Category: Finance
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Cancer Blood Test Company Raises $65M in Early Funds
Freenome, a company applying machine learning to analysis of liquid biopsies, is raising $65 million in its first round of venture financing.
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Duchenne Gene-Editing Company Launched, Raising $5M
A biotechnology start-up is applying a process for editing-out disease-causing mutations to correct the inherited disorder Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Nuclear Cancer Therapy Company Launches, Raises $25M
A new company developing cancer therapies combining nuclear radiation and synthetic antibodies is starting up in Hamilton, Ontario.
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Handheld Surgical Assist Device in Development
A handheld mechanical device that promises to reduce the cost and ease the work of minimally invasive surgery is being created by a spin-off company from University of Michigan.
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Software to Simplify Big Data Curation
A software package in development aims to simplify the process of cleaning up large data sets, known as curation, to improve the quality of analysis from those data.
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Tissue Regeneration Start-Up Gains $33M in Early Funds
A new enterprise founded by researchers at Stanford University aims to discover and develop drugs that repair and regenerate tissue from stem cells.
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Ford Investing $1B in Artificial Intelligence Start-Up
Ford Motor Company is investing $1 billion in a start-up enterprise that applies artificial intelligence to the operation and management of autonomous vehicles.
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Biotechs License Solid Tumor Therapy in $2.1B Deal
Biotechnology enterprise Immunomedics Inc. is licensing its enhanced antibody-based treatment for solid tumor cancers to Seattle Genetics, a developer of similar cancer drugs.
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Gates Grant Funding Malaria Control Test Products
Two universities in the U.K. are developing testing protocols for a new generation of technologies coming to market to prevent mosquitoes from spreading diseases.
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Company, NC State Partner on Tissue Oxygen Patch
Profusa Inc. and a research center at North Carolina State University are developing a new device to monitor tissue oxygen levels in people with peripheral artery disease.