Category: Finance
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DoD Funding Vaccine, Therapy Delivery Device
The U.S. Department of Defense is supporting creation of a small, portable device that safely sends vaccines and therapies through the skin.
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Strep A Vaccine Project Launched
An international initiative is underway to begin work on a vaccine against group A streptococcus infections becoming resistant to today’s antibiotics.
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Liquid Biopsy Screening Start-Up Launches, Gains $110M
A new enterprise is starting up, developing early-stage cancer screening with a single blood test, based on research at Johns Hopkins University.
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Home Chronic Disease Blood Test in Development
A university chemistry lab and start-up company are developing a home monitoring device that aims to reduce repeated clinic visits by people with chronic diseases.
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High-Speed 3-D Organ Printing in Development
A research team in Europe and Israel is devising a new process for faster bio-printing of human organs with three-dimensional printing.
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A.I., Robotics Studied for Military Trauma System
Medical and robotics labs at two universities in Pittsburgh are developing a portable, autonomous trauma care device to stabilize wounded military service people in the field.
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Viral Disease Biotech Joins ElevateBio, Gains $120M
A biotechnology company developing immunotherapies for viral diseases is joining the ElevateBio consortium providing manufacturing for cell and gene therapies.
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Start-Up to Use Stem Cells for Hearing Loss
A new enterprise in the U.K. is creating treatments with stem cells to repair damaged nerve cells in the inner ear that causes hearing loss.
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MIT, Air Force to Open A.I. Accelerator Lab
The U.S. Air Force is funding research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology to speed development of artificial intelligence advances for its mission.
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Company Helps Labs Build Gene, Cell Therapy Businesses
A new company formed offering full-scale facilities to develop cell and gene therapy products spun-off from academic research labs.