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World’s First iPSC Factory Opened in Japan

The world’s first commercial induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) factory, named the Sumitomo Dainippon Manufacturing Plant for Regenerative Medicine & Cell Therapy (SMaRT), was opened in March in Osaka, Japan.

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Drug Design Re-Emerges With Potential to Lower Pharma Costs

“If we designed airplanes like we design drugs…” alludes Walter Woltosz, CEO and Chairman of Simulations Plus, then you probably wouldn’t feel very safe on an airplane!

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Taking Alzheimer's Drugs from the Lab to your Nightstand

In 1996, Dewji and Singer began researching pre-senelins, large molecules associated with amyloid beta reduction [4]. They noticed that certain peptide groups prevented amyloid beta from forming. Over time, they narrowed down the peptide group to...

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CRISPR: A Billion-Dollar Pie, But Not the Only One

Pharmaceutical companies make money in two ways: drug sales and royalties on intellectual property. Investors are betting that gene therapeutics will be profitable, and patents for CRISPR/Cas9 are held until 2033. Usually companies receive...

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Tea Ceremony Positions Boston as Harbour for U.S.-China Robotics Cooperation

Coming out of the “Made in China” era of heavy industrial and manufacturing growth, China is now grasping onto emerging technologies and making moves towards creating the future, not just manufacturing it. Xing Jijun, Counselor of Science and Tech...

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Why Big Ol' Enterprise Companies Still Can't Use Big Data

"Like bills making it to the Congressional floor, 99.9% of predictive models never make it to use,” Kalyan says. His startup FeatureLabs aims to make rapid prototyping of predictive models accessible to enterprise customers.

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World’s First iPSC Factory Opened in Japan

Drug Design Re-Emerges With Potential to Lower Pharma Costs

Taking Alzheimer's Drugs from the Lab to your Nightstand

CRISPR: A Billion-Dollar Pie, But Not the Only One

Tea Ceremony Positions Boston as Harbour for U.S.-China Robotics Cooperation

Why Big Ol' Enterprise Companies Still Can't Use Big Data

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