by Admin | Aug 23, 2019 | News & Opinions
Above: Vic Nole, executive director of the Life Sciences Incubator. Mayo Clinic’s Life Sciences Incubator, UNF’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, “a powerful addition” to the city. by: Katie Garwood – Jacksonville Daily Record In the six years since...
by Admin | Aug 23, 2019 | News & Opinions
Construction began on the Discovery and Innovation Building in 2017. By Katie Garwood – Jacksonville Daily Record Mayo Clinic opened its $32.4 million Discovery and Innovation Building on Thursday. The 75,000-square-foot building houses the Life Sciences...
by Admin | Aug 20, 2019 | News & Opinions
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has awarded a $4.96 million grant to Sanford Burnham Prebys Professor Evan Y. Snyder, M.D., Ph.D. The funding will allow Snyder to complete pre-investigational new drug (IND)-enabling studies, a step toward...
by Admin | Aug 17, 2019 | News & Opinions
The country’s researchers are racing to grow replacement organs for humans in animals. By Adam Minter – Bloomberg News Recently, a Chinese startup named Qihan Biotech raised $20 million to develop replacement organs for humans. The smallish deal would hardly...
by Admin | Aug 17, 2019 | News & Opinions
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – The International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory is embarking upon a multi-year research alliance with the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine (MIRM) at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) to push the limits of...
by Admin | Aug 14, 2019 | News & Opinions
Durham, NC – A study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine provides compelling evidence of how an injection of human amniotic fluid stem cells can be used to protect the spinal cord of a fetus from myelomeningocele (MMC). The finding could lead to a new...