Chevallier barley (John Innes Center) Researchers at the John Innes Center, a plant science research institute in Norwich, U.K., are investigating the commercial potential of brewing beer from Chevallier, a classic variety of barley grown during Britain’s Victorian era in the second half of the 19th century. A grant of £250,000 . . . → Read More: Modern Methods Examined for Beer from Victorian Barley Wolfram Pernice (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) Engineers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and colleagues in Germany developed an economical method to harness polycrystalline diamonds for optical circuits. The team led by nanotechnology lab director Wolfram Pernice published its findings earlier this week in the journal Nature Communications (paid subscription required). Optical circuits work . . . → Read More: Optical Circuits Developed with Semiconductor Diamonds 2 comments - (Comments are closed) New products computer science, engineering, Europe, manufacturing, nanotechnology, physical sciences, physics, semiconductors, university |
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