Tag: preclinical
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Nanotech Pancreatic Cancer Immunotherapy Gains FDA Fast Track
The developer of an experimental immunotherapy delivering nanoscale payloads to treat pancreatic cancer says the treatment received fast-track status from the Food and Drug Administration.
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Trial Set to Test Inhaled mRNA for Viral Infections
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.
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Lab-Grown Tissue Company Gains $38M in Seed Funds
A company producing tissue samples in the lab, for drug discovery and preclinical research with robotics and artificial intelligence, raised $38 million in seed funding.
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Organ Chip Devices to Model for Radiation Sickness
The U.S. government’s health preparedness agency awarded a contract with a university lab to explore organ models on chips to document effects of radiation sickness.
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Longevity Science Group Spins-Off Biotech Start-Up
An organization funding research on extending the human life span by preventing age-related diseases is founding its first biotechnology company.
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NIH Funds Antibody Discovery for Difficult Protein Targets
A biotechnology company is receiving NIH support for discovering antibodies that address the vast majority of proteins coded by the human genome, passed-up so far by drug makers.
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Vaccine Shown to Protect Against Multiple Hospital Pathogens
Research with lab mice shows an experimental vaccine stimulates the body’s basic immune system to protect against a range of pathogens associated with hospital infections.
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Biotech Thymus Tissue Process Gains ARPA-H Funding
A company with a process to generate new thymus tissue for immune system functions is receiving a $37 million award from the government’s health breakthrough agency.
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Biotech, Univ. Labs Test Psychoactive Drug as PTSD Therapy
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.
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University Start-Up Developing Inhaled Gene Therapies
A new company spun-off from a university lab consortium is advancing gene therapies delivered through the lungs to treat rare inherited respiratory diseases.