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FDA Clears Biotech Seasonal Flu Treatment Trial

3-D print of influenza virus

A start-up biotechnology company says it received the okay for its investigational new drug application of an anti-viral drug to treat a whole class of seasonal flu strains. . . . → Read More: FDA Clears Biotech Seasonal Flu Treatment Trial

Biotech, Univ. Labs Test Psychoactive Drug as PTSD Therapy

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A developer of treatments with psychedelic compounds for brain disorders is partnering with a lab at Yale University to assess methylone as a PTSD therapy. . . . → Read More: Biotech, Univ. Labs Test Psychoactive Drug as PTSD Therapy

Genomics Company, Amazon Partner on Generative A.I.

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A genomics company is providing precision medicine analytics from its databases with generative A.I. based on large language models from Amazon Web Services. . . . → Read More: Genomics Company, Amazon Partner on Generative A.I.

Biosensor Developed to Detect Explosives, Land Mines

Land mine detection team, Tajikistan 2014

Researchers from a university biochemistry lab and company developing synthetic enzymes designed techniques using engineered bacteria to detect buried land mines at longer distances. . . . → Read More: Biosensor Developed to Detect Explosives, Land Mines

Challenge Seeks Point-of-Care, Home Maternal Health Technologies

Pregnant woman

A crowdsourced competition offered by NIH is seeking new technologies to monitor the health and detect early problems with new babies and their mothers, at the point of care or in the home. . . . → Read More: Challenge Seeks Point-of-Care, Home Maternal Health Technologies

University Start-Up Developing Inhaled Gene Therapies

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A new company spun-off from a university lab consortium is advancing gene therapies delivered through the lungs to treat rare inherited respiratory diseases. . . . → Read More: University Start-Up Developing Inhaled Gene Therapies

Small Biz Grant Supports Regenerative Alzheimer’s Treatment

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A new award from National Institutes of Health funds preclinical work to prepare for a clinical trial assessing a treatment to reverse brain signaling damage in people with Alzheimer’s disease. . . . → Read More: Small Biz Grant Supports Regenerative Alzheimer’s Treatment

Autoimmune Neuro Disease Start-Up Raises $58M

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A new company developing treatments for neurological and psychiatric diseases from aberrant immune system activity is raising $58 million in seed funds. . . . → Read More: Autoimmune Neuro Disease Start-Up Raises $58M

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