BioHealth News Archive
$10.7 Million NIH Grant to University of Maryland Schools of Dentistry and Medicine Funds Study of New Ways to Predict, Prevent, and Treat Sexually Transmitted Infections
A $10.7 million grant to the University of Maryland School of Dentistry and the University of Maryland School of Medicine will fund the collaborative…
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UMD Spin-Off Gets a Boost | UMD Tech Transfer
What do you need to turn a brilliant idea into a business? “A good morale boost,” says Abhishek Motayed, Founder and President of N5 Sensors,…
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Joshua Sharfstein to step down as Maryland health secretary for Johns Hopkins University job – Baltimore Business Journal
Maryland Health Secretary Dr. Joshua Sharfstein will step down in January to join Johns Hopkins University. Sharfstein's move comes as Maryland is trying to…
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Montgomery County Council approves White Oak Science Gateway plan – The Washington Post
The Montgomery County Council gave final approval Tuesday to an ambitious land-use plan designed to spur creation of a new science-focused town center in…
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Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer
The FLC planner visually communicates the outstanding research and development efforts of the federal laboratory system. Images and captions tell the story of the…
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QIAGEN and AstraZeneca Collaborate to Develop Liquid Biopsy-Based Companion Diagnostic to Advance EGFR Mutation Profiling in Lung Cancer Patients – MarketWatch
QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) today announced a collaboration agreement with AstraZeneca PLC (LSE, NYSE and OMX: AZN) for the co-development and…
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This Baltimore startup wants to enable full doctor checkups with smartphones. But first, it’s selling bags – Baltimore Business Journal
Baltimore startup Quantified Care thinks it's possible for doctors to do an entire check-up with a smartphone and a bag of gadgets. It wants…
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Could swapping a handshake for a fist bump help squash hospital infections?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ditching handshakes in favor of more informal fist bumps could help cut down on the spread of bacteria and illnesses,…
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NIH’s Formula for Innovation: People + Ideas + Time – Promising Practices – Management – GovExec.com
In these times of tight budgets and rapidly evolving science, we must consider new ways to invest biomedical research dollars to achieve maximum impact—to…
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How to Run a Team of People Who Never See Each Other – Promising Practices – Management – GovExec.com
Millions of people make a living without ever setting foot in an office. Particularly in technology, companies are moving away from just outsourcing rote…
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The Complete Guide to Having a Creative Breakthrough – Promising Practices – Management – GovExec.com
We all struggle for a moment of insight. Whether you’ve been banging your head against the wall for days or just woke up to…
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Barriers to innovation – Jamil Nasir
The Global Innovation Index (GII) report, jointly produced by Cornell University, Insead and Wipo every year, has become a leading source of reference on…
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The First Trillion-Dollar Startup – TechCrunch
In 1957, eight entrepreneurs decided to do something that seemed crazy. They launched a new tech company called Fairchild Semiconductor in a small town…
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Montgomery County unveils initiative to put 40,000 laptops and tablets in schools – The Washington Post
Montgomery County plans to launch a major technology initiative in its public schools in August, providing 40,000 laptops and tablets to students as part…
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12 Industry-Venture Fund Alliances: 2014 Edition – GEN
It helps to have a friend. And for several pharma giants scrambling to cut R&D costs, those friends are venture capital firms that co-invest…
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