BioHealth News Archive

ATCC and Evercyte form a partnership to develop and distribute immortalized human cells and cell lines

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 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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Fortify founders close accelerator to focus on web series, new ventures

Fortify founders close accelerator to focus on web series, new ventures

The Fort, one of the first startup accelerators in the D.C. area, may be closing its physical doors, but according to Jonathon Perrelli, managing…

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Launch of Horizon 2020 – The EU Framewok Programme for Research – From James Gavigan

Launch of Horizon 2020 – The EU Framewok Programme for Research – From James Gavigan

The following is an email sent by James P Gavigan, PhD, Head of the Science, Technology and Education Section, Delegation of the European Union to…

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