BioHealth News Archive
Discovery of the Genetic Basis of Childhood Cancers and of Structural Birth Defects: Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program (X01)
As part of the Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program (Kids First), the NIH invites applications to use whole genome sequencing at a…
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Johns Hopkins University’s immunotherapy institute aims to transform cancer treatment – Washington Business Journal
Johns Hopkins is setting its sights on an end to cancer with its new Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. {iframe}http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/morning_call/2016/03/hopkins-new-immunotherapy-institute-aims-to.html?ana=e_wash_rdup&s=newsletter&ed=2016-03-30&u=wjGEy67ABoSnsLErlc5ry0j5hx3&t=1459436324&j=71866202{/iframe}
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Paper Diagnostic Tests Could Save Thousands of Lives – Scientific American
When someone with a high fever walks into a rural African clinic, diagnosis could be murky. The symptoms could be those of dengue, Ebola,…
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Bloomberg, others give $125M to Johns Hopkins for new cancer research center – Baltimore Business Journal
Johns Hopkins is launching an immunotherapy center for cancer research with a $125 million gift from longtime Hopkins donors Michael R. Bloomberg and Sidney…
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GSK Pharma to launch more combination vaccines – Business Standard News
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd is looking at launching two or three combination vaccines in India in the near future, to address a host of paediatric…
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Gaithersburg’s MaxCyte lists on the London Stock Exchange, plans to begin immunotherapy drug development – Washington Business Journal
Gaithersburg cell modification technology firm MaxCyte Inc. is expected to go public on the London Stock Exchange Tuesday morning. MaxCyte, which will trade under…
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Mach37 Cybersecurity Accelerator: Spring 2016 Cohort
The cybersecurity industry is predicted to double by 2020 and the DC metro area is the center of cybersecurity innovation in the US. Therefore…
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10 Most Common Questions from Physician Entrepreneurs | Arlen Meyers, MD, MBA – LinkedIn
Physician entrepreneurs or wannapreneurs ask a lot of questions about the processes of biomedical and clinical innovation and entrepreneurship. Given their lack of training…
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Spotlight: Linda Cruz-Carnall, Regional Director, Philadelphia Regional Office
There is an element of synchronicity associated with blogging at this time on my work and career path at the U.S. Department of Commerce…
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Federal Laboratories Consortium Presents: Small Business Forum – April 12, 2016
Are you a local engineering firm, technology-based company, or biohealth startup? Are you a STEM-based business in the Tri-State area? The Federal Laboratory Consortium…
Read MoreColleges ramping up efforts to spin off companies after neglect – Baltimore Sun
Maryland universities have ramped up efforts in recent years to help students and faculty turn their discoveries into growing businesses but lag far behind…
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emocha’s Gorkem Sevinc Wins “CTO of the Year” on World TB Day
SPIRIT OF INNOVATION: “We spend a lot of effort in recruitment to find the right culture fit,” says Gorkem Sevinc, CTO of emocha Mobile…
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Rexahn Pharma (RNN) Announces Additional Data on Supinoxin for Treating Triple Negative Breast Cancer at TAT
Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: RNN) announced today that additional data supporting the Company’s novel, investigational anti-cancer therapeutic, Supinoxin™ (RX-5902), for the treatment of…
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Neopenda: Wearable Vital Signs Monitor for Newborns by Neopenda — Kickstarter
Our mission: improve newborn survival and health in the developing world We are developing cutting edge healthcare technologies for where they’re gravely needed and…
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United Therapeutics CEO Martine Rothblatt says Maryland’s next big manufacturing industry is human organs – Washington Business Journal
For the last several years, Martine Rothblatt has been positioning United Therapeutics to manufacture transplantable human organs. This week, the founder and CEO of…
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