A new report has found that Medical Research Council (MRC) funding schemes for translational research have boosted the UK’s life sciences industry since they were introduced in 2008. Over £530 million of new translational research funding since 2008 has led to MRC-linked spin-outs securing £1.1 billion in private sector investment and delivering health benefits, such as new
Source Il Messaggero Matilde Leonardi, director of the Coma Research Center of the Besta Neurological Institute in Milan and a member of the Italian Society of Neurology, wants to be immediately clear. “The news about the former pilot is only fueling false hopes and deluding patients’ families.” Why is she so convinced that this therapy
The School of Engineering and Applied Science announced late last month that a mechanical and aerospace engineering professor received $300,000 from the American Heart Association to develop a device that can print tissue used for repairing heart damage. The AHA – a nonprofit organization that funds cardiovascular research – granted a three-year award to Lijie
Bulgaria’s Mariya Gabriel picked to lead newly named policy department that combines research with education and youth affairs. Source Nature Bulgarian political scientist Mariya Gabriel has been nominated as the European Union’s next commissioner for research — but, for the first time in the bloc’s history, the name of her department will not include that
Biofabrication holds great potential to revolutionize important industries in the health, food, and textile sectors, but its translation to market is still challenging. Pedro F. Costa in a paper newly published on Trends in Biotechnology analyzes the current state of innovation and commercialization in biofabrication and try to assess its limitations, strengths, and future progress.
Researchers have developed a neural network approach that can accurately identify congestive heart failure with 100% accuracy through analysis of just one raw electrocardiogram (ECG) heartbeat, a new study reports. Nearly 10 percent of adults over the age of 65 suffer from some kind of congestive heart failure (CHF). There are a variety of different
Approximately 2.3 Million Fractures Suffered by 2 Million on Medicare; Proven Preventive Measures Go Largely Unused Source NOF A new report released today by the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) finds that despite the existence of proven preventive measures, approximately 2 million Americans on Medicare suffered 2.3 million osteoporosis-related bone fractures in 2015. These totals mean osteoporotic
The Italian biotech Genenta Science, a spin-out from San Raffaele Hospital has raised €13.2M in a private round to fund two ongoing phase I/II trials of its stem cell therapy Temferon for blood and brain cancer. Genenta Science will use the money to fund two European phase I/II trials, which the company launched in March. One
Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU)-led study published in Nature shows that epidermal stem cells in the skin compete with each other to eliminate stressed, unfit cells; this maintains skin youthfulness, but with time also causes the skin to age. Aging is a process that results from the accumulation of damage due to failed repair and
Source https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002432051930757X?via%3Dihub&elqTrackId=b210a4797cc6484b94cf773fe330c747&elq=012dbc43f12c4386bdd3fa0ea93bb255&elqaid=26027&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=10598 Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS). In attempt to identify an appropriate treatment for improving the neurological symptoms and remyelination process, autologous and allogenic transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been introduced as an effective therapeutic strategy in MS. MSCs are a heterogeneous
