Category: Finance
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A.I.-Enabled Insole Captures, Measures Step Info
An engineering lab developed an electronic shoe insole that gathers data for analysis with artificial intelligence to accurately measure a person’s gait patterns.
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Patch Delivers Low-Dose Vaccine with Full-Dose Power
A clinical trial shows a polymer patch with one-sixth of the usual influenza vaccine dose generates about the same immune reaction as a full-dose injection.
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Infographic: Largest One-Day Dow Declines
Two of the six greatest one-day declines in the Dow-Jones Industrial Average since the year 2000 occurred last week, with the largest single-day drop on Thursday, nearly 10 percent.
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Engineered Probiotic Maker Gains $2.3M Seed Funding
A developer of genetically-modified bacteria designed to work in the gut is raising $2.3 million more in seed funds to expand its product line.
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Gates Funding Covid-19 Vaccine Delivery Device
A biotechnology company developing a vaccine for the Covid-19 virus received funding to scale up a delivery device for the vaccine when it’s available.
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Network Funding Tech To Boost Ovarian Cancer Care
An alliance of cancer centers in the U.S. is supporting four projects developing technologies for improving care for patients with advanced ovarian cancer.
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Wearable Defibrillator Maker Gains $145.6M
The developer of a patch device that monitors and adjusts heart rhythms to prevent sudden cardiac death is raising $145.6 million in a new venture funds.
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Institutional Investors Factoring in Climate Change
A survey of institutional investors shows these money managers for financial institutions are starting to take climate change impacts into their investment decisions.
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Foundation Supports ALS Inflammation Treatments
A foundation is funding a biotechnology company’s research on therapies to block proteins encouraging neuron inflammation in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
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Incubator Seeks Heart, Lung, Blood Device Entrepreneurs
A business incubator in Massachusetts is seeking entrepreneurs and their companies developing medical devices for heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders.