March 11, 2009
Biotech, cancer, Inflammation Luke Timmerman wrote: Some members of the band that pumped out a one-hit wonder at Icos are getting back together to see if they can produce at least one more hit at Seattle-based Calistoga Pharmaceuticals. Calistoga has been building up its management team over the pas...
Xconomy
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Luke Timmerman
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March 10, 2009
Creating networks of tiny blood vessels is a major hurdle in tissue engineering. Fortunately, many groups are working away on a variety of strategies to address this issue. From Chemical Science: "Candy floss (also known as cotton candy) has been used by US scientists to create a web of microscopic ...
Longevity Meme News and Commentary
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March 09, 2009
BOSTON, MA (MARKET WIRE) In a world in which traditional sources of business advantages like scale and customer knowledge can be easily replicated, Intellectual Property (IP) stands as the main source of sustainable competitive advantage. But because IP is hard to see and generally ignored by establ...
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March 06, 2009
Genetics research is pretty exciting, but it would be far more entertaining if lab instruments could transform into killer robots. In the real world, DNA copying machines, perform a tremendously mundane task, repeatedly heating and cooling little vials of liquid. But in this viral ad, made by a mark...
Wired Science
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Aaron Rowe
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Biotech, cancer, Drugs Luke Timmerman wrote: Nowhere but America makes it possible for a company to pursue its dreams for 28 years without making a profit. Even in the most optimistic times, it’s hard to explain. So how can it possibly be, in the depths of recession, that things are looking up...
Xconomy
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Luke Timmerman
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March 04, 2009
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA (MARKET WIRE) Axcan Pharma is pleased to be part of dreams and magic through its support of the Georgia and Alabama Chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation(R). Axcan's recent donation made it possible to fulfill the dream of Gerald, a 12-year-old boy from Alabama suffering from cys...
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March 03, 2009
cleantech, energy, environment Luke Timmerman wrote: The venture capitalist John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers said three years ago that “greentech could be the largest economic opportunity of the 21st century.” Since then, voters in the U.S. have elected a President and ...
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Luke Timmerman
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March 02, 2009
It is not uncommon to see people suggest that efforts to extend healthy life should not take place while there is great suffering and poverty in the world. These is something deeply hardwired into the way our brains work that leads to an instinctive rejection of disparity in wealth - or at least a r...
Fight Aging!
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Reason
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Biotech, FDA, Life Sciences Luke Timmerman wrote: Genzyme got some bad news today from the FDA. The Cambridge, MA-based biotech company said that U.S. regulators determined its drug for Pompe disease made in large-scale vats isn’t ready to be approved for the market. Plus, the FDA sent the com...
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Luke Timmerman
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March 01, 2009
Juan Enriquez has a solid track record concerning delivering and sharing funny, smart, cutting edge and very interesting presentations on different subjects like the evolution of borders and nation states, biotech, economic structures, evolution at large, synthetic biology and cultural evolution. Ju...
Inspire
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Yuri van Geest
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