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Stanford, Berkeley, MIT Top Undergrad Start-Up Ranking
Stanford University, University of California in Berkeley, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology lead the undergraduate programs producing founders of start-up companies in 2019.
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Response by Patients Shown to Precision Lung Cancer Drug
Results of a clinical trial show a treatment targeting specific genetic aberrations produces a therapeutic response in most patients with lung cancer from that condition.
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Infographic – Trust Varies in Facial Recognition Use
Americans overall express at least some trust about facial recognition use by law enforcement, but less confidence when used by businesses or employers.
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Sumitomo Dainippon, Biotechs in $3B Acquisition Deal
Japanese pharmaceutical company Sumitomo Dainippon agreed to acquire five biotechnology companies and gain an equity stake in the Roivant Sciences group.
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Spin-Off Licensing Athletic Microbiome Technology
A company spun-off from biomedical engineering labs at Harvard University is acquiring research on microbial communities in elite athletes to create new probiotics.
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Peanut Desensitizing Found Safe, Effective Long-Term
A clinical trial shows children with peanut allergies taking peanut protein under the tongue avoid allergic reactions from peanuts for up to five years.
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Gates Investing in HIV, Tuberculosis Immunotherapies
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is taking an equity stake in a biotechnology company developing immunotherapies from messenger RNA.
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Urine Test Shows Promise for Cancer Screening
Biomedical engineers and materials scientists developed a simple urine test that in samples from lab mice show they can screen for colon cancer.
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Deep Learning Techniques Speed Drug Discovery
Researchers developed and demonstrated techniques with deep learning to discover new small molecule drugs ready for validation and lab animal tests in 21 days.
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Labor Day 2019
Science & Enterprise is closed today, but we’ll resume our regular editorial posts tomorrow.