Tag: chemistry
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Addiction Biotech Using Crowdfunding for Investments
A start-up enterprise developing treatments for drug and alcohol addiction is raising investment capital with a direct pitch to small investors through a crowdfunding platform.
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Trial Shows LSD Treatment Reduces Anxiety Symptoms
A clinical trial shows a medication made with lysergic acid diethylamide or LSD, given in a supervised clinical setting, helps reduce anxiety and depression symptoms.
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Precision Meds Shown Effective in Rare Cancer
Results from a clinical trial show patients with rare bile duct tumors respond to an experimental treatment blocking a specific cancer-causing protein.
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Cannabinoid Synthesis Process Licensed to Spin-Off Company
A genetic technology for synthesizing cannabinoid compounds without cannabis cells was licensed to a company spun-off from the lab that developed the process.
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Synthetic Bio Chemicals Start-Up Gains $5M in Early Funds
A new enterprise using digital and synthetic biology to create sustainable chemicals at industrial scale is raising $5 million in pre-seed round funds.
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Infant Gut Microbiome Biomarker Study Underway
A clinical study has begun analyzing infants’ stool samples to determine the characteristics of healthy microbial communities in young children.
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Univ. Labs Ink Licensing Deals for Covid-19 Tests
Two companies agreed to license technologies from academic labs in the U.S. and U.K. for developing faster and more sensitive at-home tests for Covid-19 infections.
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Immune Disease Biotech Acquired in $405M Deal
A biotechnology developer of treatments for autoimmune disorders with checkpoint receptor proteins is acquired by drug maker Gilead Sciences.
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Peptide Vaccine Shown to Reduce Harmful Cholesterol
Tests with lab monkeys show a vaccine with a synthetic peptide lowers so-called bad cholesterol in blood for longer periods than a comparable monoclonal antibody.
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Biotech Start-Up Demonstrates Cancer Therapy, Raises $6.4M
A new biotechnology company demonstrated in lab mice its therapy for glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, that overcomes limitations of current treatments.