Category: Joint ventures/collaborations
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Continuous Flow Manufacturing In Space Station Test
Among the experiments carried to the International Space Station in mid-December is a test of continuous separations of one liquid from another, used in drug and chemical manufacturing.
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Biotech, Microsoft Partner on Immune System Diagnostics
A company that analyzes immune system genomics is collaborating with Microsoft Corporation to develop early-stage disease diagnostics.
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Sangamo, Pfizer Partner on ALS Gene Therapy
Drug maker Pfizer Inc. is licensing and collaborating on a gene therapy technology from Sangamo Therapeutics Inc. to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, and a related neurodegenerative disease.
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Techniques Devised to Speed-Up Plant Breeding
Plant scientists in Australia and the U.K. developed a process that sharply cuts the amount of time needed to produce new breeds of plant crops including commercial varieties of wheat.
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Audio-Brain Stimulation Shown to Reduce PTSD Symptoms
A clinical trial shows a non-invasive technique that translates and feeds back brain waves as audio tones reduces PTSD symptoms in current and former military personnel for 6 months.
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Finland Begins Large-Scale National Genomic Study
The country of Finland is conducting a nationwide genomic analysis of its population, collecting 500,000 blood samples from its 5.5 million citizens.
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Agriculture Tech Start-Up Accelerator to Open
A group supporting start-up companies and entrepreneurs developing new technologies in food and agriculture plans to begin next month in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Biotechs Partner on HPV Cancer Immunotherapies
Biotechnology companies in the U.S. and the Netherlands are collaborating on treatments for cancers caused by a type of human papillomavirus, or HPV.
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Consortium to Speed, Expand Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials
A group of medical centers is establishing a network of clinical trial sites and processes for testing new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.
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Telemedicine Kiosks Opening at Retail Pharmacies
Private kiosks providing individuals live video sessions with clinicians to diagnose non-emergency medical issues are underway in New York.