BD to Invest $19 Billion to Expand Manufacturing in Exchange for U.S. tariff Relief
On Oct. 6, 2026, BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and…
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FDA Approves First Heart Valve Designed to Grow with Children
On Oct. 1, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Edwards Lifesciences’s Autus Size-Adjustable Valve, a…
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China’s R&D spending hits record 2.8% of GDP, beating OECD average for the first time
On Sept. 30, 2026, the South China Morning Post reported that for the first time, China’s spending on…
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Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | Genomics | Infectious Disease | Medical Device | Nanotechnology | Neurology | Oncology | Organ Transplant | Organoids | Robotics | Software | Stem Cell | Therapeutics
China offers 15-year research grants to the world’s brightest young scientists
On Sept. 29, 2026, China is offering the world’s brightest young scientists generous 15-year research grants for free…
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Artificial Intelligence | Imaging | Materials | Medical Device | Nanotechnology | Non-Profit Research
Knights pledge $1 billion to University of Oregon to create engineering college
On Sept. 23, 2026, Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny Knight, announced they have committed $1…
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FDA Launches Expedited IND Pilot Program, Begins Accepting Applications
On Sept. 15, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the final design of the Expedited Investigational…
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Paradromics Achieves Real-Time Speech with Connexus® Brain-Computer Interface
On Sept. 14, 2026, Paradromics, a neurotechnology company developing a high-data-rate brain-computer interface (BCI) platform designed to restore…
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Roche receives FDA clearance for Elecsys® pTau217, advancing Alzheimer’s disease assessment across primary and specialty care
On Aug. 24, 2026, Roche announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Elecsys®…
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FDA Authorizes First-Of-Its-Kind Robotic Blood Draw Device
On Aug. 19, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it has authorized the Aletta, the…
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MIT engineers connect bacteria to create living transistors
On Aug. 17, 2026, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers announce they have engineered bacteria that can function…
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High-speed microscopy reveals electrical activity across the brain
On Aug. 14, 2026, a team of engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced they have invented…
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Roche Expands Cyclospora Testing Portfolio to Support U.S. Public Health Response
On Aug. 6, 2026, Roche announced the availability of two new flexible and cost-effective research PCR testing options…
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Stanford Medicine researchers awarded $20 million for AI-guided research facilities
On Aug. 5, 2026, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $20 million grant to a collaboration…
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Biotechnology | Imaging | Medical Device | Neurology | Non-Profit Research | Oncology | Therapeutics
UVA Radiology Professors Develop New Focused Ultrasound Approach for Brain Tumors
On Jul. 30, 2026, researchers at the University of Virginia’s (UVA) Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging have…
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Biotechnology | CDMO | CMO | Medical Device
Resilience and Lilly Invest $750 Million to Increase U.S.-Manufactured Medicine Supply
On Jul. 30, 2026, Resilience, a technology-forward contract development and manufacturing organization dedicated to broadening access to complex…
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FDA Approves Johnson & Johnson Market Authorization for OTTAVA™ Robotic Surgical System in the U.S.
On Jul. 22, 2026, Johnson & Johnson announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted…
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Feinstein Institutes technology that restores movement and sensation after paralysis Published in Nature Medicine
On Jul. 16, 2026, the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research announced findings featured in Nature Medicine demonstrating that…
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U.S. Army receive new medical equipment to detect TBIs faster
On Jul. 16, 2026, U.S. Army medical leaders in Europe announced they were fielding a new handheld diagnostic…
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University of Waterloo Announce 3D-printed Custom contact lenses in just 20 minutes
On Jul. 14, 2026, University of Waterloo researchers announce a breakthrough combination of new silicone materials and advanced…
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Surgeons Use Teleoperated Humanoid Robots to Perform Live Surgery – a World First
On Jul. 8, 2026, a team of surgeons at the University of California San Diego report that for…
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New PhD Admissions Data Show Threat to U.S. STEM Workforce, Breakthroughs and Innovations
On Jul. 7, 2026, the Association of American Universities (AAU) released new data showing that major research universities…
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high-endurance DNA origami snap-through switch for functional nanoscale control
On Jun. 24, 2026, researchers from the Technical University of Munich presented a DNA origami–based, mechanically bistable snap-through…
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Harvard-led team Makes DNA on a Semiconductor Chip
On Jun. 17, 2026, Harvard researchers announced setting a new benchmark for enzymatic DNA synthesis by writing 64…
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Johnson & Johnson Invests more than $1 Billion to Strengthen Contact Lens Manufacturing in Jacksonville, Florida
On Jun. 15, 2026, Johnson & Johnson announced an investment of more than $1 billion in Jacksonville, Florida…
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Bioprinting Cartilage, Producing Stem Cells Fill ISS Research Schedule
On Jun. 4, 2026, 3D bioprinting and stem cell research were the main research topics aboard the International…
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Microrobots repair spinal cord
On Jun. 2, 2026, a research team from ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich (UZH) announced it…
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New MRI sensors developed at MIT sensitively detect target molecules in the brain and body.
On May 27, 2026, researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced that MRI can noninvasively capture detailed images…
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New kidney stone treatment powered by biomedical engineering research receives FDA approval
On May 25, 2026, Virginia Tech researchers announced they have received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for…
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Princeton scientists make 3D bio-electronic hybrid system using brain cells
On Apr. 24, 2026, researchers at Princeton University announce they have developed a 3-dimensional device that merges living…
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Researchers Develop DNA-Based Bio-Transistor Enabling Molecular Computation and Memory
On Apr. 22, 2026, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced that a research team…
