Tech and Gadget Renovia raises $42M to fund digital health solutions for pelvic floor strengthening | Digital… Aug 25, 2018 Digital therapeutics company Renovia has raised $42.3 million in new financing for its diagnostic and therapy devices for women with pelvic floor…
Tech News update Senate approves $2B boost for NIH in $850B+ spending bill | Digital Science Aug 25, 2018 For the fourth year in a row, the Senate has approved a significant increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health. The $2 billion boost…
Tech and Gadget Martens recolonized Isle Royale in the ’90s, showing island’s dynamism | Digital Science Aug 24, 2018 After decades of trapping, the last known American marten was spotted on Isle Royale in 1917. Fifty years later, in 1966, the National Park Service…
Tech News update Gritstone Oncology files for $80M IPO | Digital Science Aug 24, 2018 Gritstone Oncology, the immuno-oncology upstart that has pocketed more than $194 million in venture capital, is going public. The Bay Area biotech…
Tech News update Epic genetic: the hidden story of wheat | Digital Science Aug 23, 2018 Globally, wheat, together with maize and rice, provides the most human nutrition. It can thrive in a whole range of different environments, even…
Tech and Gadget Plant Biotech Pioneer Retires | Digital Science Aug 23, 2018 In February, as part of our 25th anniversary innovation series, we profiled the discovery and subsequent harnessing of Agrobacterium to modify crops,…
Tech and Gadget Study reveals how enzyme detects ultraviolet light damage | Digital Science Aug 23, 2018 Ultraviolet radiation, such as sunlight, can damage cellular DNA, leading to cancer. UC San Diego researchers have described the underlying…
Tech and Gadget New genetic regulators of regeneration identified | Digital Science Aug 23, 2018 Scientists at the MDI Biological Laboratory and the University of Maine have discovered that genetic material in the cell that was previously thought…
Tech News update Better genome editing developed | Digital Science Aug 22, 2018 A major obstacle to in-cell genome editing is, well, the cell itself. “Human cells don’t like to take in stuff,” explained UC Santa Barbara’s Norbert…
Tech and Gadget New Documentary Highlights Consequences of Bad Patent Laws | Digital Science Aug 22, 2018 The U.S. leads the world in biotech innovation, delivering solutions to combat debilitating and rare diseases, reduce our environmental footprint…