Category: Finance
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Platform to Integrate Robotics, Synthetic Biology, A.I.
Two companies are developing a new model for a cloud-based platform that makes possible automated collaborative research with artificial intelligence in synthetic biology.
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Kaiser Permanente to Spend $2M on Gun Injury Research
The health care provider Kaiser Permanente plans to spend $2 million on research into preventing injuries and death from firearms, as well as begin an internal task force on firearm injury prevention.
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Gene Therapy Biotech Acquired in $8.7 Billion Deal
A biotechnology enterprise developing gene therapies for rare inherited diseases and neurological disorders is being acquired by pharmaceutical company Novartis AG for $8.7 billion.
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Students Form Microsatellite Rocket Launch Company
Current and former Purdue University engineering students transformed their interest in rocketry into a new enterprise for launching small lower-cost satellites into low-earth orbit from high-altitude balloons.
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New Company Acquires Off-the-Shelf T-Cell Cancer Therapies
A new enterprise is formed to develop treatments for cancer using donated T-cells from the immune system, rather than the patient’s own T-cells, engineered to attack cancer cells.
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Team Performance Explored in Multi-Sensory Work Sites
A research project is underway that examines the ways teams of workers adapt and perform in new industrial environments demanding attention to visual information as well as cues from sound and touch.
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Immune Disease Precision Therapy Company Starts Up
An enterprise to discover biomarkers and precise treatments for individuals with immune system disorders is starting up, founded by six researchers in the U.S. and Europe.
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Infographic: Data Center Investment Skyrockets
Our friends at Statista document the explosion in demand for and investment in data centers, from data collected by the real estate market research firm CRBE.
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Boron Radiation Therapy Company Forms with $40M Funding
A start-up enterprise, spun off from a fusion energy company, plans to develop radiation therapies for solid tumor cancers often considered difficult to treat with conventional methods.
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Breathalyzer Biopsy Company Gains $15M in New Funds
A company in the U.K. developing a technology for early and precise diagnosis of lung and other cancers by analyzing exhaled breath is raising $15 million in new venture capital.