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Researchers led by Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences have identified a new pathway they believe may help suppress the development of glioblastoma tumors.

Part of the new corporate park will be used to expand the company’s blood-based diagnostic tests in addition to blood-based molecular profiling and increasing research and development capacity.

Carbon nanotubes are a type of nanomaterials made up of a two-dimensional lattice of carbon atoms. Researchers at Texas Heart Institute recently used bio-compatible nanotubes invented at Rice University to restore electrical function to damaged hearts.

The deal has a flexible framework, which will allow for a variety of projects at different stages of development over several years.

The pooled data results came five months after the FDA rejected Zynquista following a split advisory committee vote.

Although anti-retroviral therapies have come a long way in turning HIV into being treated like a chronic, manageable disease, researchers are still attempting to find something that might be considered a cure, which would completely eradicate the virus. Researchers from University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston may have found a way.

Guardant Health, along with researchers with MD Anderson Cancer Center, the Samsung Medical Center and others, conducted a large study that showed the Guardant360 assay can accurately detect MSI.

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An experimental vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) showed positive results in a Phase I clinical trial. Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and others reported that a single dose of the vaccine produced significant evidence of RSV-neutralizing antibodies that were sustained for several months.

Every week there are numerous scientific studies published. Here’s a look at some of the more interesting ones.