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  • Stem Cells Found to Protect Against Chemo Side Effects

    Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and four other institutions have developed a method for transplanting brain cancer patients’ own gene-modified blood stem cells to protect their bone marrow against the toxic side effects of chemotherapy. Their findings appear in this week’s issue of the journal Science Translational Medicine (paid subscription…

  • Group Plans Increased VC Funds for Women, Diverse Start-Ups

    A new program aims to increase venture capital funding for new start-up companies owned by women and diverse minority entrepreneurs. The Venture Capital Access Program (VCAP) is a partnership of the National Association of Investment Companies, Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York, and the Marathon Foundation. Applications close on Friday 18 May.…

  • Gates Award to Fund Tattoo-Like Pregnancy Monitor Device

    The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a Grand Challenges Explorations grant for development of an electronic device similar to a tattoo that can continuously monitor the progress of a pregnancy. The award goes to University of California-San Diego bioengineering professor Todd Coleman and materials science and engineering professor John Rogers at University of…

  • Cancer Stem Cell Drug Screening Chip Developed

    Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) in Singapore have developed a miniaturized biochip for investigating the effect of drugs on cancer stem cells. The findings of the team led by IBN executive director Jackie Ying appears the journal Nano Today, and the technology is being commercialized by a spin-off company from the…

  • HHS Awards First Health Care Innovation Awards

    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services revealed the first group of universities, companies, and medical centers to receive Health Care Innovation awards. The three-year cooperative agreements, authorized by the Affordable Care Act, total $122.6 million and are administered through HHS’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. The department says the 26 awardees were…

  • UC-Davis Incubator Spins Off Audio Technology Company

    The business incubator at the University of California in Davis engineering school says an audio technology company is the incubator’s first spin-off to gain funding and begin doing business on its own. Dysonics, founded by emeritus engineering professor Ralph Algazi and colleagues at UC-Davis, is commercializing research conducted in Algazi’s labs. Dysonics plans to develop…

  • Energy Institute Unveils Prototype Alternative Battery

    The CUNY Energy Institute, part of City University of New York, has built an operating prototype zinc anode battery system, as an alternative to traditional nickel-cadmium batteries. The institute plans to start a company to commercialize the technology later in the year. The battery project is led by engineering professor and institute director Sanjoy Banerjee…

  • Biotech Lands $20M Series A Funds for Protein Therapies

    Eleven Biotherapeutics in Cambridge, Massachusetts has secured an additional $20 million in series A funds, the first round of investment financing after initial start-up. A new investor, JAFCO Company Ltd in Tokyo, joins existing investors Third Rock Ventures and Flagship Ventures in the deal. Eleven Biotherapeutics is expected to use the proceeds from the financing…

  • Investors to Back Start-Ups That Cut Health Care Costs

    The Paliwoda Group in New York has started a new investment fund that plans to support early-stage companies with solutions aimed at cutting the costs of health care. The company’s Health Tech Fund is now accepting proposals on its Web site. The Health Tech Fund plans to invest in early-stage companies with projects having the…

  • U.S. Obesity Rate Expected to Rise to 42% by 2030

    Public health researchers at Duke University, RTI International in North Carolina, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention forecast that by 2030, the percentage of Americans considered obese is expected to rise by a third, with adverse health and financial implications. The team’s findings appear today online in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.…