BioHealth News Archive
NIH announces six funding opportunities for the BRAIN Initiative in fiscal 2014 – ScienceBlog.com
The National Institutes of Health is releasing funding opportunities to build a new arsenal of tools and technologies for unlocking the mysteries of the…
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Gates Foundation Gets UCSF Chief Desmond-Hellmann as New CEO – Xconomy
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation just got a physician, big university administrator, and one of the world’s most respected drug developers rolled into…
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ATCC and Evercyte form a partnership to develop and distribute immortalized human cells and cell lines
Combined capabilities provide scientists with access to new and existing immortalized cell lines for use in broad research applications and clinical markets. ATCC, the…
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Johns Hopkins students are among the world’s most driven – Baltimore Business Journal
Johns Hopkins University has the sixth-most driven student body in the world, according to data compiled by London-based startup ViewsOnYou. The website uses three…
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NHLBI Funding Opportunity Announcements, December 17, 2013
Funding and Research Opportunities The following funding opportunity announcements from the NHLBI or other components of the National Institutes of Health, might be of…
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DreamIT Health Baltimore participants will get $50,000 in funding – Baltimore Business Journal
Startups selected for the DreamIt Health Baltimore accelerator program will get $50,000 in seed funding and access to industry heavyweights like Northrop Grumman Corp.…
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Multivitamins Are a Waste of Money, Doctors Say: Scientific American
People should stop wasting their money on dietary supplements, some physicians said today, in response to three large new studies that showed most multivitamin…
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MdBio Foundation brings together students and STEM professionals at inaugural LOFT event
On Saturday November 16, participants of the first ever Maryland Leaders on Fast Track (LOFT) symposium gathered at Johns Hopkins University in Rockville to…
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Emergent BioSolutions seeks to buy land from city for expansion – baltimoresun.com
Emergent BioSolutions wants to exercise an option to buy 8 acres next to its East Baltimore manufacturing facility for an expansion that eventually could…
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Maryland chancellor shares ideas to enhance effectiveness of America’s research universities
For research universities to produce the ideas and talent the United States needs in order to lead in the 21st century, they “must make…
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Maryland Mobile Lab Brings Science to Students
Instead of looking at pictures in textbooks or working with simulations on computers, high school students across Maryland have a chance to experiment with…
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AccelerateBaltimore Application Deadline Extended – Apply by December 31,2013
What is your New Year resolution? Get your idea to the market with funding and resources? We can help you! AccelerateBaltimore™ is an initiative…
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The American Way of Hiring Is Making Long-Term Unemployment Worse – Gretchen Gavett – Harvard Business Review
There are currently more than 4 million Americans who have been unemployed for 27 weeks or more. This figure doesn’t include those who work…
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How to Reinvent Yourself After 50 – Dorie Clark – Harvard Business Review
I was manning a booth at the Harvard Club of New York’s authors’ night when an older woman approached and picked up a copy…
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GSK to spend $1 billion to raise stake in Indian unit | Reuters
GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK) (GSK.L) said on Monday it plans to raise its stake in its Indian pharmaceutical unit to up to 75 percent from…
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