Kymeta & Airbus in Peru to demonstrate ‘SmartBus’ satellite links
Kymeta Corp., the Redmond, Wash.-based company backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and other investors, has demonstrated the performance of its flat-panel satellite antennas in an unlikely setting: on top of buses traveling throughout Peru.…
Off-the-shelf CAR-T and gene-editing player Precision Bio files $100M IPO
Precision BioSciences is looking to raise up to $100 million in an IPO just a few months after raising $110 million in a series B and bagging a hepatitis B alliance with Gilead. The Durham, North…
PhaseBio Announces Acceptance of Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Submission of PB2452
PhaseBio Announces Acceptance of Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Submission of PB2452 Phase 1 Clinical Trial Results for Presentation at the American College of Cardiology’s 68th Annual Scientific Session Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PHAS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused…
String of ions may out-compute best quantum computers
New ion-based quantum computer debuts by computing the ground state of water. CHRIS LEE – 2/26/2019, 10:19 AM [Originally posted on Ars Technica] Usually, I reflexively delete press releases. This one was no different, but as the…
Using Supercomputers to Checkmate Cancer
Unless they’ve had a family member with cancer, most people don’t know that cancer cells mutate rapidly to escape the drugs we use to kill them. Duke PhD student Marcel Frenkel knows this problem well,…
Showcasing Innovation at 2nd “Invented at Duke” Celebration
From Antiperspirant Lotion To Waste Treatment To Targeted Radiotherapy – Duke Made Yet Another Exhibition Of Ingenious Innovations That Span Numerous Fields And Applications. Riding on the success of the first “Invented at Duke” event…
Duke Celebrates Innovation & Entrepreneurship at 1st Annual “Invented at Duke”
“Commercialization turns discovery into invention, enabling Duke researchers to fulfill our institution’s mission of bringing knowledge to bear in service to society.” –President Price A puncture-proof vascular graft, silicone microspheres, improved eye disease imaging, a…
Aerie Concludes Exclusive License Agreement With Santen for Rhopressa® and Rocklatan® in Europe and Several Other Regions
Agreement includes Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States countries, China, India, parts of Latin America and the Oceania countries DURHAM, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE), December 7, 2021–Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AERI, “Aerie”) announced that Aerie and Santen have…
Duke-linked crop science startup Avalo raises $500K, looks for another $600K
DURHAM – Avalo, a Durham-based startup with ties to Duke University, has raised an additional $500,000 from two investors, according to an SEC filing. The company describes itself as “generating crop resilience through gene discovery for a…