California’s Stem Cell Agency invested $44 million to advance regenerative medicine research and manufacturing in California
On Sept. 29, 2023, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded $43.8 million to fund projects aimed…
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Researchers demonstrated heat-induced pyroelectricity in viruses
On Sept. 25, 2023, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley reported that engineered viruses also can generate…
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MIT and two California universities received $50 million grant for Army research
On Aug. 27, 2003, The Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies (ICB) announced it was funding a $50 million five…
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NIAID-funded study traced evolution of Malaria drug resistance in East Africa
On Aug. 24, 2023, NIAID reported that emerging resistance to common malaria treatments in Uganda could be connected…
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City of Hope received $32 million grant to advance novel therapies
On Aug. 24, 2023, researchers at City of Hope announced were awarded $32.3 million from the California Institute…
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Scientists released the first complete sequence of a human Y chromosome
On Aug. 23. 2023, researchers co-led by University of California, Santa Cruz Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Karen…
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CIRM invested $10 million to build California Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing Network
On May 31, 2023, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded $10 million to five facilities as…
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USDA took action to help protect endangered California Condors from highly pathogenic Avian influenza
On May 11, 2023, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture Animal (USDA) and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced…
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed as cause of three California condor mortalities in Arizona
On Apr. 7, 2023, the U.S. National Park Service reported Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) had been confirmed…
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Thermo Fisher Scientific opened cell therapy facility at University of California, San Francisco
On Mar. 27. 2023, Thermo Fisher Scientific and the University of California, San Francisco, announced they will accelerate…
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Biotechnology | FDA | Oncology | Therapeutics
The FDA approves Genentech’s updated drug labeling for Xeloda (capecitabine) under Project Renewal Pilot Program
On Dec. 24, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved updated labeling for Genentech’s capecitabine tablets…
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Biotechnology | FDA | Oncology | Therapeutics
FDA granted approval to atezolizumab for alveolar soft part sarcoma
On Dec. 9, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Genentech’s atezolizumab (Tecentriq) for adult and…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Non-Profit Research | Oncology | Therapeutics | Vaccine | Women's Health
CPRIT approved $12 million to bring top-flight cancer researchers to Lone Star State
On Nov. 16, 2022, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) approved $12 million in recruitment…
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NIH awarded USC $11.7 million to develop implantable devices for the nervous system
On Oct. 26, 2022, the NIH announced it had awarded the University of Southern California (USC) $11.7 million…
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Drought exacerbated emerging infectious disease in California
On Oct. 5, 2022, researchers at UC Berkeley reported that coccidioidomycosisﾗalso known as Valley feverﾗan infectious disease, was…
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Malaria spike linked to amphibian die-off
On Sept. 20, 2022, the University of California, Davis announced that the amphibian decline in Latin America in…
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Stanford University launched $75 million brain disease initiative
On Apr. 22, 2022, Stanford University announced it was awarded a $75 million gift from Nike co-founder Phil…
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The Priestley Medal was awarded to Peter B. Dervan
On Mar. 20, 2022, the American Chemical Society awarded The Priestley Medal to Peter B. Dervan “to recognize…
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U.S. EPA approved Oxitec Mosquito Pilot Projects in California and Florida
On Mar. 4, 2022, Oxitec announced the publication by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of its approval to…
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Biotechnology | CRISPR | Disease | Genomics | Therapeutics
U.S. patent appeal board ruled against University of California in CRISPR interference
On Feb. 28, 2022, the Patent and Trial Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)…
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First confirmed case of Omicron variant detected in the United States
On Dec. 1, 2021, the California and San Francisco Departments of Public Health confirmed that a recent case…
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Moderna reported clinical data on its COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 15, 2021, Moderna announced new analysis suggesting that the COVID-19 vaccine was highly effective against circulating…
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City of Hope trial was first to test an investigational COVID-19 vaccine in immunocompromised bone marrow transplant
On Sept. 14, 2021, City of Hope announced that it had begun enrolling patients in a Phase 2…
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Resilience to manufacture mRNA for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 8, 2021, National Resilience announced an agreement to manufacture mRNA for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Under…
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FDA Approved Expanded BOTOX® Label to Include Eight New Muscles to Treat Adults with Upper Limb Spasticity
On Jul. 29, 2021, BOTOX(R) Allergan, an AbbVie company, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
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NIH COVID-19 testing initiative funded additional research projects to safely return children to in-person school
On Jul. 2, 2021, the National Institutes of Health funding five additional projects to identify ways of safely…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | FDA | Oncology | Radiology | Therapeutics
FDA approved LUMAKRAS for patients with KRAS G12C-mutated locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
On May 28, 2021, Amgen announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved LUMAKRAS (sotorasib)…
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Thermo Fisher and University of California, San Francisco announced cell therapy cGMP manufacturing and collaboration center
On May 19, 2021, Thermo Fisher Scientific and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) announced they have…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA
Precipio launched Rapid COVID-19 Antibody test on Amazon platform
On May 3, 2021, Precipio announced that it had successfully launched its COVID-19 rapid antibody test (20 minute)…
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The Priestley Medal was awarded to Paul Alivisatos
On Apr. 9, 2021, the American Chemical Society awarded The Priestley Medal to Paul Alivisatos “to recognize distinguished…
