BioHealth News Archive
QIAGEN announces broadening of GeneReader NGS System applications into hereditary disease analysis | Business Wire
QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today introduced seamless next-generation sequencing (NGS) solutions for a wide range of hereditary diseases on the…
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DC area is home to 2 of the nation’s best children’s hospitals | WTOP
Hospitals in D.C. and Baltimore rank among the best in the nation, according to a new list released by U.S. News & World Report.…
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Turning A Phage – YouTube
Joel Grimwood needed a new heart, but a chronic bacterial infection lurking within his implanted ventricle assist device made getting one impossible. Five transplant…
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UCSD launches bacteriophage treatment center – BioCentury
The University of California San Diego launched the Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH) to develop bacteriophages to fight multidrug-resistant bacteria. The…
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Superbug killers find a home at UC San Diego – The San Diego Union-Tribune
What started with a wife’s stubborn refusal to give up on her husband who lay dying of a superbug infection has become a whole…
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Can bacteria-slaying viruses defeat antibiotic-resistant infections? A new U.S. clinical center aims to find out | Science | AAAS
One piece of good news can make all the difference. In the fight against antibiotic-resistant infections, a decades-old approach based on bacteria-slaying viruses called…
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Scientists Are Using Viruses to Fight Drug-Resistant Bacteria | Time
A new medical research center in San Diego is embracing an innovative way to treat antibiotic resistant infections called bacteriophage therapy—phage therapy for short—which…
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First phage therapy center in the U.S. signals growing acceptance
When her husband was dying of a drug-resistant infection, Steffanie Strathdee had a last-ditch idea. They could try treating him with a virus that…
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The Greater Washington Partnership is teaming with universities to build a set of regional tech credentials – Washington Business Journal
The Greater Washington Partnership, an alliance of local CEOs, is launching a formal collaboration program with a swath of regional universities — part of…
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United Therapeutics CEO Explains Why Healthcare Is Overly Expensive – Observer
United Therapeutics CEO Martine Rothblatt may not sound like a familiar name to an average person, but in the healthcare industry, she is a…
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Precision medicine: Where we are and where we’re going – MedCity News
We’re hearing more and more about precision medicine and how it can positively impact medicine. But what is preventing it from reaching its full…
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Silence Therapeutics strengthens Board and leadership team – PharmaTimes
Silence Therapeutics has appointed Dave Lemus to its Board as non-executive director and Richard Jenkins as head of clinical development. Dave has over 20…
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Iowa AgriTech Accelerator Announces Class of 2018 – Successful Farming
The second annual Iowa AgriTech Accelerator has chosen five start-up companies to participate in its 2018 program. These innovators will spend 100 days in…
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TEDCO has new funding and programming for underserved founders – Technical.ly Baltimore
TEDCO plans to provide funding and business-building programming to entrepreneurs from groups who are often overlooked by investors through a new fund that will…
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How CEO Martine Rothblatt Turns Moonshots Into Earthshots
From cofounding Sirius Satellite Radio to launching a biotech company to find a cure for her daughter’s illness, Martine Rothblatt has had so much…
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