BioHealth News Archive
Hrabowski Fund for innovation to perpetuate great progress – The Retriever Weekly
Being one of the top institutions for higher education in the nation is something the UMBC community prides itself on. To continue along the…
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Computers “taught” to identify regulating gene sequences – R&D Magazine
Johns Hopkins researchers have succeeded in teaching computers how to identify commonalities in DNA sequences known to regulate gene activity, and to then use…
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Venture capital soars in third quarter in Maryland – Gazette.Net
Running a company that processes credit card information can help an executive keep his finger on the pulse of the economy. Hossein Noshirvani has…
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Breakthrough Offers a Better Way to Make Drugs – MIT Technology Review
Despite the huge amounts of money that the pharmaceutical industry spends on drug discovery, it is notoriously old-fashioned in how it actually makes its…
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Life Sciences Salary Survey 2012 – The Scientist Magazine
Salaries hinted at a recovery last year after a noticeable dip in 2010—the first-ever drop in The Scientist’s 10-year history of surveying the life…
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SAIC names heads of post-split companies – Washington Business Journal
McLean-based SAIC Inc., which said in August it would split its operations into two separate, publicly traded companies, says current chief executive John Jumper…
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Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund Receives National Economic Development Award
The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission (Commission) announced today that it has received the 2012 Excellence in Technology-Based Economic Development (TBED) Award from the…
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Long-Term Sea Level Rise Could Cost Washington, D.C., Billions
A University of Maryland study projects that Washington, D.C., city and federal property could suffer billions of dollars in damage if sea level rise…
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Emergent sets ambitious drug acquisition goal – Washington Business Journal
Rockville-based Emergent BioSolutions Inc. said Thursday it plans to develop or acquire three specialty products in biodefense and other markets by 2015, part of…
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Asian Pacific American Community news in the Washington DC metropolitan area – Asian Fortune
Since leaving China over two decades ago, I have been amazed at the scale and speed of the physical transformation the country is undergoing.…
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Anthrax Drug Effective, FDA Staff Finds – MedPage Today
The FDA seemed to tentatively support the benefits of the investigational monoclonal antibody raxibacumab for treating inhalational anthrax following new animal studies, documents released…
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Gb.tc aims for less ‘stuffy’ Tech Night at Lexington Market – Baltimore Business Journal
Baltimore’s annual soiree for the tech crowd is headed to a different part of town this year. Tech Night, formerly a $180-a-head event held…
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Hopkins wins dispute over Germantown farm | WashingtonExaminer.com
A judge ruled Thursday in favor of Johns Hopkins University in a years-long dispute over land slated to be used for a "Science City"…
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Startup Bus records 168 pitch videos from Maryland bus tour – baltimoresun.com
Back in September, a brightly-colored "Startup Bus" toured Maryland, encouraging entrepreneurs to come out of the woodwork to put together business plans and pitch…
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University researchers work with UMB officials to develop brain tumor solution – The Diamondback : Top News: mpower, partnership, research,
After carrying out a frustrating brain surgery in January of 2008, neurosurgeon J. Marc Simard found himself sitting in a cafe, contemplating a problem.…
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