Tag: entrepreneurs
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Techniques Devised to Boost Gene Therapy Success
An engineering team at Washington University in St. Louis is developing mechanical and electronic processes to improve the success of inserting large, complex therapeutic molecules like DNA into cells.
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Synthetic Bio Company Starts Up, Raises $53 Million
A start-up business that aims to apply principles of computer circuit design to biology and medicine in creating treatments for disease is raising $53 million in its first venture funding round.
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Master The Art Of Brand Formation
Under no circumstances should you allow the importance of branding to slip under your radar. Your brand, logo and voice will be the first thing that any potential client or consumer will see.
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Protein Engineered to Boost Nerve Cell Imaging
Engineers and neuroscientists developed a synthetic protein that illuminates electrical activity in animal brain nerve cells, with a process using robotics to test millions of protein candidates in cells.
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Making a Success of Your Webpage
A web page serves so much more purpose than merely acting as a place for people to buy your products.
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Gut-Brain Therapies Biotech Raises $66M in New Funds
A 2 year-old biotechnology enterprise discovering new treatments for disease that harness signals between the gut and brain is raising $66 million its second venture financing round.
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Engineered Virus Shows Promise in Some Brain Tumors
A clinical trial testing a common virus modified to generate a specific immune response dramatically reduced deadly brain tumors in a small group of patients and extended their survival for years, but most other patients had only limited success.
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Cardiac Augmented-Reality Hologram System in Development
A start-up company spun-off from Washington University in St. Louis was awarded a grant to advance an augmented reality system that displays an interactive hologram of a patient’s heart, to simplify cardiac procedures.
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Neuro Therapy Company Spins-Off, Gains $20.8M Funding
A company developing treatments for cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease is starting-up in Belgium, with a technology and financial backing from local and global businesses and investors.
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Personal Brain Stimulation Shown to Boost Memory
A team of psychologists and neuroscientists developed techniques for monitoring and electrically stimulating key parts of the brain, personalized to each individual, which in tests show can improve a person’s memory.