DesignMedix: Overcoming Drug Resistance
DesignMedix places great emphasis on tackling problems of drug resistant diseases, such as malaria, bacteria, and cancer.
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ExThera Medical: Will Its Seraph™ Device Eliminate Bacteremia and Prevent Sepsis at Point-of-Care?
The first start-up by Bob Ward—The Polymer Technology Group (PTG)—earned a 555X return for investors upon its sale in 2008 to DSM, the global life sciences and materials company. Now, Bob Ward’s swinging away at another potential homerun: ExThera Medical, a Berkeley, California-based company, with its scientific origins at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.
Nanomedicine Attacks Bacteria Where Antibiotics Can Not
IBM and a research group in Singapore have engineered a new kind of nano particle that could attack bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics.
MicroPhage Uses Novel Technology To Detect Bacteria
MicroPhage is a medical devices company that has developed advanced diagnostic technology for detection of bacterial infections and their antibiotic susceptibility. The company’s novel mechanism […]
E. Coli-Tainted Lettuce Highlights Food Contamination Problem
Tennessee became the fourth state to be hit by the E. coli outbreak caused by tainted Romaine lettuce, USA Today reported on Thursday.