Category: Finance
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Trial Testing Mobile Telemedicine for Skin Diseases
A university medical center has a clinical trial underway testing the utility of telemedicine with mobile devices in treating atopic dermatitis, also known as eczema.
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Infographic – Key Health Care/A.I. Start-Ups
CB Insights compiled a list of start-up companies applying A.I. to health care, with its market map of these enterprises making up our weekend infographic.
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Moderna Funding University Immunology Research
A biotechnology enterprise is financing a collaboration with Harvard Medical School that aims to discover new mechanisms for treating immune system disorders.
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Drones, A.I. Deployed by Agricultural Start-Up
A new company is combining drone photography with artificial intelligence to provide growers with better data to monitor and manage crop growth.
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Infographic – Partisan Split Remains on Research Spending
More Democrats say they’re in favor of increased federal spending on scientific research than Republicans, a gap that began in 2010.
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Start-Up Targets Extra DNA in Cancer, Raises $46.4M
A new biotechnology enterprise is developing treatments for aggressive solid tumor cancers that block the effects of DNA residing outside of chromosomes.
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Smart Solar Powered Crop Dryer Receives Grant Funds
An Indiana company is receiving U.S. government and private grants to develop a solar-powered algorithm-controlled crop dehydrator for small farms.
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Migraine Drug Developer Raises $82.5M in IPO
A developer of a drug for migraine formulated as a dry powder and given as a nasal spray is raising $82.5 million in its initial public offering of common stock.
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A.I.-Powered Network to Identify, Build Molecules
A chemical engineering team is creating an open network for chemists and data scientists to share data for speeding the development of new molecules.
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NIH Funds Augmented-Reality Endovascular System
A grant from National Institutes of Health is funding a system using augmented reality and holography to improve minimally-invasive repair of blood vessels.