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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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Turn Your Business Into an International Organism
One of the most exciting prospects you might want to consider is to try going international.
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Novartis, Gates Partner on Sickle Cell Gene Therapy
Global drug maker Novartis is collaborating with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to find affordable gene therapies for sickle cell disease.
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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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AI Cell Analysis Start-Up Raises $6M Seed Funds
A new enterprise using artificial intelligence to analyze individual cells for immune-related diagnostics and therapies is raising $6 million in seed funds.
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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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Infographic – States Reporting SARS-CoV-2 Variants
The most widespread variant so far in the U.S. is B.1.1.7, first discovered in the U.K.
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20 Precision Meds Approved by FDA in 2020
A report by a group advocating for precision medicine notes that the Food and Drug Administration approved 20 new personalized drugs and biologics in 2020.
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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.