Category: Joint ventures/collaborations
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Start-Up Company Creating Wearable Brain Scanner
A new enterprise, spun-off from a neuroscience lab in the U.K., is advancing a wearable scanner to detect and diagnose various brain disorders.
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Industry, Univ Labs Partner on Cannabinoid Pain Drug
A Canadian medical school lab is helping evaluate and develop a pain relief drug made by a company developing therapies from cannabis.
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Univ, Industry Labs Study Inhaled Covid-19 Antibodies
Researchers at University of Pennsylvania and Regeneron are studying delivery of synthetic antibodies directly to the nose to prevent Covid-19 infections.
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Trial Requested for Covid-19 Vaccine Nasal Spray
Makers of a Covid-19 vaccine given as a nasal spray asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize a a human clinical trial of the vaccine.
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Wheat Genome Study IDs Critical Genes, Traits
An international research team identified key features of the complex wheat genome, including genes affecting the grain’s yield, quality, and survival.
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Biotech Manufacturing, Distribution Company Underway
A new enterprise providing manufacturing and supply chain services for biotechnology labs, including gene and RNA therapy developers, began operations.
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Stem Cell Respiratory Therapy Licensed in $1.4B Deal
Global drug maker Novartis is acquiring a stem cell-based treatment for a serious respiratory disease associated with Covid-19 infections.
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Tech, Genomics Companies Form DNA Storage Alliance
Four companies from the computer technology and genomics industries are starting a coalition to advance DNA as a data storage medium.
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Salk, Energy Utility Partner on Carbon Capture Plants
A California energy utility and Salk Institute are collaborating on engineering new plant varieties that capture and store more carbon dioxide in the ground.
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Crispr Therapy Shown to Help Blood Disorder Patients
Interim clinical trial results show an experimental treatment derived from gene-edited stem cells relieves symptoms in patients with severe inherited blood diseases.