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Excerpt from the Press Release: WATERTOWN, Mass., June 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — C4 Therapeutics, Inc. (C4T) (Nasdaq: CCCC), a biopharmaceutical company pioneering a new class of small-molecule medicines that selectively destroy disease-causing proteins through degradation, today presented new pre-clinical data on CFT8919, a novel mutant-selective degrader of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in non-small…
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Excerpt from the Article by Joe Geraci, Founder of Netramark. Machine learning has become a standard tool for medical researchers attempting to model disease in various ways, including building models to predict response to medications, classifying disease subtypes, and discovering new therapies. In this preview, we review a paper that utilizes quantum computation in order…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As part of the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting, precision oncology company Lucence is sharing real-world data supporting clinical applications of its amplicon-based liquid biopsy assay. The data will be presented in on-demand virtual poster sessions, available beginning June 4 at 9 AM EDT. Lucence is also announcing…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & NEW ORLEANS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Harvard University has granted an exclusive license to biotechnology company Obatala Sciences to commercialize innovations that enable the study of human fat tissue in vitro. Harvard Office of Technology Development and Obatala, which manufactures stem cell and hydrogel products to enable next-generation therapeutics discovery, announced the agreement today. Obatala…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: Current COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing severe disease, including infection caused by known variants of concern. But new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus could potentially evade immunity, so vaccine makers have already started developing next-generation vaccines. Recent research has suggested that new vaccines that more potently stimulate the immune…
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Excerpt from the Article: PHILADELPHIA—An odor-based test that sniffs out vapors emanating from blood samples was able to distinguish between benign and pancreatic and ovarian cancer cells with up to 95 percent accuracy, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine. The findings suggest that the Penn-developed tool…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: PRINCETON, N.J., June 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: OYST), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of first-in-class therapies to treat ocular surface diseases, today announced the expansion of its pipeline with the introduction of Enriched Tear Film (ETF™) Gene Therapy…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: TÜBINGEN, GERMANY and BOSTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / May 28, 2021 / CureVac N.V. (NASDAQ:CVAC), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of transformative medicines based on messenger ribonucleic acid (“mRNA”), today announced that the independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) has confirmed that the pivotal Phase 2b/3 study (HERALD)…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON and LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — SOPHiA GENETICS, the creator of a global data-sharing network that advances data-driven medicine, today released SOPHiA DDM™ for Blood Cancers, novel blood cancer testing solutions across the entire workflow from setup, genomic testing, and in-house advanced analytics. The solutions target the most relevant DNA variants and RNA fusion genes…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: LEXINGTON, Mass. and AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, May 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ: QURE), a leading gene therapy company advancing transformative therapies for patients with severe medical needs, today announced that the independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) overseeing the Phase I/II clinical trial of AMT-130 for the treatment of Huntington’s…
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