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The American Society of Hematology is holding its 60th Annual Meeting & Exposition starting December 1 and running through December 4 in San Diego. Most of the players, big and small, in cancer drug therapies will be there, presenting updates and breaking stories about their hematology pipelines.
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November 30 Research Roundup: CRISPR Embryos, Brain-Computer Interface, ADHD Genetic Variants and...
11/30/2018
There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them. Although most readers will already be aware of it, the biggest story, perhaps the biggest story of the year—certainly the most controversial—involves a Chinese researcher who used CRISPR to m... -
Many of these directors do not publicly disclose their affiliation with the pharma companies in their nonprofit biographies, report shows.
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New Research Identifies Genetic Variants Linked Separately to ADHD and Autism Speech Issues
11/29/2018
Scientists from a consortium of prominent research institutions studied the entire genomes of more than 20,000 people with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and compared them to the genomes of 35,000 who did not have ADHD. They identified 12 genetic variants in the ADHD group, sugge... -
Every year, Forbes creates a list of 30 Under 30, people under the age of 30 who have made a mark and show promise in various areas. They just came out with the 2019 30 Under 30: Healthcare. Here we highlight a dozen of the winners for their roles in biopharma-related endeavors.
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Yesterday, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) published research in the journal Science Advances describing yet another CRISPR improvement.
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Every year, the Breakthrough Prize Foundation awards a collective total of $22 million to nine researchers for achievements in the Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics.
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Recently, 23andMe partnered with GlaxoSmithKline, causing the Forbes Technology Council to cite eight ways these types of partnerships will affect disease treatments. These types of partnerships aren’t exactly new.
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Trovagene Announces Exclusive License Agreement with MIT for Combination Therapy of Anti-Androgens and Polo-like Kinase Inhibitors in Prostate Cancer
10/3/2018
Patent agreement covers rights to develop combination therapies and identified predictive clinical biomarker across cancer types, expanding indications for Onvansertib
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Watertown, Massachusetts-based Lyra Therapeutics closed a Series B financing worth $29.5 million. Its lead compound is LYR-210, which the company plans to take into a Phase II clinical trial for chronic rhinosinusitis
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It was a win for the Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University, as a federal court of appeals ruled against the University of California (UC) on CRISPR patents.
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In another example of companies focused on aging-related diseases, Elevian launched with $5.5 million in seed funding. Elevian’s founders came out of Stanford and then Harvard, focused on regenerative effects of “young blood.”
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RootPath, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced a $7 million seed funding round. The financing was led by Sequoia China. Volcanics Venture, BV (Baidu Ventures) and NestBio Ventures participated.
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Merus Announces Formation of a Scientific Advisory Board
8/22/2018
Merus N.V. (Nasdaq:MRUS), a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company developing innovative bispecific antibody therapeutics (Biclonics®), today announced the formation of a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), consisting of several world-renowned immuno-oncology and drug development professionals.
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There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them.
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Watertown, Massachusetts-based SQZ Biotechnologies completed an oversubscribed Series C financing worth $72 million. New investors included Everblue, Illumina Ventures, Invus, Orient Life, and Viva Ventures Biotech Group.
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IGM Biosciences, a privately-held biotech company located in Mountain View, California, announced that Daniel S. Chen will be the company’s new chief medical officer. Chen arrives from Genentech/Roche, where he was most recently vice president, Global Head of Cancer Immunotherapy.
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July 13 Research Roundup: Gene Therapy for Cholesterol, Beta-Thalassemia, and Kidney Disease, and...
7/13/2018
There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them from gene therapy for cholesterol to kidney disease and more. -
Charles River Adds ERS License to CRISPR/Cas9 Service Offering
12/6/2017
The license, coupled with the existing license through the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, allows Charles River to offer custom in vivo and in vitro genome editing.
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Syngenta Obtains Non-Exclusive IP License From Broad Institute for CRISPR-Cas9 Genome-Editing Technology for Agriculture Applications
11/2/2017
CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology complements Syngenta’s already robust plant breeding innovation toolbox