BioHealth News Archive
University of Maryland Receives NIH Grant for Age-Related Changes in Renal Morphology and Function in Chronic Kidney Disease -Optical Coherence Tomography News
University of Maryland Received a 2013 NIH Grant for $219,084 for Age-Related Changes in Renal Morphology and Function in Chronic Kidney Disease. The principal…
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How can the human genome map help you right now? Mayo Clinic lists 10 ways – MedCity News
I don’t think I’ve ever (in 20+ years of writing) reprinted a press release verbatim. Often I don’t even get to the end of them…
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United Therapeutics Announces FDA Acceptance of Second Resubmission of Oral Treprostinil NDA – MarketWatch
United Therapeutics Corporation announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has acknowledged the resubmission of the new drug application (NDA) for…
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Cells inside a body reprogrammed to become stem cells New Scientist
Normal adult cells have been reprogrammed to become stem cells inside live mice for the first time. As stem cells can be coaxed into…
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University of Maryland, Northrop Grumman Announce Launch of Nation’s First Cybersecurity Honors Program, Sept. 25
The University of Maryland and Northrop Grumman will jointly announce the launch of the Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students (ACES), the nation's first cybersecurity…
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Interested in starting your own technology company?…Start with INNoVATE
The INNo program trains research scientists in the entrepreneurial skills needed to bring technology inventions and services to the healthcare market. Participants in the…
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What’s attracting big pharma to pre-clinical deals? – MedCity News
Roche’s move to skip over Inovio’s (NYSE: INO) late stage drugs for cervical cancer and Hepatitis C and make a beeline for its preclinical…
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Big deals: The 10 biggest D.C. Tech investments of 2013 – Washington Business Journal
Two Washington region tech companies — Clarabridge Inc. and Virtustream Inc. — rolled out a combined $120 million in funding on Tuesday, another sign…
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Lessons from Boston – Abell Foundation’s Report Comparing Innovation Ecosystems – Baltimore Citybizlist
The Abell Foundation underwrote a comparison of Baltimore’s innovation ecosystem with that of Boston. Sean Pool and Matt Van Itallie, of Canterbury Road Partners,…
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UMD Startup Shell – Who Is in the Shell? on Vimeo
This video is the first in a series about Startup Shell, the first student-founded, student-run venture incubator at the University of Maryland. The Startup…
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Target launches healthcare innovation challenge. It’s aim: simplify healthcare – MedCity News
Target has joined one of the growing trends in healthcare: innovation challenges. It announced on Monday two contests: one will seek a solution that…
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Pitch perfect – The Daily Times
Maryland entrepreneurs are getting the chance to bring their small business plans directly to a panel of angel investors who could bring those ideas…
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Harvard University Partners With VC Firms To Launch New Fund
Harvard University has partnered with several venture capital firms to launch The Experiment Fund. The Experiment Fund is starting with $10 million and was…
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UMd. system spurs 187 new companies from research, report says – Baltimore Business Journal
University System of Maryland increased the number of new companies formed out of university technology by 29 percent in fiscal 2013 and is aiming…
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Hopkins inches up in U.S. News rankings – baltimoresun.com
The Johns Hopkins University edged closer to the top 10 of national universities on the U.S. News and World Report annual rankings, which were…
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