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Reuters Report Ranks U-M Among World’s Most Innovative Universities
The University of Michigan has been named one of the 100 most innovative university systems in the world in a new report issued Thursday by Reuters. Reuters said the list ranks “educational...
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MIT Raises $650M for New College to Advance A.I. With Eye on Ethics
MIT is making another significant investment in artificial intelligence. The Institute announced Monday that it will establish a new college on its Cambridge, MA, campus—the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman...
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In Boston, Paul Allen Aimed to Boost Bioscience’s “Tempo of Discovery”
The scientific interests of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen led him to fund a pair of major research centers in the Boston area devoted to cracking mysteries of the human biological code—and...
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MR3 Health Takes Aim at Foot Ulcers as San Antonio Tackles Diabetes
San Antonio — Researchers, advocates, and residents in San Antonio have been seeking out ways to handle the growing problem of diabetes in San Antonio and the surrounding Bexar County, which saw the...
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Win $2 Million to Solve Alzheimer’s: New Prize Will Reward Fresh Ideas
San Antonio — A Texas billionaire is funding a new competition that will give $4 million to seven individuals who present promising ideas about the cause of Alzheimer’s disease and say they’ll work to...
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Human Space Travel as a Platform to Accelerate Biomedical Innovation
A manned mission to Mars is slated for as early as 2024, but there are serious health risks that must be mitigated in order for such a mission to be successful. The most pressing risk identified by...
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Apple Plans 5,000 Jobs for New Austin Site as Part of Nationwide Expansion
Austin — [Updated 3:10 p.m. See below.] Apple expects to make thousands of new hires around the country from Seattle to New York, the company announced Thursday, with its biggest growth planned for...
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San Antonio Develops “Action Plan” to Draw Life Sciences Businesses
San Antonio — San Antonio has a new “action plan” for bringing more life sciences businesses and professionals to the city, as well as for retaining those it already has.Economic development groups and...
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Want Better Tech Employees? Give Students More Data, Educators Say
San Antonio—Developers, analysts, and data scientists: Every tech company needs them, particularly in hot areas like cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. The U.S. Department of Labor projects...
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Self-Driving Cars in Boston Blinded by Solar Glare at Traffic Lights
Solar glare is making it tough for some self-driving cars being tested in Boston to read whether traffic lights are red, yellow, or green.MIT spinout NuTonomy said that on some recent occasions, the...
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Joining AI Drug Discovery Race, Erasca Adds $22M For Cancer Work
Erasca, a biotech startup run by the former CEO of Ignyta, debuted in December with $42 million and an audacious plan to “erase cancer,” but provided little explanation as to how.Erasca is still...
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Harley-Davidson Goes Electric: Behind the Scenes of LiveWire’s R&D
For more than a century, the throaty “potato, potato, potato” rumble of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle has been synonymous with the open road, freedom—rebellion, even—and, some might say, American...
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Vikram Jandhyala, Champion of Innovation at UW and Beyond, Dies at 47
[Updated 3/15/19 11:05 a.m. See below.] Vikram Jandhyala, who built bridges between academia and industry across the globe and at the University of Washington, where he taught and worked, has died, the...
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Bio Roundup: Sage Postpartum Help, Biogen Bids Adu, Heart Beats & More
One group of people in dire need of medical relief got good news this week. The first drug for postpartum depression was approved. With its complicated logistics, side effects, and potential high cost,...
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UT Health San Antonio Plans New Accelerator for Faculty Research
San Antonio –— The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is starting an internal accelerator program for inventors who work at the institution, with the goal of picking a first group...
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California Life Sciences Fueled by Education, Established Companies
New medicines, devices, and diagnostics produced by the life sciences community in California are giving clinicians better tools to fight disease and improve quality of life for patients around the...
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Bio Roundup: ASCO Wrap, Bluebird’s EU Tap, CRISPR Baby Risk & More
Welcome to conference week. That’s not an official moniker, but is there any busier time on the biopharma calendar? As the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting wrapped up in Chicago, the...
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San Antonio to Honor Regenerative Medicine Pioneer Stephen Badylak
San Antonio — Ah, to be able to regrow a missing limb like a slimy salamander—a trick long dreamed of by youngsters and scientists alike.Research into such regenerative abilities has increasingly...
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Bio Roundup: Zolgensma Fallout, Duchenne Redux, Ebola Boost & More
We learned last week that the FDA was investigating Novartis for manipulating animal data related to its $2 million-a-dose gene therapy Zolgensma. The activity took place at AveXis, the firm Novartis...
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Can Ford’s Self-Driving Car Business Improve Austin’s Traffic Woes?
Austin — There are so many great things about working from home. Spending all day with your pets is up there, but not having to commute is probably the best.It’s particularly nice to avoid commuting by...
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