BioHealth News Archive
The Biggest Mistake Doctors Make – Wall Street Journal – WSJ.com
A patient with abdominal pain dies from a ruptured appendix after a doctor fails to do a complete physical exam. A biopsy comes back…
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Watson now open for app development – Healthcare IT News
IBM has made its Watson cognitive computing technology available as a cloud-based app development platform, and healthcare vendors are already getting in on the…
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PCLS Announces Partnership with 20/20 GeneSystems (Rockville, MD) to offer PAULA’s Test to Aid in the Early Detection of Lung Cancer
Physician’s Choice Laboratory Services (PCLS) announced today that it has recently partnered with Genesys Biolabs, a division of 20/20 GeneSystems, Inc. (Rockville, MD) to…
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Who are some of the billionaires investing in mobile health?
Mark Cuban’s comments about personalized health may have turned a few heads but as one source soberly reminded us, he is not the first…
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Center for Health-Related Informatics and Bioimaging – Video
A new interdisciplinary center at the University of Maryland is at the forefront of a digital revolution in health care. {iframe}http://vimeo.com/79494983{/iframe}
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MedImmune appoints immunologist as head of research – Washington Business Journal
Gaithersburg-based biotech MedImmune has appointed Yong-Jun Liu, chief scientific officer of the Baylor Research Institute, as its new head of research. The appointment puts…
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Student invention delivers better, safer heart shocks
Johns Hopkins undergraduate students have invented a system to shock a dangerously irregular heart back into normal rhythm more safely and effectively. The two-component…
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Startup Maryland Announces Great 8 Finalists for Pitch Across Maryland 2013
The past month has seen a flurry of social engagement around the Pitch Across Maryland and the 160+ videos we amassed during the month-long…
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The 2013 Entrepreneur Expo – Hosted by TEDCO
Monday, November 18, 2013, BWI Airport Marriott The 2013 Entrepreneur Expo hosted by The Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) brings together all of Maryland’s entrepreneurial…
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Two venture capital firms picked to receive InvestMD funds – Baltimore Business Journal
Two more venture capital firms have been selected to receive InvestMD funds that they will invest in local startup companies. EnerTech Capital Partners will…
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New Enterprise Associates Sets up Shop in Kendall Square – Xconomy
New Enterprise Associates has had a hand in a number of Boston’s biotech startups over the years. But it wasn’t until now that the…
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Johns Hopkins halfway to $4.5 billion fundraising goal – baltimoresun.com
Johns Hopkins is more than halfway to its $4.5 billion fundraising goal, the university announced Wednesday, with the money helping to support initiatives that…
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Professor Venture Fair – Bioscience Research and Technology Review Day
The Professor Venture Fair began at Bioscience Day 2007 and has become an annual event that gives faculty inventors the opportunity to pitch their…
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Office of Technology Commercialization – Panel Discussion by Industry Experts and Venture Capitalists – Bioscience Research and Technology Review Day
Theme: "The First Mile of a Marathon". The theme explores the next steps towards commercialization of University developed technologies. Most inventors painstakingly develop their…
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12 healthcare industry trends driving Cardinal Health’s investment and innovation strategy
In the past few years, pharmaceutical distributor Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) has acquired a major distributor and half a dozen pharmaceutical companies in China. It…
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