Life Sciences/Biotech

Scientists Can Make Damaged Hearts Young Again

DURHAM, N.C. —Researchers at Duke University may one day give countless heart attack patients a second chance for a healthy life. Using rodents, study authors have revealed a potential way to turn back the clock following a heart attack. The human heart is capable of incredible feats, beating over 100,000 times and pumping over 2,000

By |2023-04-23T17:45:09-04:00April 23rd, 2023|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Scientists May Have Figured How Out How To Regenerate Lost Hearing

BOSTON - A team of Harvard Medical School scientists say they've come up with a new drug cocktail of molecules that they say can successfully regenerate the hair cells in the inner ear that enable hearing — a potentially groundbreaking treatment for hearing loss. As detailed in a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy

By |2023-04-23T10:19:53-04:00April 22nd, 2023|Featured, Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Nanofluidic Device Shrinks Pancreatic Tumors

NEW YORK - In a significant groundbreaking medical development, researchers have created a tiny device, smaller than a grain of rice, to deliver drugs directly to the pancreatic tumor. In the near future, this implantable nanofluidic device could be a game changer in treating pancreatic cancer. Nanomedicine experts at Houston Methodist Academic Institute developed the

By |2023-04-16T18:29:49-04:00April 16th, 2023|Featured, Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Zivo Bioscience Receives $1 Million Bridge Financing

BLOOMFIELD HILLS–Zivo Bioscience Inc., a biotech and agriculture-tech research and development company developing medicines and nutritional products from algae cultures, announced a $1 million unsecured six-month loan from Chairman and CEO John Payne. The loan carries 10% simple interest, may be prepaid without penalty, is extendable for an additional six months and includes warrants to

By |2023-04-10T15:41:40-04:00April 10th, 2023|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Scientists Develop Gene Test To Tell If Blood Cancer Medicine Will Work

LONDON, UK - Scientists have developed a test to identify which blood-cancer patients will benefit the most from a drug that can stop their cancer from returning. The test, which looks for genetic clues in cancer cells, can identify the ten per cent of patients who see little effect from life-saving lenalidomide. This could spare them

By |2023-03-26T15:17:06-04:00March 26th, 2023|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Anti-Cancer Drug Derived From Fungus Shows Promise In Clinical Trials

OXFORD, UK - A new industry-academic partnership between the University of Oxford and biopharmaceutical company NuCana as found that chemotherapy drug NUC-7738, derived from a Himalayan fungus, has 40 times greater potency for killing cancer cells than its parent compound. Oxford University researchers have worked in collaboration with industry leaders NuCana to assess a novel

By |2023-03-19T18:33:21-04:00March 19th, 2023|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Drones Will Be Used To Deliver Prescriptions In Washtenaw County

ANN ARBOR - Michigan Medicine has announced its plans to begin drone delivery of prescriptions to patients in Washtenaw County in 2024. The delivery service will employ Zipline’s new platform that uses electric drones to provide quiet, fast, and precise autonomous delivery directly to homes. According to Zipline, the drones are designed to sound like

By |2023-03-19T18:33:22-04:00March 19th, 2023|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

U-Detroit Mercy’s Master’s In Health Services Administration Earns 3-Year Accreditation

DETROIT—The Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) Board of Directors approved the initial accreditation of University of Detroit Mercy's Master of Science in Health Services Administration (MHSA) program for a three-year term. “This accreditation represents the diligence of our team at University of Detroit Mercy, MHSA, to create a curriculum to prepare graduates

By |2023-03-19T18:33:23-04:00March 19th, 2023|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

New Cancer-Screening Urine Test Has 99 Percent Accuracy Rate

KOREA - A simple urine test could soon help prevent pancreatic and prostate cancer from progressing through early detection. Researchers from the Surface & Nano Materials Division of the Korea Institute of Materials Science recently developed a strip-type urine sensor capable of amplifying the light signal of metabolites in urine to diagnose cancer. In a press

By |2023-03-08T09:58:50-05:00March 7th, 2023|Featured, Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

ESD Sets 32nd Annual Solid Waste Technical Conference

SOUTHFIELD–The Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD) and the Michigan Waste and Recycling Association (MWRA) are hosting the 32nd Annual Solid Waste Technical Conference Tuesday, March 14 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center, 219 S. Harrison Road, East Lansing. The Solid Waste Technical Conference focuses on cutting-edge technological innovations and solutions related to the solid waste

By |2023-03-07T12:32:29-05:00March 7th, 2023|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|