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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

Neurons from Stem Cells Produced for Overdose Therapy Tests

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Researchers use stem cells to generate human neurons resembling those in the brain that control breathing during opioid reactions, for eventual chip devices to test overdose therapies. . . . → Read More: Neurons from Stem Cells Produced for Overdose Therapy Tests

Grant Funds Typhoid Vaccine Patch Development

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A health research foundation grant is funding development of a vaccine protecting against typhoid fever, given in a patch from from a spring-loaded device. . . . → Read More: Grant Funds Typhoid Vaccine Patch Development

Company Gains Ultrasound-Linked Drug Capsule Technology

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A company developing a drug delivery process with treatments activated by ultrasound received an option to license a key technology from its founders’ university labs. . . . → Read More: Company Gains Ultrasound-Linked Drug Capsule Technology

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

Companies to Assess Ovarian Health Biotech Drug

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A women’s health biotechnology company is partnering with a Brazilian drug maker to evaluate a precision target and treatment for ovarian health disorders. . . . → Read More: Companies to Assess Ovarian Health Biotech Drug

Streamlined Gene Therapy Delivery Process Demonstrated

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A group of academic and industry researchers exhibited in lab cells and mice a more direct delivery technique that could make gene therapies more accessible and inexpensive. . . . → Read More: Streamlined Gene Therapy Delivery Process Demonstrated

Trial Cleared for Lab-Grown Replacement Knee Cartilage

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A biotechnology company creating living tissue from a person’s stem cells says it received FDA clearance for a clinical trial of its replacement knee cartilage. . . . → Read More: Trial Cleared for Lab-Grown Replacement Knee Cartilage

Biochip Device Tests Malaria Drug Efficacy, Safety

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A lab-on-a-chip device with human organ cells is shown in lab tests to distinguish between malaria strains and detect drug toxicity when assessing blood for seven days. . . . → Read More: Biochip Device Tests Malaria Drug Efficacy, Safety