Tag: biomedical
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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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European Life Science Venture Fund Raises €472M
A venture capital company raised €472 million ($US 548 million) for investments in life science and medical device start-ups in Europe.
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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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Crispr Licensed for Eye Disease Gene Therapies
A developer of inherited eye disease therapies is acquiring rights to the gene editing technology Crispr for treatments that work inside the eyes.
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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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FDA Halts Off-the-Shelf T-Cell Cancer Trials
The Food and Drug Administration stopped a company’s clinical trials of off-the-shelf engineered T-cells after a patient showed an abnormal chromosomal reaction.
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Precision Neuroscience Company Starts-Up, Raises $500M
A new company is underway developing more precise therapies for psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases based on genetics and data science.
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Partnership Seeks Lower-Cost Protein Drugs
A biotechnology enterprise and company aiming to make drugs at lower prices are collaborating on new lower-cost synthetic protein drugs.