C-Path to lead engagement on FDA’s framework to enhance pediatric medical device ecosystem

TUCSON, Ariz., March 17, 2020 — The Critical Path Institute (C-Path) today announced it has been awarded a grant to conduct stakeholder engagement to garner insights, feedback and refinement of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health’s (CDRH) proposed framework to enhance the pediatric medical device ecosystem and to…

Novel high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP) can deliver vaccines directly to the skin

Largest microarray patch clinical vaccination study ever performed First clinical microarray patch study to show dose sparing against standard intramuscular injection with comparable immune responses at a 1/6 dose HD-MAP immune response significantly higher, faster than by IM injection at comparable doses Vaccine on HD-MAP shown to be stable for 12 months at temperatures…

Bentham Science announces an important new journal, ‘Coronaviruses’

Bentham Science announces a new journal, “Coronaviruses” to cover the latest research on coronaviruses, related outbreak and the methods employed to treat coronavirus infections. Every article in the first volume of the journal will be published as Open Access (Free-to-download). Coronaviruses will publish original research articles, letters, reviews/mini-reviews and guest edited thematic issues on all…

Scientists proposed a way of producing water-soluble fullerene compounds for medicine

Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology (CEST) and the Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences in collaboration with researchers from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) developed a single-step method to obtain water-soluble fullerene compounds with remarkable biological properties, such as the ability to effectively suppress…

Live Coronavirus Updates and Coverage Globally

Here’s what you need to know: Video transcript Back transcript ‘Every One of Us Has a Critical Role’: Trump Releases New Coronavirus Guidelines President Trump and leading health officials are now recommending closing more schools, avoiding groups of more than 10, discretionary travel, bars and restaurants. This afternoon we’re announcing new guidelines for every American…