Duke biomedical engineers utilize ML to improve medical scan imagery
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have devised a method for increasing the resolution of optical coherence tomography (OCT) down to a single micrometer in all directions, even in a living patient. The new technique, called…
NC IDEA FOUNDATION Announces Inaugural Statewide Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Summit
NC IDEA, a private foundation committed to supporting entrepreneurial ambition and economic advancement in North Carolina, announced today that the organization is hosting the inaugural North Carolina Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Summit with the goal to catalyze…
Chakrabarty, Randles Elected Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors
NAI Senior Members are active faculty, scientists and administrators who have demonstrated remarkable innovation producing technologies that have brought, or aspire to bring, real impact on the welfare of society. Krishnendu Chakrabarty, the John Cocke Distinguished…
PhaseBio Announces Receipt of Minutes of End-of-Phase 1 Meeting
PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PHAS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapies for orphan diseases, today announced the receipt of written minutes from the End-of-Phase 1 meeting with the U.S.…
Researchers Are Using Machine Learning to Screen for Autism in Children
Parents and doctors face a difficult dilemma when it comes to detecting and treating autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children. It’s critically important to diagnose ASD as early in a child’s development as possible. Starting treatment…
Top 10 Companies Leveraging Gene Editing in 2019
Bayer made much of its desire to establish a cell therapy pipeline on August 8 when it announced it would shell out up to $600 million to acquire full control of BlueRock Therapeutics. But the…
Hungry for Innovation: Notable Project Stems from MEDx Dinner
On a chilly December evening in Durham guests arrived at The Restaurant at The Durham Hotel with a hunger for food and innovation. Seated around a U-shaped table, gastroenterology and engineering professionals brainstormed engineering solutions…
NC Biotech Center awards $2M in grants, loans across state’s life science ecosystem
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center awarded 22 grants and loans totaling $2,050,778 to universities, bioscience companies and other organizations in the fourth quarter of its fiscal year. The awards, made from April 1 to June 30, will…
Duke Entrepreneurs Advance Projects in Summer Accelerator
The participants in Duke I&E’s inaugural Summer Accelerator, which concluded last week, kicked off every morning the same way. “If you’re here, you have to yell with us,” said Howie Rhee, Duke I&E’s Managing Director…