Accuracy of diagnostic blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease varies
On Jul. 30, 2024, a head-to-head comparison of six commercially available blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease led by…
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Successful first-in-human implantation of the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart by Baylor and THI doctors
On Jul. 25, 2024, doctors from the Texas Heart Institute (THI), BiVACOR®, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and…
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CIRM approved $8 million award for plasma cell disorder therapy, $27 million to boost collaboration among California researchers
On Jul. 25, 2024, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), one of the world’s largest institutions dedicated…
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Paxlovid led to better outcomes in hospitalized COVID cohort than Veklury or both drugs
On Jul. 24, 2024, the University of Hong Kong released a study that showed hospitalized COVID-19 patients treated…
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Scientists identified possible new transmission factor in hospital-acquired Klebsiella infections
On Jul. 22, 2024, scientists at ADA Forsyth Institute (AFI) announced they had identified a critical factor that…
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DNA from Ancient Viruses Helps Many Cancers Grow
On Jul. 17, 2024, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced that a study, funded in part by the…
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Fossils of ancient chromosomes discovered
On Jul. 11, 2024, a team led by scientists from Baylor College of Medicine, University of Copenhagen, and…
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most ancient human genome discovered has been sequenced, a Denisovan
On Jul. 11, 2024, Stéphane Peyrégne from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology unveiled a genetic sequence…
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Thanks to Bloomberg Philanthropies $1 billion gift, most Johns Hopkins medical students no longer pay tuition
On Jul. 8, 2024, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced that thanks to a $1 billion gift medical students at Johns…
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Emergent BioSolutions Awarded $250+ Million in Contract to Supply U.S. Government with Four Critical Medical Countermeasure Products
On Jul. 2, 2024, Emergent BioSolutions announced it had received more than $250 millionin contract modifications from the…
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Study implicates Neanderthal DNA in autism susceptibility
On Jun. 24, 2024, collaborative research involving two Clemson University scientists has found that some genetic traits modern…
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Houston Zoo Elephant Received First Ever mRNA EEHV Vaccine
On Jun. 18, 2024, the Houston Zoo announced that Tess, a 40-year-old Asian elephant at the Zoo, had…
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BioMADE to Establish Bioindustrial Manufacturing Infrastructure in Minnesota
On Jun. 13, 2024, BioMADE announced an investment in a state-of-the-art bioindustrial manufacturing infrastructure in Minnesota, following support…
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National Academies announced New Broad Definition of Long COVID
On Jun. 11, 2024, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a new report that stated the…
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$140 million for UBC-led research hub to accelerate drug development and biomanufacturing
On May 31, 2024, a national research coalition led by the University of British Columbia (UBC) announced a…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Medicine | Neurology | Non-Profit Research | Oncology | Therapeutics
CIRM awarded $53 million to clinical research in heart failure and cystic fibrosis, supporting 10 translational projects
On May 30, 2024, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) announced it had awarded $53 million to…
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Scientists mapped networks regulating gene function in the human brain
On May 24, 2024, a consortium of researchers announced it had produced the largest and most advanced multidimensional…
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Research and Development Study shows U.S. Trends and International Comparisons
On May, 21, 2024, a study by the National Science Board (NSB) showed that the United States is…
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CPRIT added $52 million to fight against cancer
On May 15, 2024, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced that it had approved…
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Agriculture | Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Life Science History | Medical Device | Non-Profit Research | Pharmaceutical | Therapeutics
Montana Life Science Genealogy, 2018
Montana Life Science Genealogy illustrates life science companies and non-profit research organization in the State of Montana by…
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All of Us Returns Health-Related DNA Results to 100,000 Participants
On May 1, 2024, the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) All of Us Research Program announced that it…
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Clinical Research | Diagnostics | Disease | NIH | Non-Profit Research | Oncology | Radiology | Therapeutics | Women's Health
Researchers reviewed findings and clinical messages from the Women’s Health Initiative 30 years after launch
On May 1, 2024, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a review in JAMA that…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Neurology | Non-Profit Research | Ophthalmogy | Therapeutics
CIRM awarded $31 million to fund clinical-stage research for cancers and eye disease
On Apr. 26, 2024, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) announced it had approved awarding nearly $31…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Imaging | Medical Device | Nanotechnology | Neurology | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics
Imaging technique shows new details of peptide structures
On Apr. 26, 2024, engineers at Washington University in St. Louis announced a new imaging technique that give…
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First-ever combined heart pump & gene-edited pig kidney transplant gives new hope to patient with terminal illness
On Apr. 24, 2024, surgeons at New York University Langone Health announced they had performed the first combined…
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University of Missouri broke ground on building named for former U.S. Senator Roy Blunt
On Apr. 5, 2024, groundbreaking was held for the Roy Blunt Soil Testing and Research Laboratory at the…
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USDA completed laboratory modernization to advance pecan breeding and research
On Mar. 27, 2024, the Pecan Breeding and Genetics Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research…
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The White House announced launching of a National Bioeconomy Board
On Mar. 22, 2024, the White House announced the creation of the National Bioeconomy Board. The Board will…
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Eledon Pharma announced use of tegoprubart in first-ever transplant of genetically modified kidney from a pig to a human
On Mar. 21, 2024, Eledon Pharmaceuticals announced that tegoprubart, the company’s investigational anti-CD40L antibody, was used as a…
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Cracking the pear genome: how students helped unlock a new tool for the pear industry
On Mar. 17, 2024, researchers at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology announced a unique collaboration between students, scientists,…
