BioHealth News Archive
Johns Hopkins Team Wins Entrepreneurs’ Choice Award at Venture Capital Competition – JHTV
Johns Hopkins works not only to foster startups whose products have the potential to improve the well-being of people all over the world, but…
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GSK, Francis Crick Institute to Partner on Open R&D Projects
The Francis Crick Institute, the UK’s newest biomedical research facility, and GSK, the UK’s largest pharmaceutical company, are to partner on an open innovation…
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‘Organs-on-chips’ go mainstream – Nature
Researchers who are developing miniature models of human organs on plastic chips have touted the nascent technology as a way to replace animal models.…
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United Therapeutics Corporation: Mayo Clinic and United Therapeutics Collaborate on Lung Restoration Center
Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, and United Therapeutics Corporation (NASDAQ: UTHR) today announced a collaboration to build and operate a lung restoration center on…
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The Startup Shakeup: Can Small, Innovative Companies Break Into DC Contracting Scene? – Nextgov.com
Sharath Mekala’s two-person tech startup isn’t a textbook government contractor. Village Defense, spawned through a startup incubator called 1776, develops a free app that…
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Exit interview with outgoing University System of Maryland Chancellor Brit Kirwan | InsideHigherEd
William (Brit) Kirwan has been a top university administrator over nearly three decades of vast change in higher education. During that time he's seen…
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Researchers discover a likely new factor in age-related hearing loss – ScienceBlog.com
Conventional wisdom has long blamed age-related hearing loss almost entirely on the death of sensory hair cells in the inner ear, but research from neuroscientists…
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Upcoming Events | July BioBuzz in Gaithersburg with TEDCO & MII – BioBuzz
We are excited to be returning to Growlers in Gaithersburg this month for BioBuzz MoCo with our Sponsor Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII), a TEDCO program, as…
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Daniels applauds passage of House bill that includes funding support for biomedical research – Hub
The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly today in favor of a bipartisan bill that would speed the development of lifesaving drugs and medical…
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Inside Johns Hopkins’s Applied Physics Laboratory (Slideshow)- The Washington Post
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) has provided critical contributions to critical challenges with systems engineering and integration, technology research and development,…
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GSK and UC San Diego form cancer stem cells pact
GlaxoSmithKline is bringing on board the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Centre to work on a programme aimed…
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More than 100 Organizations Support 21st Century Cures Innovation Fund
This morning as the House considers H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, more than 100 patient groups and organizations are voicing their support…
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Register for NHLBI Small Biz Hangout: Developing a Target Product Profile
Learn about the Target Product Profile (TPP) – a tool used by many biomedical innovators to define, stage, and allocate resources to different aspects…
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Commentary: To build a STEM workforce, listen to the scientists – The Washington Post
Dina Link may not be a household name, but she holds one of the most important jobs in the American economy: high school science…
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What Health Care Can Learn from Silicon Valley Webinar
Tuesday, July 14th, 12 p.m. ET In Silicon Valley, Big Data drives decisions. In health care, half the country runs on paper charts. In…
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