Targeting Poxviruses with Messenger RNA Technology
Scientists at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) working with industry partners are among the first ...
Tag: Innovation
Rapid COVID-19 PCR Test Developed at Northwestern Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization
Northwestern University faculty and spinoff company developed the new technology A new highly sensitive, easy-to-use test for COVID-19 that requires ...
Quick COVID Breathalyzer Could Allow Mass Screening in Public Places
According to experts, bringing an end to the pandemic will require rapid screening of people attending large gatherings, such as ...
Biodefense and Countering Disease with Neutralizing Antibodies
After screening a large, diverse library of synthetic nanobodies, Sandia researchers identified and evaluated several potent nanobodies that can protect ...
DARPA Program Aims to Develop Fundamentals of Biomanufacturing in Space
The B-SURE (Biomanufacturing: Survival, Utility, and Reliability beyond Earth) program will leverage biological processes in resource limited environments. Imagine you ...
UCSD Develops Rapid Coronavirus ‘SENSR’ Using CRISPR Technology
Blending experts from molecular genetics, chemistry and health sciences, researchers at the University of California San Diego have created a ...
Birmingham Biotech and University of Birmingham Partner on Covid-19 Anti-viral Nasal Spray
COVID-19 is both contracted and transmitted by inhalation of droplets or aerosols containing the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and the nose is ...
JILA’s Comb Breathalyzer is Now a Thousandfold More Sensitive to Disease Biomarkers
Scientists have dramatically boosted the sensitivity of a laser frequency comb breathalyzer to detect multiple biomarkers of disease. When validated ...
Dial-a-Threat Rapid Assay Generation Program Could Bypass Reliance on Cold-Chain Supply
The DaT Program aims to develop a highly adaptive, all-encompassing biothreat detection modality that minimizes reliance on supply chain constrictions. ...
Partner Therapeutics’ Novel Approach to Stratify Sepsis Patients Gains Backing From BARDA
The effort will leverage Partner Therapeutics’ prior experience developing Leukine for Acute Radiation Syndrome The contract award supports development of ...
DTRA Works to Create Freeze-Dried Portable Biomanufacturing for Nimble Response to Emerging Biothreats
Advancements in biomanufacturing are bringing on-demand, shelf-stable vaccines to the front lines. By the year 2050, it is estimated that ...
BARDA-NCATS Partner with Vunjak-Novakovic Laboratory at Columbia University on Tissue-Chip Technology
BARDA's Division of Research, Innovation, and Ventures (DRIVe) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), part of the National Institutes ...
Harvard’s Wyss Institute Receives Funding to Advance ‘Vaccination-on-a-chip’ Technology
The award will fund the development of human Organ Chips with automated in-line sensors to study vaccine responses The Wyss ...
HHS Taps Draper to Develop Lung-on-a-Chip Technology to Study SARS-CoV-2
Draper has received a $719,000 federal contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enhance the ...
TEI-REX Program Will Change How We Measure Exposures to Ionizing Radiation
IARPA program will enable improved quantification of low-dose ionizing radiation exposures TEI-REX Program Virtual Proposer’s Day to be held 29 ...
Artificial Intelligence Triage Tool Screens for COVID 26% Faster Than Traditional Diagnostics
Bedside AI tool allows acute care centers to more quickly identify and isolate infected patients A new University of Oxford-led ...
New Disinfectant Can Continuously Kill Viruses on Surfaces for Up to 7 Days
Long-lasting disinfectant shows promise for fight against pandemics and hospital-acquired infections University of Central Florida researchers have developed a nanoparticle-based disinfectant ...
Messenger RNA: How it Works in Nature and in Making Vaccines
Vaccines have long been an integral part of public health programs around the world, reducing the spread and severity of ...
Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center Pandemic Case Management Suite RFI
The U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center is looking for information on wearable devices and biometric data systems to support ...
Project Arcadia: Harnessing Bacteria to Build Resilient Biofilm Coatings for DoD Equipment
DARPA’s new project will develop “probiotics for materials” to build protective and beneficial coatings Bacteria are the most abundant and ...
