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MD Anderson, AbbVie Partner on Immunotherapies

By Alan, on January 22nd, 2016%

Aerial photograph of MD Anderson campus in 2011 (MDAnderson.org)

22 January 2016. MD Anderson Cancer Center and pharmaceutical company AbbVie are collaborating on new treatments for cancer than harness the body’s immune system. Financial and intellectual property aspects of the three-year partnership were not disclosed. MD Anderson is part of the University of . . . → Read More: MD Anderson, AbbVie Partner on Immunotherapies

Company Founded to Advance Concussion Treatment

By Alan, on January 21st, 2016%

(A. Kotok, Flickr)

21 January 2016. A San Diego surgeon who conducts research on traumatic brain injury started a new company to take his discovery of a drug for treating concussions to market. The company, Oxeia Biopharmaceuticals founded by Vishal Bansal, began operations today, and revealed its corporate and scientific boards.

Bansal studied . . . → Read More: Company Founded to Advance Concussion Treatment

BD to Create In-House Health Care Tech Start-Ups

By Alan, on January 21st, 2016%

(PublicDomainPictures, Pixabay)

21 January 2016. Medical device maker Becton, Dickinson and Company plans to create new health care technologies on an entrepreneurial model, working with Singularity University in Silicon Valley. Financial aspects of the collaboration were not disclosed.

Becton, Dickinson, or BD in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey manufactures medical devices and equipment, as . . . → Read More: BD to Create In-House Health Care Tech Start-Ups

Ultrasound Healing Studied for Peripheral Nervous System

By Alan, on January 20th, 2016%

Elisa Konofagou (Columbia University)

20 January 2016. A biomedical engineering lab is investigating ultrasound stimulation of the peripheral nervous system as a therapeutic technique for human organs. The research at Columbia University in New York is funded by a four-year $3.33 million grant from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

The peripheral nervous . . . → Read More: Ultrasound Healing Studied for Peripheral Nervous System

Bacterial Bonding Technique Devised to Simplify Vaccines

By Alan, on January 20th, 2016%

Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

20 January 2016. Researchers at Oxford University developed and tested engineered proteins from bacteria that in lab tests make vaccine design simpler and more reliable. The team from the lab of biochemistry professor Mark Howarth published its proof-of-concept results in the 19 January issue . . . → Read More: Bacterial Bonding Technique Devised to Simplify Vaccines

Zoetis Inks Deal for Antibiotic Alternative in Animals

By Alan, on January 19th, 2016%

(Mutinka, Pixabay)

19 January 2016. The veterinary medicines company Zoetis is gaining exclusive rights to evaluate and possibly license an alternative to antibiotics in farm animals. While some financial details of the agreement with Anatara Lifesciences in Brisbane, Australia were disclosed, dollar amounts were not revealed.

Antibiotics are used to treat disease in . . . → Read More: Zoetis Inks Deal for Antibiotic Alternative in Animals

Biodegradable Brain Sensors Developed, Tested

By Alan, on January 19th, 2016%

Tiny brain sensor later absorbed into the body. (Courtesy: John Rogers, University of Illinois)

19 January 2016. Engineers and medical researchers developed tiny, implanted sensors measuring brain functions in lab animals that dissolve and leave the body in a few weeks. The team from University of Illinois in Urbana and Washington University in . . . → Read More: Biodegradable Brain Sensors Developed, Tested

Smartphone App Computes Preterm Birth Risk

By Alan, on January 18th, 2016%

(Greyerbaby, Pixabay)

18 January 2016. A smartphone app based on recently published research aims to calculate the risk of women giving birth prematurely. The app, called Quipp, was designed at King’s College London in the U.K., and is available free of charge for Apple iPhones.

The Women’s Health Clinical Academic Group at Kings . . . → Read More: Smartphone App Computes Preterm Birth Risk

Computer Game Being Designed to Combat Domestic Violence

By Alan, on January 15th, 2016%

None In Three team members, L – R: Minhua Ma, Adele Jones, and Gill Kirkman (University of Huddersfield)

15 January 2016. Social scientists and designers in the U.K. are developing a computer game to teach empathy and non-violence in family relationships. The game, for use in the Caribbean and the U.K., is funded . . . → Read More: Computer Game Being Designed to Combat Domestic Violence

Organovo, UC-San Diego Partner on 3-D Liver Tissue

By Alan, on January 15th, 2016%

Liver cells with cirrhosis (Nephron, Wikimedia Commons)

15 January 2016. Organovo Holdings and University of California in San Diego are collaborating on isolating and better understanding human liver cells for the production of 3-D printed liver tissue. Financial and intellectual property aspects of the agreement were not disclosed.

Organovo designs and produces human . . . → Read More: Organovo, UC-San Diego Partner on 3-D Liver Tissue

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