Biologically Inspired Engineering, synbio, synthetic biology, crispr
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), established in 1958, is an agency within the Department of Defense (DOD) responsible for catalyzing the development of technologies that maintain and advance the capabilities and technical superiority of the U.S. military. In short, it’s the way the U.S. military tries to prevent technical surprise. DARPA is seeking … Read more
NexImmune, Inc, based in Gaithersburg, MD, is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing immunotherapies that employ the body’s own T cells to generate a specific, potent and durable immune response that mimics natural biology. The company’s nanotechnology platform was originally developed at Johns Hopkins University. The backbone of the company’s approach is its Artificial Immune Modulation, … Read more
There’s more to a tree than you may have thought. Consider the characterizations from a scientist, a philosopher and a poet. Professor Birgitta Whaley pursues novel quantum computing devices by using advanced probing methods (ie. ultrafast spectroscopy) to resolve the underlying mystery behind a biological molecule’s capacity to concurrently inhabit multiple places, times or energy … Read more
T-cell transfer therapy is a type of immunotherapy that makes your own immune cells better able to attack cancer. There are two main types of T-cell transfer therapy: tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (or TIL) therapy and chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T-cell) therapy. Both involve collecting your own immune cells, growing large numbers of these cells in … Read more
Living systems are not only complex, they are relentless in their demands to be kept alive, with all the attendant limitations and challenges for experimentation and measurement. So-called “cell-free systems” inhabit the space between chemistry and biology proper, obviating some of the requirements of living, cell-based systems and enabling biochemical processes and experimental interventions toxic, … Read more
Bionano Genomics is a life sciences instrumentation company in the genome analysis space. The company develops and markets the Saphyr system, a platform for ultra-sensitive and ultra-specific structural variation (SV) detection that enables researchers and clinicians to accelerate the search for new cancer diagnostics and therapeutic targets and to modernize the practice of cytogenetics. The … Read more
The typical physician’s office visit is the closest most Americans will come to experiencing the conditions that characterized the waste and futility of the Soviet Union. Olive AI, a private company based in Columbus, Ohio, intends to fix the problem of massive inefficiency in the U.S. healthcare industry by addressing healthcare’s most burdensome issues — … Read more
A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) is a type of “blank-check” company that raises capital through initial public offerings (IPOs) with the intention to use the proceeds to acquire other companies at a later time. Unlike traditional IPOs, SPACs do not have commercial operations at the time of the IPO, explaining why they are referred … Read more
Decipher Biosciences, a commercial-stage precision urology oncology company, has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise up to $100 million in an IPO. Decipher’s prostate cancer genomic testing products surface information about the underlying biology of a patient’s tumor. The company applies machine learning algorithms to help physicians improve therapy selection … Read more
Human biology and new, more advanced computing is creating new territory for therapies that were not capable even five years ago. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies have the potential to transform health care by deriving new and important insights from the vast amount of health data. Medical device manufacturers are using these … Read more