Tag: engineering
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Coalition to Boost African Ancestry Genomic Data
An historically Black medical college and pharmaceutical industry group began a program to increase the numbers of people of African descent in genomic databases.
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Organ Chip Devices to Model for Radiation Sickness
The U.S. government’s health preparedness agency awarded a contract with a university lab to explore organ models on chips to document effects of radiation sickness.
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Start-Up Adapts Crispr for Molecular Detection, Raises $40M
A new company is underway that says it adapts the gene editing technique Crispr to make detecting nucleic acid targets like DNA or RNA faster and simpler.
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High-Speed Biologic Injection Device Shown Feasible
A developer of an auto-injection technology says its device can deliver a biologic drug under the skin in a fraction of the time of conventional syringes.
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Collapsed Microbiome Biotech Sells Off Assets
A developer of therapies addressing the body’s microbe communities is selling off key assets to another biotechnology company, after problems developed with its lead program.
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NIH Funds Antibody Discovery for Difficult Protein Targets
A biotechnology company is receiving NIH support for discovering antibodies that address the vast majority of proteins coded by the human genome, passed-up so far by drug makers.
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Biomanufacturing Company Gains $9.5M in Early Funds
A company offering a biomanufacturing process it says is more efficient and scalable than conventional bio-production methods is raising $9.5 million in its first venture round.
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Cardiac Tech Start-Up Partners with Mayo Clinic
A new company developing digital cardiac diagnostics is collaborating with the Mayo Clinic on early detection of coronary artery disease, a key trigger of heart attacks.
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Small Biz Award Funds Wearable Drug Delivery Patch
A developer of medical devices designed as skin patches received a contract to develop a device to deliver any drug approved by FDA for delivery through the skin.
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Genomics Company, Amazon Partner on Generative A.I.
A genomics company is providing precision medicine analytics from its databases with generative A.I. based on large language models from Amazon Web Services.