Tag: Europe
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RNA Therapeutics Company Raises $30M in First Venture Round
A company spun-off from a university biochemistry lab is raising $30 million to fund discovery of treatments targeting RNA, genetic material instructing protein production in cells.
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Infographic – Superbugs Annually Kill 33,000 in Europe
Our friends at Statista posted a chart showing the median number of deaths by country in Europe from microbes resistant to antibiotics, this weekend’s infographic.
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Munich Airport, MIT Lab Partner on Smart City
An engineering lab at MIT and the R&D hub at Munich, Germany’s international airport are studying the use of digital technologies to improve urban life, using the hub’s campus as a laboratory.
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Rapid Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostics System Advances
Developers of a system that uses high-speed genomic analysis with standard semiconductor chips say they demonstrated an ability to sequence bacterial DNA directly from raw blood samples.
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BASF Licensing Precise Crispr Editing from Broad Institute
The global chemical company BASF is licensing a more precise form of genome editing from the Broad Institute, a genetics research center affiliated with Harvard University and MIT.
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Genome Editing, Informatics Lead to New Antibiotic
Researchers in the U.K. created an antibiotic acid from a natural microbe found in soil, using a combination of the genome editing technique Crispr and bioinformatics.
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Infographic — Can Digital Tech Make a Better World?
Large segments of the public in 10 advanced countries — but not a majority — still believe digital technology can help solve many of the world’s challenges, such as poverty, hunger, and climate change.
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Start-Up Developing Immunometabolism Therapies, Gains $30M Funding
A start-up enterprise founded by medical researchers in the U.S. and Europe is developing treatments for cancer and autoimmune disorders that change chemical reactions in immune system cells.
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Artificial Pancreas Controls Type 1 Diabetes Better Than Insulin Pump Alone
A clinical trial shows a closed-loop algorithm-controlled artificial pancreas system helps people with type 1 diabetes better control their blood sugar levels than a glucose sensor and insulin pump system alone.
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Jet Fuel from Carbon Waste Powers Virgin Atlantic Flight
A Virgin Atlantic flight arriving earlier today from Orlando, Florida to London’s Gatwick airport is the first to use a biofuel made from fermented carbon-rich industrial waste gases.