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This week I attended the Department of Defense’s Advanced Technology Applications for Combat Casualty Care (ATACCC) conference in St. Petersburg, Florida. I attended the conference on the invitation of a friend, and was curious to see how medical devices differed between civilian and military uses. I can say now that prior to the conference I [...]
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The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported yesterday that Steven Burrill, a California venture capitalist, is close to raising a $1 billion venture fund to promote biotechnology startups in Minnesota. Burrill is also building a biotech research park near the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. This is huge news for Minnesota, especially in this time of dried up [...]
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Do you need a Ph.D. to be a Biotech Entrepreneur? This seems to be a popular question these days, even though I think the answer is pretty obvious: No. If your intent is to be the founder and general manager of a biotech company, then the value of a Ph.D. is diminished. There are lots [...]
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Here are four early-stage biomed-related online startups that have been in the news recently: MedPedia — This is exactly what it sounds like, Wikipedia for medical information. They’ve enlisted top medical schools from the US, Canada, and the UK to seed the initial content, and will open the site up to MDs and PhDs to [...]
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Underwinding DNA Disrupts Its Structure
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