Category: Joint ventures/collaborations
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Biotechs to Develop Personal Cancer-Killing Virus Vaccines
Two biotechnology companies developing engineered viruses as cancer therapies plan to create personalized treatments for solid tumors with viruses that harness the immune system.
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NIH Funds Support for Point-of-Care Device Entrepreneurs
Two institutions in Massachusetts are starting a program to help inventors and new enterprises anywhere in the U.S. bring their point-of-care medical devices to market.
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Munich Airport, MIT Lab Partner on Smart City
An engineering lab at MIT and the R&D hub at Munich, Germany’s international airport are studying the use of digital technologies to improve urban life, using the hub’s campus as a laboratory.
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NASA Boosts 3-D Printing, Lasers in Space Manufacturing
The federal government’s space agency is supporting two projects for improving the capabilities of astronauts to create and repair their equipment during space travel.
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Trial Testing Smartwatch to Detect Heart Rhythm Problems
clinical trial is enrolling more than 400,000 participants to test an app written for an Apple smartwatch to detect atrial fibrillation, a form of irregular heart rhythms.
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Gene Silencing Technology Licensed in $3.7B Deal
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, developing treatments for disease that silence genes by interfering with their RNA instructions, is licensing its technology to drug maker Eli Lilly and Co
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NVIDIA, Scripps Partner on Medical Deep Learning Applications
A high-performance computer chip maker and life science research center are collaborating on extending deep learning, a form of artificial intelligence, into more areas of medical science and practice.
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Model Biotech Materials Sharing Agreement Unveiled
A document with standard legal language for terms and conditions of sharing biotechnology materials is now available for academic and industry research labs.
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Brain-Controlled Home Rehab for Stroke in Development
A robotic system for home use to help people recovering from a stroke regain use of their upper bodies is in development by an engineering lab, rehabilitation hospital, and 2 companies in Texas.
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Infographic — International Space Station Crew Members
Our friends at Statista published a chart showing the nations represented among ISS crew members since it become operational, our infographic for this weekend.