BioHealth News Archive
This Gene Could Extend Your Life By 25%
We're another step closer to extending the life span of human beings. Researchers in Switzerland have been studying the effect of genes on the…
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Venture capitalists flock to cybersecurity information-sharing platforms – The Washington Post
Arlington cybersecurity start-up ThreatConnect said Tuesday that it has raised $16 million from investors, led by the corporate venture capital arm of SAP’s North…
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Patients See Potential for Cures in Gene Editing with CRISPR | MIT Technology Review
Jeff Carroll inherited the DNA mutation that causes Huntington’s disease. It means that in a decade or two, he’ll lose control over his body…
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How Pfizer’s Allergan Purchase Will Boost its Drug Pipeline
Supports K@W's Innovation Content Pfizer Inc. raked in more than $12.4 billion in revenue in both 2007 and 2008 from just one drug, Lipitor.…
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Revolution Growth plans for future growth with new hires – Washington Business Journal
The D.C.-based venture capital firm Revolution Growth is bringing on additional talent. The firm, founded by AOL co-founder Steve Case, Monumental Sports & Entertainment's…
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T2 Speakers Series – Dec 9 – “How Regulatory Science at the FDA Leads to Inventions that Benefit the Public” Registration, Rockville
DATE: Wednesday, December 9, 2015LOCATION: Montgomery County Department of Economic Development, 111 Rockville Pike, Suite 800, Rockville, MD 20850 The FDA Technology Transfer program…
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GE Wants To Move All Your Health Data To The Cloud
In this day and age, you can easily share photos through Dropbox, notes in Evernote, or spreadsheets via Google Drive with anyone. But good…
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How to Develop the Next Generation of Medical Innovation Leaders Tickets, Halethorpe
Thursday, December 10, 2015 from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM, bwtech@UMBC Senator Mikulski is retiring. Governor Hogan is just getting started. Who’s the next champion…
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TEDCO hires Andy Jones to manage $106 million Maryland Venture Fund – Baltimore Business Journal
The Maryland Technology Development Corp. (TEDCO) is bringing in an industry veteran to turn its $106 million Maryland Venture Fund into a regional leader…
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A healthcare investing prediction: The world becomes fickle – MedCity News
No one wants to be the flavor of the month – except during that month. That’s the danger for today’s healthcare startups and their…
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JUICE Money: DMV Tickets, Baltimore
Thursday, December 10, 2015 | 6:30pm-8:30pm, Johns Hopkins East, 1101 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 | 3rd Floor Conference Learn how to secure…
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Virginia Beach accelerates efforts to attract biomedical business – Inside Business
Virginia Beach has long been an expert at luring visitors with its sun and sand. But now, there’s a serious effort under way to…
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Discovering New Uses for Old Human Enzymes
A collaboration between the University of Cambridge and MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, has led researchers to identify a…
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New Bio Fund Partner Describes A16Z Investment Strategy – Xconomy
When Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz founded their namesake venture firm in 2009, they laid out a clear-but-narrow vision for investing in a new…
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Here’s How We’ll Probably Make Gene-Edited People With CRISPR – MIT Technology Review
How would you engineer a baby? I mean really, actually do it. Last April, Chinese researchers reported that they had tried genetically editing human…
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