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Start-Up Creating Blood Tests, Apps for Mental Disorders
A new enterprise based on psychiatric and molecular research at Indiana University is developing precision-medicine diagnostics for pain and mental disease.
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Stem Cell Start-Up Raises $250M in Venture Funds
A company begun last year to create cancer therapies from banked, off-the-shelf stem cells is raising $250 million in its first round of venture financing.
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Trial Testing Paramedic-Delivered Stroke Drug
A clinical trial is getting underway testing a treatment for stroke delivered to patients by emergency medical technicians on the way to the hospital.
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Infographic – Technology Transforms Manufacturing
CB Insights issued a report that pulls together developments on the remaking of manufacturing with advanced technologies, the source of this weekend’s infographic.
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Artificial DNA Designed to Control Drug Delivery
Researchers in Germany are developing techniques with artificial DNA and hydrogel designed to control the sequence of drugs delivered into the body.
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Augmented Reality, A.I. Harnessed to Visualize Pain
Researchers at University of Michigan created a system with real-time neurological imaging, algorithms, and augmented reality to detect and visualize a patient’s pain.
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Two Biotechs Each Issue $300M+ IPOs
Two biotechnology enterprises in the U.S. issued their initial public stock offerings yesterday, with each company raising at least $300 million in their transactions.
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Engineered Microbe Bio-Sensors Added to Robotic Arm
Genetically-altered E. coli bacteria can act as sensors for certain chemicals, when installed on a programmable robotic arm and gripper.
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Early Space Bio-Experiments Detailed in New Book
A new book by David Warmflash, MD tells about interactions and experiences of humans with the moon, from legends and myths in ancient civilizations to projections for future colonies.
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A.I. Chip Start-Up Raises $23M in Early Funds
A start-up enterprise is developing computer chips designed to run artificial intelligence, or A.I., applications but with an architecture it says can avoid memory logjams.