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1.17.2024

$3.1 Million Grant Backs Promising Focused Ultrasound Research

School of Medicine researchers have received $3.1 million from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute to pioneer the use of focused soundwaves to improve treatment of debilitating cerebral...

12.1.2023

VIPC Awards Commonwealth Commercialization Fund Grant to PS Fertility to Advance Fertility Testing

The Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC) today announced that PS-Fertility, Inc. has been awarded a Commonwealth Commercialization Fund (CCF) grant for $75,000. VIPC’s CCF programs have distributed more than $53 million to Virginia-based startups,...

9.14.2023

5 Excellent Finalists Chosen for the 8th Annual BioHealth Capital Region Crab Trap

BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI), a leading regional innovation intermediary, is thrilled to announce the five outstanding finalists for the 8th Annual BioHealth Capital Region Crab Trap competition. The Crab Trap...

6.26.2023

Cerillo Unveils Co-Culture Duet System for Real-Time Observation of Microbial Interaction Studies

Cerillo, a biotechnology company at the forefront of developing advanced research platforms for the study of the microbiome, hosted demonstrations of the company’s new co-culture duet system at ASM Microbe...

5.19.2023

Virginia Catalyst Awards $2 Million in Grants to Support Life Sciences in the Commonwealth

The Virginia Catalyst, also known as the Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corporation (VBHRC), today announced that it has awarded $2 million in grants to four life and bioscience projects in...

5.4.2023

Gene Therapy Breakthrough in Parkinson’s Disease

A Parkinson’s disease (PD) study partially funded by the Foundation and led by Prof. José Obeso at HM CINAC in Madrid, Spain, used focused ultrasound plus microbubbles to deliver gene...

4.27.2023

Springbok Analytics raises $3 million seed round for their AI-powered platform that converts MRIs into 3D analysis of muscles

Springbok Analytics, which uses AI to convert 2D MRI scans into a 3D digital twin for muscle analysis, has completed an oversubscribed $3 million seed round led by Transition Equity...

4.21.2023

ZielBio to Present New Research on the Utility of Cancer-Specific Plectin (CSP) and ZB131 in Antibody-Drug Conjugates at AACR Annual Meeting 2023

ZielBio, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company discovering new treatments for cancer and other serious diseases, will present new, preclinical data showing that its lead asset, ZB131, directed against cancer-specific plectin...

3.23.2023

NImmune Biopharma Launches with Phase III-Ready Asset Gained from Landos Biopharma

Virginia life sciences entrepreneur Josep Bassaganya-Riera’s latest company NImmune Biopharma launched with an eye on a potential New Drug Application for its Phase III-ready experimental therapeutic for ulcerative colitis. NImmune Biopharma’s lead...

3.16.2023

Focused Ultrasound Improves Liquid Biopsy Results in an Alzheimer’s Disease Model

Hong Chen, PhD, her co-senior author Arash Nazeri, MD, an assistant professor of radiology at the School of Medicine’s Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, and their research team at Washington University...

3.8.2023

Medtech Startup Current Surgical Just Landed a $3.2M Seed Round for Its Cancer Treatment Tech

For DC founder Al Mashal, an electrical engineer who worked in oncology, and cofounder and CTO Chris Wagner (who came from surgical robotics), creating a startup to improve cancer treatment...

3.2.2023

AMPEL BioSolutions' Breakthrough Predicts Drug Options to Slow End Stage Renal Disease

AMPEL BioSolutions is a precision medicine company commercializing a development pipeline of CLIA-certified gene expression tests for blood or tissue samples that provide clinical decision support.