One woman is making her mark at the highest level of U.S. local politics.
She was born in China and successfully carved her path all the way to the state capitol.
CGTN’s Frances Kuo has her story.
On Wednesday, MACo Legislative Committee members Craig Rice (Montgomery), Jan Gardner (Frederick), and Laura Price (Talbot) joined Executive Director Michael Sanderson in support of SB 1030 The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future.
UMB has long been one of the state’s most powerful economic drivers, stimulating $3 billion in economic activity in 2018, up from $2.8 billion in 2016. A significant factor in that growth is the UM BioPark, which occupies 14 acres in West Baltimore providing laboratory and office space to 41 biotechnology companies and over 1,000 employees.
The National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation is accepting applications for its Make Your Medical Device Pitch for Kids competition.
Cell therapy is emerging, cell by cell, into the repertoire of medical therapies. However, it still has not broken into mainstream use. For instance, there are only two FDA-approved chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell treatments in the United States: Kymirah, Novartis’s treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and Yescarta, Kite Pharma’s treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
The Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO), Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced today the findings of an independent economic impact study detailing the economic development contributions of TEDCO’s five core programs to the state of Maryland.
Visibility, speaking out, courage and organization. Forty years ago, these were the things that brought the Orphan Drug Act to life. On Sunday, February 24, across the U.S. and India, over 7,000 supporters gathered in the same passion: speaking out and bringing visibility to the more than 7,000 disorders collectively known as rare diseases, organized under the banner of Racefor7USA and its parent organizations, the Organization for Rare Disease India (ORDI) and Organization for Rare Diseases India in the U.S. (ORDIUSA).
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The NIH is the cornerstone to the world scientific community and is the largest life sciences engine in the US.
Bethesda Bio gives life science companies the ability to be on the doorstep of this invaluable wealth of resources, community, talent, technology, intellectual property, clinical studies. The existing Bethesda central business district provides a vibrant live, work and play environment to recruit and retain the best scientific minds. Over the past two decades, Bethesda has been the center of Montgomery County and the hub of innovation.
Three investment firms topped the list of local tech investors in the DMV region according to CB Insights‘ report, The United States of Venture Capital.
An HIV-positive man in Britain has become the second known adult worldwide to be cleared of the AIDS virus after he received a bone marrow transplant from an HIV resistant donor, his doctors said.