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Vaxxas licenses COVID-19 vaccine for patch delivery system, expects to finish Phase 1 trial this year

March 23, 2022 By Sean Whooley

Vaxxas micropatch vaccine COVID-19

Vaxxas announced today that it was granted an exclusive license for a next-generation COVID-19 vaccine to be used with its delivery patch. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Vaxxas received the license from The University of Texas at Austin for its HexaPro SARS-CoV-2 spike subunit vaccine. The license comes with a companion background technology license from the U.S. National […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Clinical Trials, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Pharmaceuticals, Preclinical Trials Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, University of Texas at Austin, Vaxxas

This bacterial discovery could prevent biofilms

June 9, 2017 By Danielle Kirsh

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have discovered a potential new way to eliminate biofilms to reduce the number of hospital-borne infections. Biofilms are a group of microorganisms that stick to a surface. Over time, the cells in the biofilm can grow and cause chronic infections and can even become resistant to antibiotics. […]

Filed Under: Featured, Research & Development, Wound Care Tagged With: bacteria, biofilm, infections, University of Texas at Austin

Researchers develop bioresorbable capsule for treating hemophilia

November 28, 2016 By Sarah Faulkner

Researchers develop bioresorbable capsule for treating hemophilia

Researchers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a biodegradable capsule to deliver a protein therapy for hemophilia. The research, published in the International Journal of Pharmaceutics, could provide a cheaper, less painful alternative to injections or infusions. The capsule contains micro and nanoparticles which carry a protein […]

Filed Under: Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Nanoparticles, Research & Development Tagged With: University of Texas at Austin

Microchip imaging platform for roundworms could accelerate research

October 11, 2016 By Sarah Faulkner

Researchers developed a microchip imaging platform to image-analyze thousands of roundworms simultaneously, according to the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. This is the 1st large-scale, in vivo drug discovery platform using a whole animal model, the school reported. The study, published in Nature Communications, detailed a flexible, cellphone-sized chip with […]

Filed Under: Discovery, Featured, Imaging, Neurological, Research & Development Tagged With: University of Texas at Austin

‘Connectosomes’ efficiently deliver chemo to targeted cells

October 5, 2016 By Sarah Faulkner

Researchers have developed a new form of nanoparticles called “connectosomes” that can efficiently deliver chemotherapy to human cells more efficiently than traditional delivery methods, according to a report out of the University of Texas at Austin. The team, who published their research in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, equipped the connectosomes with gap junctions […]

Filed Under: Featured, Nanoparticles, Oncology, Research & Development Tagged With: University of Texas at Austin

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