BioHealth News Archive
Johns Hopkins scientists pair blood test and gene sequencing to detect cancer – Science Codex
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have combined the ability to detect cancer DNA in the blood with genome sequencing technology in…
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Chinese Medicine Booming – Business Insider
According to the consensus, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) will fall in popularity as young people grow up and demand chemical medicines. But Morgan Stanley's…
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Maryland, A great place to start your business – Startup America Partnership
Historically startups have been synonymous with Silicon Valley, but as more and more communities across the country support entrepreneurs we hope to change this perception.…
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QIAGEN Gains SFDA Approval to Market careHPV Test in China – Expanding Access to HPV Testing in Low-resource Countries – redOrbit
QIAGEN N.V. today announced that China’s State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has approved QIAGEN’s careHPV Test and instrument platform. The careHPV Test is…
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Spending on academic research rose 6.9% in 2011 – Inside Higher Ed
Research university administrators are understandably jittery about the fiscal cliff facing policy makers in Washington, given the prospect that federal budget cutbacks would shave…
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Eleven Montgomery County Companies Make Inc. 500 List
This week, October 15-19, 2012, is Economic Development Week across Maryland, initiated and sponsored by the Maryland Economic Development Association (MEDA). In recognition, the…
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MdBio Foundation Names Brian Gaines as CEO – MarketWatch
The MdBio Foundation, Inc. today announced that it has named Brian Gaines as its CEO. Gaines brings more than 25 years of leadership, philanthropic…
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ETC’s AccelerateBaltimore™ Continues to Build & Grow Baltimore Businesses
Baltimore City’s technology incubator, Emerging Technology Center (ETC), announced today that 14 experienced mentors have agreed to participate in the 2013 program, AccelerateBaltimore™. AccelerateBaltimore™…
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Federal government and big pharma seen as increasingly diminished source of research funding
In a commentary to be published in the Dec. 12 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association, two Johns Hopkins faculty members…
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Montgomery County considers investing in companies – WashingtonExaminer.com
Businesses that receive economic development money from Montgomery County soon might have to share some of their profit with the county government. A bill…
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TATRC’s Technology Transfer/Commercialization Program could be a model for speeding viable medical innovations to the warfighter
The goal of the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command (USAMRMC) is to translate…
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MedImmune Ventures Joins $37.5M Series B For AGTC – Baltimore Citybizlist
Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation, (AGTC), a privately-held, clinical stage biotechnology company developing gene therapy products to treat rare retinal diseases, announced today that it…
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Investors Interested in Health IT—With Caveats – Xconomy
Established companies such as Dell Computer (NASDAQ: DELL) and Becton Dickinson (NYSE: BDX) say they are eager to invest in health IT startups—they just need…
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New healthcare angel fund wants disruptive ideas to reduce wasteful spending in acute care – MedCity News
There’s a new early stage angel fund in town, and it’s on the hunt for creative, out-of-the box ideas for improving the delivery of…
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Tech Council of Maryland CEO to Step Down in February – MarketWatch
The Tech Council of Maryland, Maryland's largest technology trade association with more than 400 biotechnology and technology members employing more than 200,000 in the…
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