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Health innovation

A cotton gauze stockinette coil that is filled with the powdered biomaterial (at left). The powder-filled coil is then inserted in a menstrual cup (at right).

Powder Could Transform Menstrual Products, Boosting Comfort and Safety

Dr. Shyh-Dar Li and Dr. Jiamin Wu

Oral insulin drops offer relief for diabetes patients

Woman with nasal spray. Pixabay

Pre-installing naloxone in addicts before the overdose

A figure illustrating how a “closed-loop” implant called HAMMR (short for “hybrid advanced molecular manufacturing regulator”) will be used to treat recurrent ovarian cancer. The implant, which is small enough to be implanted with minimally invasive surgery, is being developed by a Rice University-led team of researchers from eight universities and two companies in seven states. The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health awarded $45 million to fast-track development of the implant, which includes funding for a first-phase clinical trial within five years.

Feds fund research that could slash US cancer deaths by 50%

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