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Old age may have its downsides, but losing the ability to grow new brain cells isn’t one: healthy people in their seventies seem to produce just as many new neurons as teenagers.

The discovery overturns a decades-old theory about how our brains age and could provide clues as to how we can keep our minds sharper for longer.

In mammals, most brain cells are created at or soon after birth and are not renewed. Recently, it was discovered that the human hippocampus, associated with learning …

Image: We keep on growing neurons – even as we age – THOMAS DEERINCK, NCMIR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

A planned new, 10-story cancer center at the University of Maryland Medical Center will transform the appearance of the front of the decades-old hospital building on the west side of downtown Baltimore.

The cubic glass and steel structure will rise above what is now the hospital’s driveway and main entrance off Greene Street, covering the existing building’s brick, institutional look.

Image: University of Maryland Medical Center officials presented three designs Thursday for the new cancer center addition to the hospital that will remake its face fronting Greene Street in downtown Baltimore. (Meredith Cohn / Baltimore Sun)

2019 saw a new record set for a list price of a prescription therapy—$2.1 million for the gene therapy Zolgensma® launched by AxeVis, a Novartis Company—and resulting renewed concerns over the price of treatments and whether politicos will ever be able to address the issue as the nation’s presidential election campaign season heats up.

The recycled rhetoric questioning the role of the biopharmaceutical industry in the discovery and development of innovative medicines continues to rear its ugly head in the ongoing discussion about the high cost of health care and what to do about it. But, for patients with unmet medical needs, this continued skepticism is merely a distraction. 

Most patients understand that their hope for future cures relies on the work that biopharma does to translate basic science into deliverable treatments and medicines. That understanding is backed by facts. 

Xconomy New York —  Perceptive Advisors, an investment firm with a long track record of life science investing across all points of development, is now stepping up to pump money into companies at the earliest stages with a new $210 million venture capital fund.

The Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Fund (PXV) is led by Chris Garabedian (pictured above, center), a veteran biotech executive whose experience includes stops at Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD), Celgene, and Sarepta Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SRPT). He’s currently the chairman and CEO of Xontogeny, a Boston-based life sciences accelerator.

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Ten individuals with ties to Johns Hopkins have been named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list, an annual celebration of young entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders. Each year, experts in 20 fields narrow down more than 15,000 nominations to a final list of 600 honorees.

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SHANGHAI, Dec. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Avantor, Inc. (NYSE: AVTR), a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the life sciences and advanced technologies & applied materials industries, today opened an innovation and customer support center in Shanghai, China to support biopharma research and technology development in the region. Avantor now has nine innovation centers worldwide.

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Four experts in life sciences and digital health development, commercialization, and investment peered into their proverbial crystal balls to offer insights on “What’s Hot in Life Sciences: A Look at the 2019 Trends and What’s on the Horizon for 2020”—the title of a panel discussion held recently at JLABS@NYC in SoHo . . .

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31 Maryland biology colleges offer certificates, associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in biological engineering and technology, physiology and anatomical sciences, and zoology and animal biology and 9 other programs.

The best biology programs in Maryland are offered by Johns Hopkins University. This biology college offers an excellent quality programs – five stars for curriculum and five stars for teaching.

Pasadena-based real estate investment trust (REIT) Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. has launched a first-of-its-kind consortium to catalyze advanced biological innovation and manufacturing.

As a founding member of this consortium of top-tier academic institutions, research hospitals and life science industry partners, Alexandria will have a seat on the board of directors alongside Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies and GE Healthcare Life Sciences, the company said in a statement.

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