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DNA Data Company Creates Portable Storage Media

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A company developing DNA into a feasible method for large-scale data storage unveiled a credit card-sized device using DNA for off-line data storage. . . . → Read More: DNA Data Company Creates Portable Storage Media

Partnership to Discover Mental Health Peptides in Milk

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A collaboration between biotechnology and dairy products businesses seeks to identify peptides in milk to form into dietary supplements for people with mood disorders. . . . → Read More: Partnership to Discover Mental Health Peptides in Milk

Trial Set to Test Inhaled mRNA for Viral Infections

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A developer of messenger RNA therapies for respiratory and rare diseases says it received clearance to begin a clinical trial in the U.K. for an inhaled treatment for viral lung conditions. . . . → Read More: Trial Set to Test Inhaled mRNA for Viral Infections

Trial Okayed to Transplant Donated Islet Cells for Type 1 Diabetes

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Health authorities in Sweden authorized the start of a clinical trial testing insulin-producing cells from donors engineered to prevent immune reactions in people with type 1 diabetes. . . . → Read More: Trial Okayed to Transplant Donated Islet Cells for Type 1 Diabetes

Antibody/Gene Therapy Biotech Gains $138 Million in Early Funds

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A developer of synthetic antibodies for neurodegenerative disorders delivered like gene therapies is raising €129 million ($US 138 million) in its first venture funding round. . . . → Read More: Antibody/Gene Therapy Biotech Gains $138 Million in Early Funds

Electric Pulses Induce Lung Cancer Immune Response

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Results of a clinical trial show a lung cancer therapy using highly focused pulses with electrical energy show signs of immune responses that can treat the patients’ tumors. . . . → Read More: Electric Pulses Induce Lung Cancer Immune Response

Fujitsu, Linux Foundation Partner on Open-Source A.I.

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I.T. systems company Fujitsu Ltd. is providing artificial intelligence model generation and fairness assessment software as open-source projects hosted by the Linux Foundation. . . . → Read More: Fujitsu, Linux Foundation Partner on Open-Source A.I.

A.I. Mammogram Screening Shown to Improve Cancer Detection

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Results of a clinical trial show one radiologist using software with artificial intelligence can detect more breast cancer cases in mammograms than current reviews by two radiologists. . . . → Read More: A.I. Mammogram Screening Shown to Improve Cancer Detection

Infographic – HIV Infections Fall in Africa. Rise in Mideast, Europe

Chart: HIV cases worldwide and by region in 2022 and since 2010

The number of new infections from the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV declined worldwide last year and over the past decade, with the sharpest declines in sub-Saharan Africa. . . . → Read More: Infographic – HIV Infections Fall in Africa. Rise in Mideast, Europe

Biotech, A.I. Companies Model Animal Studies/Clinical Trials

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A discoverer of neuroscience therapies and a genomics data science company are developing machine learning models to predict clinical trial outcomes for ADHD drugs. . . . → Read More: Biotech, A.I. Companies Model Animal Studies/Clinical Trials