Tag: university
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Synthetic RNA Start-Up Gains $80M in Early Funds
A start-up company, spun off from a biomedical engineering lab at MIT, is raising $80 million for therapies made from synthetic circular RNA.
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Gene-Editing Biotech Acquires DNA Bar Code Company
A developer of therapies using highly precise gene editing is acquiring a company delivering gene therapies identified with DNA bar codes.
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Crispr-Edited Bananas Get Industry Funding
A popular type of banana, genetically edited to resist a soil fungus that threatens this fruit worldwide, is now backed by a major American food brand.
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New Funds Backing Global Health, Early-Stage Ventures
Three new funds are financing start-up companies creating solutions for health issues in less-developed countries and early-stage life science businesses.
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Photo Algorithms Find Cancerous Melanoma Lesions
An engineering team designed artificial intelligence techniques with image analysis to identify early signs of skin cancer in ordinary photographs.
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Wearable Sensor Patch Records Multiple Health Measures
An engineering team developed a transparent thin film sensor patch that measures several vital signs for monitoring heart disease and diabetes.
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Grant Funds Brain Disease Tissue Banks
An advocacy organization for neurodegenerative diseases and medical research foundation are sponsoring formation of a network to collect brain tissue samples.
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AI Designs Better Gene Therapy Delivery Viruses
An academic-industry team used machine learning to design more effective variations of common benign viruses that deliver gene therapies.
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AbbVie Licenses Engineered Crispr Cell Process
Drug maker AbbVie is acquiring a technology using the gene-editing process Crispr to produce new off-the-shelf engineered T-cells as disease therapies.
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Smartwatch Shown to Offer Early Covid-19 Warning
A study shows heart rate data captured by an Apple watch can provide an early warning of impending Covid-19 infections, even before a positive test.