Category: Finance
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Agriculture Tech Start-Up Accelerator to Open
A group supporting start-up companies and entrepreneurs developing new technologies in food and agriculture plans to begin next month in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Mobile Apps for Eating Disorders in Development
Two mobile device apps are being developed focusing on behavioral factors related to eating that can lead to unhealthy outcomes.
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Consortium to Speed, Expand Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials
A group of medical centers is establishing a network of clinical trial sites and processes for testing new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.
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Cell Programming Company Raises $49.5M in Early Funds
A start-up enterprise creating add-on treatments that program the effects of cell and gene therapies is raising $49.5 million in its first venture funding round.
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Marine Animal Venom Studied for Pain Drugs
A medical research team is investigating the chemistry in venom from snail-like marine animals to discover natural alternative drugs for pain.
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Large-Scale Genome Editing Technology in Development
Two biotechnology companies are creating an automated process for delivering large, complex genetic cargoes into cells for genome editing.
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Math Models to Predict Animal-Borne Disease Outbreaks
A team of ecologists and mathematicians is applying machine learning and statistical models to forecast outbreaks of zoonotic diseases, those spread to humans from animals.
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New Finance, Development Model for Pancreatic Disease
An organization is being formed to adopt performance-based financing and precision medicine to accelerate research and development on pancreatitis.
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Brown, Toy Maker Partner on Elder Assistance Robots
A collaboration between Brown University and toy maker Hasbro is developing robotic assistants for older people that build on Hasbro’s current line of robotic pets.
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Novartis Acquires Nuclear Meds Developer in $3.9B Deal
Drug maker Novartis is purchasing a company that develops therapies and diagnostics using radio isotopes for neuroendocrine and other cancers.