Category: Finance
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Engineered Bacteria Studied for Rare Inherited Skin Disorder
A biotechnology company and research lab are evaluating a modified skin bacteria as a treatment for Netherton syndrome, a rare inherited skin disease affecting mainly infants and young children.
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NIH Small Business Grant Funds Severe Hepatitis Treatment
A biotechnology company is developing treatments for a severe form of hepatitis, which up to now has only limited therapy options, with a synthetic form of RNA designed to shut down the infecting virus.
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Challenges Seek Solutions for Chronic Diseases, Oral Drugs in Animals
Two new crowdsourcing competitions announced this week are seeking ideas on broadening the scope of drugs being developed for companion animals, and making drugs easier to give to pets and farm animals.
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Univ. Spin-Off Developing Myelin Disease Treatments Unveiled
A spin-off enterprise from Case Western Reserve University is developing therapies designed to restore the myelin sheath around nerve cells destroyed in multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders.
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GSK, 23andMe Ink Precision Meds Discovery Deal
Consumer genetics company 23andMe signed a 4-year agreement to help drug maker GlaxoSmithKline find more precise drug targets and recruit clinical trial participants likely to respond to treatments.
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Gates, Lauder Backing Early Alzheimer’s Biomarker Tests
A group of well-known philanthropists is backing a new research program to find simple tests that reveal early indicators of Alzheimer’s disease in a person’s molecular make-up.
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A.I. Drug Discovery Company Gains $32M in Early Funds
A company using genomic databases and artificial intelligence to discover new therapies for neurodegenerative diseases is raising $32 million in its first venture funding round.
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New $315 Million Life Sciences Venture Fund Unveiled
A life science and health care investment company in the U.K. today revealed its 12th venture capital fund for start-up and current enterprises in the U.S. and Europe.
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Infographic – Amazon’s Largest Acquisitions
Our friends at CB Insights put together a chart showing Amazon’s largest acquisitions in dollar value, this weekend’s infographic.
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University Tissue, Cell Fabrication Lab Set to Open
A laboratory for producing new types of biomaterials is scheduled to open next year on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana.