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Miami-based HIG BioVentures Closes $268 Million Life Sciences Fund

May 1, 2012
biotech

H.I.G. Capital, LLC announced the successful closing of H.I.G. BioVentures II, L.P. (the “Fund”). The Fund held its final closing …Read the Rest

Off-switch gene for pancreatic cancer discovered

April 30, 2012
biotech

Scientists at Cambridge Research Institute and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have made an important step forward in understanding one …Read the Rest

USF/Moffitt grad student researcher wins $10,000 grant

April 30, 2012
biotech

The Joanna M. Nicolay Melanoma Foundation (JMNMF) awarded nine $10,000, nationally competitive, “Research Scholar Awards” (RSA) to exceptional graduate student …Read the Rest

Devil’s Advocate on Avik Roy’s Proposal for Drug Testing Reform

April 29, 2012
biotech

In his three-part Forbes piece, Avik Roy suggests that the FDA must adopt a new, more finely calibrated, “conditional” approval …Read the Rest

Biotech Executives, Agency Officials to Discuss National Bioeconomy Blueprint in Orlando

April 28, 2012
biotech

Following the White House release of the National Bioeconomy Blueprint, company and organization executives will join government agency officials for …Read the Rest

“Mirrored” microRNA genes with different functions can be produced from the same piece of DNA

April 28, 2012
biotech

Researchers have discovered a new group of molecules, mirror-microRNAs, which control some of the fundamental processes behind memory function and …Read the Rest

Oak Ridge, Yale take steps toward fast, low-cost DNA sequencing device

April 27, 2012
biotech

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Yale University researchers have developed a new concept for use in a high-speed genomic sequencing …Read the Rest