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COMMONGROUNDS RAISES $100M TO OPEN MORE NEW FLEXIBLE OFFICE SPACES

Billions of dollars have already flowed to the purveyors of shared workspaces, and the investment spigot isn't turning off yet. CommonGrounds...

FDA PANEL BACKS AMGEN BONE DRUG, SAYS BENEFITS OUTWEIGH HEART RISKS

An experimental Amgen osteoporosis drug that had sparked concern about cardiovascular side effects has won the backing of an FDA advisory...

AUTO SHOW NOTES: TECHSTARS MOBILITY REBRANDS, EXPANDS MISSION

Detroit's North American International Auto Show was the place for a plethora of mobility-related announcements this week, including...

SCOUTRFP SCORES $33M TO COMPETE IN SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT SECTOR

ScoutRFP , whose software is designed to help businesses streamline the process of ordering goods from suppliers, announced that it...

NAIAS: FORD'S FORAY INTO MICROTRANSIT PROVED VALUABLE, KLEVORN SAYS

Detroit's North American International Auto Show pulled back the curtains for a media preview Monday and Tuesday before it opens its...

Q&A: SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED SOMATIC RECOMBINATION IN THE BRAIN. NOW WHAT?

Jerold Chun The recent Nature paper describing the first evidence of somatic gene recombination in the human brain has been getting...

MERCK AND THE FUTURE OF IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY: A CHAT WITH ROGER PERLMUTTER

Cancer immunotherapy is, in a word, tantalizing. It might save the life of someone at death's door and keep the cancer at bay for years....

SMARTSHEET BUYS TERNPRO, SEATTLE DEVELOPER OF COLLABORATION TOOLS

Smartsheet, a Bellevue, WA-based company that develops collaborative software allowing users to track projects and manage company processes,...

IBM VETS LAUNCH SONRAI SECURITY, EYEING MULTI-CLOUD “COMPLEXITY”

Businesses racing faster and faster to put their data and applications into multiple cloud services will soon have to figure out how...

ROCHE R&D EXEC BEGINS A NEW VOYAGE WITH BIOTECH MOVE

Another day, another Big Pharma exec jumps ship to biotech: This morning, it's Omar Khwaja, M.D., Ph.D., who becomes chief medical...

INSMED CMO OUT THE DOOR, HEADED FOR 'WEST COAST'

The New Year wanderlust continues anon as Paul Streck, M.D., will this week exit his role as chief medical officer of Insmed to "pursue...

ABSTRACTS OF THE 31TH SPRING SYMPOSIUM OF THE GERMAN SOCIETY OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

IMMUNOCORE NAMES EX-ASTRAZENECA, BRISTOL-MYERS EXECUTIVE AS R&D CHIEF

Immunocore has named David Berman as its head of research and development. Berman spent the past decade overseeing the rise of immuno-oncology...

TRANSCRIPTOMIC SIGNATURE REVEALS MECHANISM OF FLOWER BUD DISTORTION IN WITCHES'-BROOM DISEASE OF SOYBEAN

Abstract Background Soybean crop is major source of edible oil and protein for human and animals besides its various industrial uses...

SIM1000G: A USER-FRIENDLY GENETIC VARIANT SIMULATOR IN R FOR UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY-BASED DESIGNS

Abstract Background Simulation of genetic variants data is frequently required for the evaluation of statistical methods in the fields...

INDIGO BIOSCIENCES ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF PREDICTIVE LIVER TOXICITY ASSAY KIT

By combining the advantages of upcyte hepatocytes with INDIGO's industry-leading platform and science, the new hepatotoxicty assay...

RESEARCH STATISTICIAN 18-0090

Statistician 18-0090 This position will be located at our SF VA Medical Center. POSITION DEFINITION: We are seeking a full-time statistician...

TERADATA NAMES OLIVER RATZESBERGER AS NEW CEO

Teradata on Monday announced that Oliver Ratzesberger, its chief operating officer, has been tapped as president and CEO Victor Lund's...

PUTTING CELLS UNDER PRESSURE

As cells divide to form tissues and organs in multicell organisms, they move to where they belong, informed by a series of cues that...

HERPES VIRUSES AND TUMORS EVOLVED TO LEARN HOW TO MANIPULATE THE SAME ANCIENT RNA

Herpes viral infections use the ancient genetic material found in the human genome to proliferate, mimicking the same process tumors...