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Cancer drug developer Synthorx files for $100 million IPO
Synthorx, a La Jolla biotech developing cancer therapies from partly synthetic life, is seeking $100 million in an initial public offering.The Scripps Research spinoff made the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. […]
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New test extending lives of advanced prostate cancer patients from @EpicSciences
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — As an?active 45-year-old man who loves to surf and take adventures with his daughter, Bryce Olson was the last person his friends expected to get cancer. Source: New test extending lives […]
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Leadership winner, medium company ? Kevin Gorman of Neurocrine Biosciences
Neurocrine Biosciences has experienced a dramatic turnaround in recent years. The Carmel Valley-based biotech company has seen its stock price grow from $10 a share five years ago to about $115 a share, thanks in large part to the development of tw… […]
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3D organ maps bring $14 million to UC San Diego’s Kun Zhang
UC San Diego bioengineering professor Kun Zhang has been awarded $14 million to build 3D digital maps of human organs, accurate to the single-cell level. The money comes in two grants from the National Institutes of Health. — One grant for $8.7 mi… […]
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Biotech Briefing: Parkinson?s Stem Cell Treatment Trial Planned for 2019
Reports + Research Parkinson’s Patients Prepare for Breakthrough?Stem-Cell Derived Treatment Currently under review at the FDA, a clinical trial may start next year for a novel treatment derived from stem cells that could reverse or halt the prog… […]
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$120 million raised by San Diego’s Mirum Pharmaceuticals
San Diego?s Mirum Pharmaceuticals said Wednesday it has raised $120 million in venture capital funding. The newly formed biomedical company will use the money to complete development of an unsuccessful pediatric liver disease drug it has acquired a… […]
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Why BlueNalu’s Fish Factories Will Save Our Oceans – One Green Planet
Our oceans are dying. This might seem like a harsh stance, but the reality is study after study indicates that we are taking too many fish and marine species out of the oceans and putting […]
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New NIH Director Francis Collins to be at ASCB Meeting in San Diego
Newly appointed National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins will attend and speak briefly at the American Society for Cell Biology Conference in San Diego Dec. 5-9. Dr. Collins will provide some short […]
