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Study Stakes San Diego’s Claim in Genomics: $292M in 2016 VC Deals

Xconomy

But some details were offered yesterday by Kirby Brady, the EDC’s director of research, following a press conference intended to promote. Final results of the EDC study won’t be released until June 19, the first day of the Bio International Convention, as part of a panel discussion on the local genomics cluster.

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SMA, Migraine Data Lead Neuro Highlights from AAN Meeting

Xconomy

Xconomy previewed the conference last week. Until the 2016 approval of nusinersen (Spinraza) from. New clinical data could herald cutting-edge treatments for migraine, the rare disease spinal muscular atrophy, the deadly neurological disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and more.

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Amid Gender Gap Talk, Mentor Network Emerges For Women In Health, Bio

Xconomy

It’s been more than a year since an infamous party with hired models in cocktail dresses captured the biotech community’s attention at the 2016 J.P. Morgan conference. Morgan conference, for example, a group of 100 life science executives and others pledged to follow a list of gender diversity “best practices.”

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New U.S. “Roadmap” Lays Out Routes to Accelerate Robotic Technologies

Xconomy

Christensen made his observations during a presentation at the 2016 Contextual Robotics Forum, a recent conference at UC San Diego focused this year on “new directions in human-machine interaction.”. His talk amounted to a state-of-the-industry report on robotics, and highlighted key findings of the 107-page update of the U.S.

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Biotech Roundup: JPM Deals, Gender Diversity, PCSK9 Battle & More

Xconomy

Morgan Healthcare Conference. 2016 was a whirlwind year in biotech, and the biopharma gods rewarded attendees with a multi-day monsoon to slog through to get from one meeting to the next. This past week, the biopharma industry made its annual January pilgrimage to San Francisco for the J.P.

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Has Facebook Achieved What AOL Could Have A Generation Ago?

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Nick Denton (@nicknotned) March 1, 2016. However, as of today, Instant Articles become available to anybody with a Facebook page and a blog. This is a key opportunity for small blogs and publications to get ahead of the game and really understand how best to use the new product. pic.twitter.com/TB1GTGt9ss.

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Organovo to Test “Patches” for Patients Awaiting Liver Transplants

Xconomy

Organovo CEO Keith Murphy was unavailable to discuss the company’s initiative yesterday, but he is scheduled to present an overview of the company’s efforts later today at the 2016 Cell & Gene Meeting on the Mesa. The conference is making a webcast of his presentation available here. Reprints | Share:

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