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NIH Funding Further Marburg Virus Therapy Development

By Alan, on December 30th, 2013%

Marburg virus (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc., a developer of drugs for infectious and rare diseases in Durham, North Carolina, says National Institutes of Health (NIH) is continuing its contract with the company to develop a treatment for Marburg virus, the cause of a rare but dangerous tropical . . . → Read More: NIH Funding Further Marburg Virus Therapy Development

Contract Awarded for Influenza Vaccine and Immune Booster

By Alan, on October 29th, 2013%

H1N1 virus (U.S. Centers for Disease Control)

NanoBio Corporation in Ann Arbor, Michigan received a new contract from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of National Institutes of Health, for development of a pandemic influenza vaccine and adjuvant to boost the immune response of that vaccine. The initial contract value is . . . → Read More: Contract Awarded for Influenza Vaccine and Immune Booster

Fuel Cells for Refrigerated Trucks Under Development

By Alan, on August 23rd, 2013%

A project combining the efforts of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington with two fuel cell manufacturers is developing fuel cells to power the refrigeration units in refigerated trucks. The companies — Nuvera Fuel Cells in Billerica,, Massachusetts and Plug Power Inc. in Latham, New York — each received a $650,000 matching contract . . . → Read More: Fuel Cells for Refrigerated Trucks Under Development

FDA Funds Organ-on-Chip to Test Radiation Disease Treatments

By Alan, on August 13th, 2013%

Gut-on-a-chip (Wyss Institute, Harvard University)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration awarded a contract to a Harvard University lab for simulated organ devices to test radiation disease countermeasures. The $5.6 million award will fund the work of Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering from FDA’s research and development program on regulatory science . . . → Read More: FDA Funds Organ-on-Chip to Test Radiation Disease Treatments

University, Corporation Partnering on Paint-Stripping Robots

By Alan, on November 26th, 2012%

Artist’s depiction of robots deployed to strip coatings from a C-130 cargo plane (National Robotics Engineering Center)

National Robotics Engineering Center at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Concurrent Technologies Corporation in Johnstown, Pennsylvania are developing robotic systems with lasers to strip paint from aircraft. The two-year project is funded by a contract . . . → Read More: University, Corporation Partnering on Paint-Stripping Robots

Contract Awarded for Stem Cell Derived Burn Therapy

By Alan, on September 28th, 2012%

Stem cells derived from body fat extracted during liposuction (Cytori Therapeutics)

Cytori Therapeutics in San Diego received a contract from Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) for development of a cell therapy to treat thermal burns combined with radiation injury. The contract from BARDA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health . . . → Read More: Contract Awarded for Stem Cell Derived Burn Therapy

Start-Up Gets Army Brain Injury Field Diagnostics Contract

By Alan, on September 18th, 2012%

(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

NASA Awards Contracts for Commercial Human Space Flights

By Alan, on August 3rd, 2012%

Dragon capsule (Space Exploration Technologies)

NASA signed new agreements today with three American companies to design and develop the next round of U.S. human space flights, succeeding the Space Shuttle and leading to a launch of astronauts from U.S. soil in the next five years. The agreements, which call for a base development . . . → Read More: NASA Awards Contracts for Commercial Human Space Flights

Vaccine Developer Awarded Countermeasures Center Contract

By Alan, on June 19th, 2012%

(U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. in Rockville, Maryland was awarded a contract from Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to establish a development center for medical countermeasures against public health emergencies. BARDA is a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The eight-year contract is . . . → Read More: Vaccine Developer Awarded Countermeasures Center Contract

DARPA Awards $8 Million Synthetic Biology Contract

By Alan, on June 12th, 2012%

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded an $8 million contract to Amyris Inc. of California for tools to expand the scope of Amyris’s industrial synthetic biology technology across various biological platforms and cell types. DARPA awarded the contract under its Living Foundries research program.

With the . . . → Read More: DARPA Awards $8 Million Synthetic Biology Contract

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