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Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) 7 December 2015. A late-stage clinical trial began enrolling patients to test a new treatment for rare, but dangerous bacterial infections that destroy soft tissue and muscle. The trial is testing AB103, a biologic therapy developed by the biotechnology company Atox Bio in Ness . . . → Read More: Trial Underway Testing Flesh-Eating Bacteria Drug  One comment - (Comments are closed)  New products, Regulations  biomedical, biotechnology, clinical trials, Israel, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, university (Challenge.gov) 4 December 2015. A public-private consortium seeks techniques for recycling crop nutrients from livestock waste in an open-innovation challenge paying $20,000 in prizes. The competition, sponsored by Environmental Protection Agency and a number of partners in government, academia, not-for-profit organizations, and industry has a deadline of 15 January 2016 for initial submissions. . . . → Read More: Challenge Seeks Nutrient Recycling from Livestock Waste Comments are closed Finance, Joint ventures/collaborations agriculture, challenge, engineering, life sciences, physical sciences, water Preschooler interacts with a social robot companion (Personal Robots Group, MIT Media lab) 4 December 2015. National Institutes of Health is funding research and development of new robotic devices to help older people or those with disabilities and serve as companions for children. Agencies in NIH plan to spend $2.2 million on these . . . → Read More: NIH Funding New Robotics for Disabled, Children One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance biomedical, computer science, engineering, grant, medical device, NIH, physical sciences, robotics, software, university (NEC Corporation of America with Creative Commons license) 3 December 2015. A cost-benefit analysis shows pharmaceutical companies could reap sizable savings in their planning and conduct of clinical trials if they made regular use of a European electronic health records database. The study, led by Data Mining Institute in Geneva, Switzerland with co-authors . . . → Read More: Study: Records Database Offers Clinical Trial Savings Comments are closed Business conditions biomedical, clinical trials, economics, Europe, mathematics, pharmaceuticals, software Jennifer Maynard (University of Texas in Austin) 3 December 2015. Two engineered antibodies were shown in tests with lab animals to reduce the severity of whooping cough symptoms and white blood cell counts indicating infection. The team from the protein engineering lab of Jennifer Maynard at University of Texas in Austin and Synthetic . . . → Read More: Antibodies Reduce Whooping Cough Severity, Infections One comment - (Comments are closed) Joint ventures/collaborations, New products biomedical, biotechnology, engineering, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, preclinical, university Pap smear showing chlamydia infection (National Cancer Institute) 2 December 2015. An experimental vaccine to prevent chlamydia was shown in tests with lab mice to prevent pelvic inflammation and clear bacteria more than mice not receiving the vaccine. The vaccine, given through the nose, is made by NanoBio Corp., a biopharmaceutical company in . . . → Read More: Chlamydia Vaccine Shown Working in Lab Tests One comment - (Comments are closed) New products Australia, biomedical, life sciences, nanotechnology, pharmaceuticals, preclinical, university Grad student Zhou Chen uses Gabriel and Google Glass with freehand sketching (Carnegie Mellon University) 2 December 2015. A device that provides personal step-by-step instruction to individuals as they undertake various tasks is being developed by computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University. The system, designed in the lab of professor Mahadev Satyanarayanan, is . . . → Read More: Wearable Personal Instruction System Being Developed One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance, New products computer science, engineering, grant, mathematics, NSF, physical sciences, robotics, software, university Feng Zhang (Mass. Institute of Technology) 1 December 2015. Medical and engineering researchers enhanced emerging CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing techniques, reducing erroneous off-target edits with an engineered enzyme. The team from the Broad Institute, a medical research center at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at . . . → Read More: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Made More Accurate Comments are closed New products biomedical, biotechnology, engineering, entrepreneurs, genomics, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, university Carbon nanotube (Michael Ströck, Wikimedia Commons) 1 December 2015. An engineering group at University of Texas in Arlington is developing a system for people with diabetes to measure their blood glucose levels without taking repeated blood drops throughout the day. The work in the lab of biomaterials professor Kyungsuk Yum is funded by . . . → Read More: Implanted Sensor to Measure Blood Sugar in Development One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance, New products biomedical, chemistry, engineering, grant, life sciences, materials science, medical device, nanotechnology, physical sciences, university |
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