BioHealth News Archive

Harvard Researchers Find that 83% of Radiologists Fail to See Gorilla in the Midst—of a Lung Scan! | Dark Daily

Harvard Researchers Find that 83% of Radiologists Fail to See Gorilla in the Midst—of a Lung Scan! | Dark Daily

Pathologists and clinical laboratory professionals who regularly analyze images will be interested in the findings of a research study designed to assess how the…

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UM Ventures and SilcsBio, LLC Announce Licensing Agreement | Reuters

UM Ventures and SilcsBio, LLC Announce Licensing Agreement | Reuters

 University of Maryland (UM) Ventures and SilcsBio, LLC announced today that SilcsBio has obtained exclusive rights to a technology licensed from the University of…

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Crowdfunding in healthcare isn’t easy – Health Tech Hatch turns to Indiegogo to make it work — Tech News and Analysis

Crowdfunding in healthcare isn’t easy – Health Tech Hatch turns to Indiegogo to make it work — Tech News and Analysis

Health Tech Hatch, a site launched last fall as a crowdfunding site specifically for health startups, is joining forces with one of the biggest…

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San Diego Life Sciences Incubator Janssen Labs Expands to the Bay Area | San Diego Business Journal

San Diego Life Sciences Incubator Janssen Labs Expands to the Bay Area | San Diego Business Journal

Through collaboration between Johnson & Johnson Innovation and the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), Janssen will create a 5,000-square-foot lab space within QB3’s…

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GlycoMimetics CEO Rachel King named Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board Chair – MDBIZNews

GlycoMimetics CEO Rachel King named Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board Chair – MDBIZNews

Governor Martin O’Malley today announced that Rachel King, co-founder and CEO of GlycoMimetics in Gaithersburg, has been named chair of the Maryland Life Sciences…

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Surgeons at Duke University Hospital Implant Bioengineered Vein – DukeHealth.org

Surgeons at Duke University Hospital Implant Bioengineered Vein – DukeHealth.org

In a first-of-its-kind operation in the United States, a team of doctors at Duke University Hospital helped create a bioengineered blood vessel and transplanted…

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SBIR Reauthorization Moves Forward | BIOtechNow

SBIR Reauthorization Moves Forward | BIOtechNow

NIH has reissued its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Omnibus Grant Solicitation announcement, which states that small businesses that are majority-owned by multiple venture…

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Telehealth sees explosive growth | Healthcare IT News

Telehealth sees explosive growth | Healthcare IT News

Healthcare providers are taking telemedicine to new heights, with the market seeing growth of a whopping 237 percent within a five-year period, according to…

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Google Ventures partner: Bring on the pitches for HIT and Google Glass for healthcare | MedCity News

Google Ventures partner: Bring on the pitches for HIT and Google Glass for healthcare | MedCity News

More than 60 companies showed off their health data applications at Datapalooza IV this week and Krishna Yeshwant, a partner at Google Ventures, was…

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Rock Health version 5 features Google Glass for doctors, tremor cancelation technology | MedCity News

Rock Health version 5 features Google Glass for doctors, tremor cancelation technology | MedCity News

San Francisco digital health accelerator Rock Health is kicking off its fifth program next week, and it has some unique startups in the mix.…

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18th CBA Annual Conference | Chinese Biopharmaceutical Association, USA

18th CBA Annual Conference | Chinese Biopharmaceutical Association, USA

The Chinese Biopharmaceutical Association, USA (CBA) will host the 18th Annual Conference at the University of Maryland Shady Grove Conference Center on Saturday, June…

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Baltimore among best cities for recent college grads – Baltimore Business Journal

Baltimore among best cities for recent college grads – Baltimore Business Journal

Baltimore ranks No. 4 on a new NerdWallet list of the best cities for recent college grads to live in. The report from the…

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You’ve Only Got 8 Minutes With the Doctor So Talk Fast | Care2 Causes

You’ve Only Got 8 Minutes With the Doctor So Talk Fast | Care2 Causes

Eight minutes: this is approximately (1) how long it takes sunlight to reach the earth; (2) how long it takes to hard-boil an egg (if…

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Computers vs. patients: A day in the life of a modern intern – Health & wellness – The Boston Globe

Computers vs. patients: A day in the life of a modern intern – Health & wellness – The Boston Globe

If you’re a medical intern, most of what you need to do your job can be pulled off a computer screen: Blood test results.…

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The Biotech IPO Scorecard: Who’s Up, Who’s Down in 2013 | Xconomy

The Biotech IPO Scorecard: Who’s Up, Who’s Down in 2013 | Xconomy

Remember Plexxikon? The Berkeley, CA-based company had a lot of talent for structural biology-based drug design, an impressive new treatment for melanoma, and a…

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