Biotechnology Archives

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Technology

The first fully A.I.-generated drug enters clinical trials in human patients

Sources June 29, 2023

Alex Zhavoronkov, left, founder and CEO of Insilico Medicine, and Feng Ren, co-CEO and chief scientific officer, at the company’s robotics lab in Suzhou, China. Source: Insilico Medicine The first drug fully generated by...

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Technology

Google Cloud launches A.I.-powered tools to accelerate drug discovery, precision medicine

Sources May 16, 2023

A person walks next to the Google Cloud logo at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain February 27, 2023. Nacho Doce | Reuters Google Cloud on Tuesday launched two new AI-powered tools...

2 Minutes

Technology

Watch live: TikTok CEO testifies before House committee as potential U.S. ban looms

Sources March 23, 2023

(The stream is slated to start at 10:00 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a video above at that time.) TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before the...

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World

Biden says three recently downed aerial objects were not linked to Chinese spy program

Sources February 16, 2023

US President Joer Biden arrives to speak about the administration’s response to recent aerial objects at the White House House in Washington, DC, on February 16, 2023. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images...

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World

Nikki Haley enters race for president as first challenger to Trump for the Republican nomination

Sources February 14, 2023

Former South Carolina Republican Governor Nikki Haley speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 19, 2022. Wade Vandervort | AFP | Getty Images Nikki Haley, a...

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World

Pfizer expects 2023 sales to decline as much as 33% compared with record-breaking 2022

Sources January 31, 2023

Vials containing the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are displayed before being used at a mobile vaccine clinic, in Valparaiso, Chile, January 3, 2022. Rodrigo Garrido | Reuters Pfizer on Tuesday issued...

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Technology

Google’s ex-CEO Eric Schmidt tapped for federal biotech commission that allows members to keep biotech investments

Sources January 31, 2023

On Dec. 30, leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees announced the selection of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and 11 others to serve on a new federal commission on biotechnology. Tasked...

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World

WHO says Covid remains a global emergency but pandemic could near its end in 2023

Sources January 30, 2023

Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends an ACANU briefing on global health issues, including COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine in Geneva, Switzerland, December 14, 2022. Denis Balibouse...

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World

CDC urges people with weak immune systems to take extra precautions after Covid subvariants knock out Evusheld

Sources January 27, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday urged people with weak immune systems to take extra precautions to avoid Covid after the dominant omicron subvariants knocked out a key antibody treatment. These...

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World

A 26-year-old founded a medical startup — the same year he lost almost half his vision

Sources January 27, 2023

Kevin Choi, who is Medi Whale’s CEO, said he is a firm believer that his diagnosis is “not a coincidence.” Mediwhale As a rifleman in the Republic of Korea Marine Corps who endured harsh...