Tag: physical sciences
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Coalition to Boost African Ancestry Genomic Data
An historically Black medical college and pharmaceutical industry group began a program to increase the numbers of people of African descent in genomic databases.
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Organ Chip Devices to Model for Radiation Sickness
The U.S. government’s health preparedness agency awarded a contract with a university lab to explore organ models on chips to document effects of radiation sickness.
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Start-Up Adapts Crispr for Molecular Detection, Raises $40M
A new company is underway that says it adapts the gene editing technique Crispr to make detecting nucleic acid targets like DNA or RNA faster and simpler.
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High-Speed Biologic Injection Device Shown Feasible
A developer of an auto-injection technology says its device can deliver a biologic drug under the skin in a fraction of the time of conventional syringes.
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Longevity Science Group Spins-Off Biotech Start-Up
An organization funding research on extending the human life span by preventing age-related diseases is founding its first biotechnology company.
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Neuro Disease Biotech Gains $61M in Early Funds
A developer of treatments for Alzheimer’s disease that seeks to improve the condition of the brain’s support cells is raising £48 million ($US 61 million) in its first venture round.
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NIH Funds Antibody Discovery for Difficult Protein Targets
A biotechnology company is receiving NIH support for discovering antibodies that address the vast majority of proteins coded by the human genome, passed-up so far by drug makers.
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Vaccine Shown to Protect Against Multiple Hospital Pathogens
Research with lab mice shows an experimental vaccine stimulates the body’s basic immune system to protect against a range of pathogens associated with hospital infections.
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Biomanufacturing Company Gains $9.5M in Early Funds
A company offering a biomanufacturing process it says is more efficient and scalable than conventional bio-production methods is raising $9.5 million in its first venture round.
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Biotech Thymus Tissue Process Gains ARPA-H Funding
A company with a process to generate new thymus tissue for immune system functions is receiving a $37 million award from the government’s health breakthrough agency.