Study analyzes contamination in drug manufacturing plants

April 28, 2020 Scipreneur Private Limited 0

“Report offers guidelines to help prevent viruses from tainting biopharmaceutical drugs.” Source: Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Over the past few decades, there have been a handful of incidents in which manufacturing processes for making protein drugs became contaminated with viruses at manufacturing plants. These were all discovered before [..]

Two steps closer to flexible, powerful, fast bioelectronic devices

April 26, 2020 Scipreneur Private Limited 0

“Columbia researchers design biocompatible ion-driven soft transistors that can perform real-time neurologically relevant computation and a mixed-conducting particulate composite that allows creation of electronic components out of a single material” Source: Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science Dion Khodagholy, assistant professor of electrical engineering, is focused on developing bioelectronic [..]

Sensors woven into a shirt can monitor vital signs

April 23, 2020 Scipreneur Private Limited 0

“Comfortable, form-fitting garments could be used to remotely track patients’ health” Source: Anne Trafton | MIT News Office MIT researchers have developed a way to incorporate electronic sensors into stretchy fabrics, allowing them to create shirts or other garments that could be used to monitor vital signs such as temperature, [..]

Nanoparticles: Acidic alert

April 17, 2020 Scipreneur Private Limited 0

“LMU researchers have synthesized nanoparticles that can be induced by a change in pH to release a deadly dose of ionized iron within cells. This mechanism could potentially open up new approaches to the targeted elimination of malignant tumors.” Source: LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN Ions play crucial roles in all aspects of [..]

RIT researchers build micro-device to detect bacteria, viruses

April 17, 2020 Scipreneur Private Limited 0

“New process improves lab-on-chip devices to isolate drug-resistant strains of bacterial infection, viruses” Source: Rochester Institute Of Technology News Engineering researchers developed a next-generation miniature lab device that uses magnetic nano-beads to isolate minute bacterial particles that cause diseases. Using this new technology improves how clinicians isolate drug-resistant strains of bacterial [..]

‘Directing’ evolution to identify potential drugs

April 16, 2020 Scipreneur Private Limited 0

“Scientists have developed a technique that could significantly reduce the time of discovering potential new antibody-based drugs to treat disease.” Source: University of Leeds News Antibodies are produced by the body in response to the presence of a disease-causing agent. They can also be synthesised in the laboratory to mimic [..]

Integrating electronics onto physical prototypes

Integrating electronics onto physical prototypes By: Rob Matheson | MIT News OfficeMarch 3, 2020 MIT researchers have invented a way to integrate “breadboards” — flat platforms widely used for electronics prototyping — directly onto physical products. The aim is to provide a faster, easier way to test circuit functions and [..]

FDA Takes Action with Indian Government to Protect Consumers From Illicit Medical Products

February 18, 2020 Scipreneur Private Limited 0

FDA Takes Action with Indian Government to Protect Consumers From Illicit Medical Products Source: FDA NEWS RELEASE Date: February 18, 2020 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that its first bilateral enforcement operation with the Government of India, stopped approximately 500 shipments of illicit, and potentially dangerous, unapproved [..]

Building materials come alive with help from bacteria

January 20, 2020 Scipreneur Private Limited 0

Building materials come alive with help from bacteria By: Daniel Strain|University of Colorado Boulder News CU Boulder researchers have developed a new approach to designing more sustainable buildings with help from some of the tiniest contractors out there. In a study published today in the journal Matter, engineer Wil Srubar and his colleagues describe [..]