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Cancer Immunotherapy Biotech Issues $80M IPO

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A biotechnology company designing immunotherapies for solid tumor cancers with a patient’s white blood cells is raising $80 million in its initial public offering or IPO. . . . → Read More: Cancer Immunotherapy Biotech Issues $80M IPO

One-Time Crispr HIV Therapy Given Fast-Track Status

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A treatment for HIV taken just once, using the genome-editing technology Crispr, is receiving fast-track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. . . . → Read More: One-Time Crispr HIV Therapy Given Fast-Track Status

Darpa Seeking On-Demand, Distributed Production of Proteins

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A synthetic biology company is receiving a contract with the U.S. advanced defense research agency to devise a high-speed localized process for making therapeutic proteins. . . . → Read More: Darpa Seeking On-Demand, Distributed Production of Proteins

Trial Underway Testing Engineered Cancer-Killing Viruses

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A clinical trial, testing stem cells for neurons fortified with tumor-killing viruses, administered its first doses to a patient with glioma, an aggressive type of brain cancer. . . . → Read More: Trial Underway Testing Engineered Cancer-Killing Viruses

Drug Maker, Univ. Lab Partner on Neuropeptide Anxiety Trial

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A biopharmaceutical company and university neuroscience lab are collaborating on a clinical trial testing a peptide nasal spray treatment for social anxiety disorder. . . . → Read More: Drug Maker, Univ. Lab Partner on Neuropeptide Anxiety Trial

Infographic – U.S. Life Science Venture Activity Keeps Falling

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Investments in life science start-ups in the U.S. show continued declines into the second quarter of 2023, reaching levels not seen in four or five years. . . . → Read More: Infographic – U.S. Life Science Venture Activity Keeps Falling

NIH Funding Single Home Test for Covid-19, Influenza, RSV

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A developer of diagnostics for infectious and other diseases is receiving a National Institutes of Health contract to advance a single at-home test for multiple respiratory diseases. . . . → Read More: NIH Funding Single Home Test for Covid-19, Influenza, RSV

Venture Fund to Back Life Science A.I. Start-Ups

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A new venture fund says it’s investing in health and life science start-ups implementing advanced technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, that promise to transform the field. . . . → Read More: Venture Fund to Back Life Science A.I. Start-Ups

Trial Underway Testing Dried Plasma for Transfusions

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A clinical trial is recruiting participants to assess the safety and feasibility of a system for spray drying and re-constituting a person’s blood plasma. . . . → Read More: Trial Underway Testing Dried Plasma for Transfusions

Bio-Friendly Plant Nutrient Delivery Patent Awarded

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A process for delivering nutrients for crop growth that its developers say is more sustainable than most fertilizer methods today received a U.S. patent. . . . → Read More: Bio-Friendly Plant Nutrient Delivery Patent Awarded