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Three from Hopkins named to National Academy of Inventors | Hub

Three from Hopkins named to National Academy of Inventors | Hub

Three Johns Hopkins faculty members are among 164 creators or co-developers elected as fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, a distinction that recognizes…

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Horseshoe crabs are in danger because everyone wants their blood – The Verge

Horseshoe crabs are in danger because everyone wants their blood – The Verge

Conservationists fear that horseshoe crabs, a 450-million-year-old living fossil, will be pushed to the brink of extinction because of the value of their blood…

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Senior Operations Manager, JLABS @ Washington, DC in Washington, District of Columbia | Non Operating Companies

Senior Operations Manager, JLABS @ Washington, DC in Washington, District of Columbia | Non Operating Companies

Johnson & Johnson Innovation is recruiting a Senior Operations Manager, JLABS @ Washington, DC to be located in Washington, DC.  The goal of Johnson…

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$1B Build Back Better Regional Challenge Finalists | U.S. Economic Development Administration

$1B Build Back Better Regional Challenge Finalists | U.S. Economic Development Administration

The $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge is the marquee of EDA’s American Rescue Plan programs that aims to boost economic recovery from the pandemic…

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Meet Your 2021 BioBuzz Award Winners · BioBuzz

Meet Your 2021 BioBuzz Award Winners · BioBuzz

Last year we had nearly 2,000 votes for our inaugural 2020 awards – this year we not only surpassed that number but smashed it…

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Ellume COVID-19 Home Test to Allow Users to Send Results Directly to Healthcare Providers

Ellume COVID-19 Home Test to Allow Users to Send Results Directly to Healthcare Providers

FREDERICK, Md. and BRISBANE, Australia, Dec. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In anticipation of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's (FDA) granting emergency use authorization…

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Montgomery County Racing To Keep Pace With Booming Life Sciences Market

Maryland's Interstate 270 corridor has been a burgeoning life sciences hub for several years, but with the federal government pumping billions into the region during the…

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WBJ: Exclusive: D.C. startup and Crab Trap winner Nanochon raises millions to upend knee-replacement surgeries

WBJ: Exclusive: D.C. startup and Crab Trap winner Nanochon raises millions to upend knee-replacement surgeries

D.C.’s Nanochon LLC just got a step closer in its quest to get a 3D-printed implant to market — thanks to $2 million in fresh funding…

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How Quantum Computing Will Change Everything (with Chad Rigetti)

How Quantum Computing Will Change Everything (with Chad Rigetti)

Quantum computing won’t be an incremental improvement – it will be a step-change in the power of the technology that underpins a huge part…

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Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Found to be Safe and Effective in Phase 3 Trial Conducted by UM School of Medicine Researchers

Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Found to be Safe and Effective in Phase 3 Trial Conducted by UM School of Medicine Researchers

Research Shows Vaccine Has 90 Percent Efficacy at Preventing Infections; Moderate to Severe Disease Occurred Only in Placebo Recipients An investigational COVID-19 vaccine made…

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Emergent BioSolutions Announces Initiation of Phase 1 Study Evaluating Its Universal Influenza Vaccine Candidate

Emergent BioSolutions Announces Initiation of Phase 1 Study Evaluating Its Universal Influenza Vaccine Candidate

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Dec. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) today announced the first participant dosed in its phase 1 study,…

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Zalgen Relocates Headquarters to Life Sciences Epicenter in Frederick, Maryland

Zalgen Relocates Headquarters to Life Sciences Epicenter in Frederick, Maryland

Frederick, MD, December 16, 2021 – One of the leading biotechnology and diagnostics companies in the field of neglected viral diseases with pandemic potential…

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VT Corporate Research Center Receives GO Virginia Grant to Expand Lab Facilities and Resources | VT Corporate Research Center

VT Corporate Research Center Receives GO Virginia Grant to Expand Lab Facilities and Resources | VT Corporate Research Center

New collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Innovation announced with the aim to accelerate life science sector growth in the New River and Roanoke Valleys…

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$1.1M Grant from GO Virginia Coalition Advancing Biotech at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center (VTCRC)

$1.1M Grant from GO Virginia Coalition Advancing Biotech at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center (VTCRC)

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - “Just watch, we’ve got some great things coming,” Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center President and CEO, Brett Malone said as…

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Vaccitech acquires Avidea Technologies to expand product

Vaccitech acquires Avidea Technologies to expand product

OXFORD, United Kingdom, and BALTIMORE, Dec. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaccitech plc (NASDAQ: VACC), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and…

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