BioHealth News Archive
APLU Names Six Public Research Institutions as Finalists for 2015 Innovation & Economic Prosperity University Awards
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today named six public research institutions as finalists for its third annual Innovation & Economic Prosperity…
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J. Craig Venter Debuts Elite Testing Service Via Health Nucleus – Xconomy
In a move that takes concierge medicine to a whole new level, human genome pioneer J. Craig Venter on Tuesday unveiled a venture that…
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Human Vaccines Project Partners with MedImmune to Help Accelerate Research and Development… — NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ —
MedImmune is the newest member of the Human Vaccines Project, which will help to accelerate the research and development of vaccines and immunotherapies for…
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Vaccine technology developed at Johns Hopkins could lead to treatment for peanut allergies
A $300 million worldwide licensing agreement announced last week between Immunomic Therapeutics and Astellas Pharma to develop treatment for a wide range of allergic…
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Elizabeth Parrish, CEO of BioViva, Claims to Undergo Anti-Aging Therapy – MIT Technology Review
Can aging be slowed by using gene therapy to make permanent changes to a person’s DNA? One Seattle-area woman says she has tried exactly…
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‘Supercoiled’ DNA is more complex than the iconic double helix
DNA doesn't just coil in the iconic double helix immortalized in every high school biology textbook. It also loops into a menagerie of fantastical…
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New Report Gives Guidance on Growing Baltimore Medical Device Community
Attracting mid- to large-sized medical device companies through established innovation hubs is the biggest key to growing Baltimore into a major medical device technology…
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JUICE Money: How to prepare a Winning NIH SBIR/STTR Phase I Proposal
WHEN: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 | 6:30pm-8:30pm WHERE: Johns Hopkins East, 1101 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 | 3rd Floor Conference Room. Learn…
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2016 FLC Awards – Call for Nominations
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2016 FLC awards. One of the most coveted honors in the technology transfer field, the FLC awards…
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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield request for proposals offers $3 million for innovative telemedine programs – Washington Business Journal
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield will award $3 million to nonprofits or government organizations to develop new programs using telemedicine to improve health care access in…
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Data Show “Super Bug” Surveillance System Based on OpGen’s Acuitas(R) Resistome Test Can Identify Potential Outbreaks in Hospitals and Improve Infection Control – MarketWatch
OpGen, Inc. an early-stage commercial molecular testing and bioinformatics company, today announced that new data from a study with its Acuitas [(R)] Resistome Test…
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BD Named 2015 Outstanding Corporate Innovator Winner by Product Development and Management Association – Innovation in Practice
The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA), the premier global advocate for product development and management professionals, announced today that it has awarded the…
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5 healthcare startup pitches that got it wrong (and why) – MedCity NewsMedCity News
Every startup is built on a number of assumptions and undoubtedly some of them will be incorrect. At Dreamit, I’m always stressing the importance…
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Madison health IT startup wins national award | Technology | host.madison.com
Madison healthcare IT startup Redox won a prestigious award at a national healthcare technology conference this week. Redox, which helps app developers get access…
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Immunomic Therapeutics licenses Hopkins-developed vaccine technology for $300M – Baltimore Sun
Immunomic Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing a new type of vaccine based on Johns Hopkins research, has reached a $300 million deal licensing its…
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