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By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 12/17/12 |
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More than 470 girls from local high schools spent Thursday at the University of Rhode Island exploring STEM industries and career pathways during Tech Collective’s 12th annual GRRL Tech event.
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By Lindsay Lorenz |
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Biomedical Structures LLC, the developer of biomedical textiles for medical devices, has merged with Modified Polymer Components, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company specializing in the design, rapid prototyping and manufacture of polymer components for medical device original equipment manufacturers.
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By PBN Staff
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New recipes for a vaccine to combat the H7N9 flu went into production this weekend, in a collaboration between EpiVax and Aldevron in Fargo, N.D., and a researcher at Fort Detrick, Md., the home of the Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, according to Dr. Anne S. De Groot.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Medical technology maker Covidien PLC was awarded $176.5 million in a patent infringement suit with Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company.
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By PBN Staff
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When President Obama announced his new $100 million Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies initiative from the East Room at the White House on April 2, two Brown University professors, who had helped to plan this sweeping new vision for brain research, attended the ceremony.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Amgen Inc., one of the world’s largest biotechnology companies, reported fourth-quarter profit that beat analyst estimates as sales of arthritis and bone drugs rose.
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By Ryan Flinn |
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Tech Collective, Rhode Island’s bioscience and IT industry association, has announced the six winners of its inaugural Rhode Island Bioscience Awards.
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By PBN Staff
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he Rhode Island Tech Collective announced last week that “science-centric” comedian Brian Malow is slated to perform at its inaugural Bioscience Awards celebration.
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By Alex Kowalski |
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President Barack Obama has proposed a $1 billion federal investment in advanced manufacturing and a group of congressmen from Rhode Island and Connecticut would like to see even more spent on boosting the sector in southern New England.
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By Patrick Anderson |