Tag: engineering
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AI-Designed Antibodies for Start-Up Sought in Open Call
An international consortium is seeking teams of scientists using algorithms to design new therapeutic antibodies, to form and fund a start-up company.
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Trial Shows Wearable Device Reduces Migraine Symptoms
Results from a clinical trial show a smartphone-wearable system relieves pain and reduces other symptoms in adult patients with chronic migraine.
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NIH Funds Brain-Computer Implant Device
A developer of implanted devices to record signals from brain cells received funding to advance a smaller and more durable electrode array.
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Small Biz Grant to ID Digital Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s
National Institutes of Health is awarding a grant to identify indicators of Alzheimer’s disease in a company’s collecting of life stories from older people.
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Lab Demonstrates 3-D Printed Tissue, Blood Vessel Implant
A biomedical engineering team transplanted into a lab rat synthetic tissue with blood vessels made by three-dimensional printing.
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Seed Stage Investors Raise $450M for New Fund
A venture capital company specializing in financing start-up enterprises at their earliest stages says it raised $450 million for its third venture fund.
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Foundation Plans $1B for Longevity Research
A charitable foundation began work today supporting research on human longevity, with the goal of increasing lifespans to more than 120 years.
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Delivery Tech Licensed for CBD Epilepsy Nasal Spray
A company is developing a nasal spray for epilepsy symptoms with a cannabis extract delivered in nanoscale polymer particles to the brain.
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Infographic – Digital Therapeutics Funding on the Rise
The technology intelligence company CB Insights reported on new investments in digital therapeutics and found a record-setting funding pace this year.
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Neuroscience Software Company Raises $23M in Early Funds
A company developing neuroscience data collection and analytics tools for clinicians and researchers raised $22.8 million in its first venture round.