The first sequencing of the whole human genome in 2003 cost roughly $2.7 billion but DNA…
Tag: Bio
Theranos slashes another 41 percent of its workforce
Not a week goes by and it seems like we hear more bad news about Silicon…
Grail is raising at least $1 billion to fund its early cancer screening test
The early cancer screening startup Grail plans to raise more than $1 billion in Series B…
Silicon Valley Bank predicts a 2017 cure for the health tech investment doldrums
Things are looking up for biotech and health device startups wanting to cash in on VC…
Move over Cas9, CRISPR-Cas3 might hold the key to solving the antibiotics crisis
Researchers at North Carolina-based Locus Biosciences think they have a potential cure for antibiotic resistance using…
Synthetic biology startup Lygos raises $13 million from OS Fund and IA Ventures to make cleaner chemicals
Lygos uses microbugs to convert low-cost sugar into specialty chemicals used in manufacturing and is now releasing a technique…
Open Bionics partners with NHS for a feasibility study to bring bionic hands to the U.K. health system
Open Bionics is a U.K. startup making bionic hands for patients needing prosthetics and co-founder of the…
BenevolentBio’s artificial intelligence could discover a better treatment for ALS
What if the drug that could effectively treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the paralyzing neurological disease that…