Keyword: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Big Drugmakers Think Small with Nanomedicine Deals

03.05.2013 - Is nanomedicine the next big thing? A growing number of top drug companies seem to think so. The ability to encapsulate potent drugs in tiny particles measuring billionths of a...

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GSK Plans $1 Million Prize to Jump-start "Electroceuticals"

10.04.2013 - GlaxoSmithKline, Britain's biggest drugmaker, is placing a small but important bet on a new way of treating diseases by targeting electrical signals in the body. The company said...

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Obama Eyes Investments In Technology Manufacturing

27.06.2011 - President Barack Obama launched an initiative on Friday to develop new U.S. manufacturing jobs by teaming government up with companies and universities to invest more than $500...

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Chemist, Biologist Wins MIT Inventor's Prize

07.06.2010 - A University of California chemistry and biology professor whose research is applied widely in biotechnology became the first woman to win the prestigious Lemelson-MIT Prize for...

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South Africa Taps Patent Pool for Neglected Disease

06.05.2010 - South Africa will use a new "patent pool" to work on new drugs for tuberculosis and malaria, making it the first government to take advantage of the industry-led idea. The pool...