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Baltimore Innovation Week 2013: 45+ events, 80+ partners, 5,500+ attendees » Technical.ly Baltimore

Baltimore Innovation Week 2013: 45+ events, 80+ partners, 5,500+ attendees » Technical.ly Baltimore

Nearly 6,000 people took part in the second annual Baltimore Innovation Week at the end of September, in partnership with many great organizations throughout…

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Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Holds Parent STEM Workshop

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Holds Parent STEM Workshop

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) will hold its second annual Parent STEMpowerment Workshop on Nov. 17, in the Kossiakoff Center on…

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U.S.-Russia Innovation Corridor Hosts Biotech & IT Startups

U.S.-Russia Innovation Corridor Hosts Biotech & IT Startups

Furthering a commitment to bilateral innovation, a delegation of five biomedical and information technology companies from the University of Nizhny Novgorod visited the University…

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University System of Maryland signs on for new role in region — SoMdNews.com

University System of Maryland signs on for new role in region — SoMdNews.com

A merger of the University System of Maryland and the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center is one step closer after leaders signed an agreement…

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Digital Healthcare: Efficient? Yes. Effective? Maybe

Digital Healthcare: Efficient? Yes. Effective? Maybe

The increasing digitization of healthcare could shake up the industry in many ways, from allowing doctors to do their jobs more efficiently to reducing…

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GSK announces new apprentice and graduate engineering opportunities in the UK during Tomorrow’s Engineers Week

GSK announces new apprentice and graduate engineering opportunities in the UK during Tomorrow’s Engineers Week

GSK today announced the recruitment of 140 new apprentices over the next two years in the UK – of which a third will be…

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DreamIt Health Medtech Startup Incubator Coming to Baltimore

DreamIt Health Medtech Startup Incubator Coming to Baltimore

DreamIt Health, a new health startup incubator that paired entrepreneurs around Philadelphia with experts from Independence Blue Cross and Penn Medicine to help commercialize new ideas, is…

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Cambridge deals top $23bn in seven months – Business Weekly

Cambridge deals top $23bn in seven months – Business Weekly

Another massive acquisition by MedImmune and a new fund to uncover the next ARM lit up a vibrant October when deals in the Cambridge…

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Attend the LAST DreamIt Health Information Sessions!

Attend the LAST DreamIt Health Information Sessions!

Attend the last DreamIt Health information sessions on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm at the Johns Hopkins Brain Science…

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GrayBug taps CEO, $1.5M in venture money – Baltimore Business Journal

GrayBug taps CEO, $1.5M in venture money – Baltimore Business Journal

GrayBug LLC, a startup ophthalmic drug company spun out of Johns Hopkins University’s Wilmer Eye Institute, has hired its first full-time CEO and raised…

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Five Questions with Leslie Ford Weber – Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus Blog

Five Questions with Leslie Ford Weber – Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus Blog

Johns Hopkins Montgomery County Campus Executive Director Elaine Amir retired Sept. 30. On an interim basis, Leslie Ford Weber is serving as campus executive…

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WellDoc developing mhealth tool to predict hyperglycemia

WellDoc developing mhealth tool to predict hyperglycemia

Type 2 diabetes is viewed as one of the biggest drivers of healthcare costs partly because of the complications that can arise from the…

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GSK, Sanofi join Gates Foundation vaccine R&D initiative – FierceVaccines

GSK, Sanofi join Gates Foundation vaccine R&D initiative – FierceVaccines

Vaccine manufacturers are often criticized for investing in shots aimed at high-margin Western markets, while neglecting diseases affecting the developing world. This week, the…

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Fidelity Biosciences and REGENX Biosciences Launch Dimension Therapeutics to Develop and Commercialize Novel AAV Gene Therapy Products | Business Wire

Fidelity Biosciences and REGENX Biosciences Launch Dimension Therapeutics to Develop and Commercialize Novel AAV Gene Therapy Products | Business Wire

Fidelity Biosciences and REGENX Biosciences today announced the formation of Dimension Therapeutics, a gene therapy company focused on developing novel treatments for rare diseases.…

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26 Md. companies get venture deals in 3rd Q 2013 – National Venture Capital Association

26 Md. companies get venture deals in 3rd Q 2013 – National Venture Capital Association

The number of Maryland companies receiving venture capital increased to 26 in the 3rd quarter of 2013, doubling the number of deals in the…

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