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32 life science and health IT startups will compete in MassChallenge 2013

32 life science and health IT startups will compete in MassChallenge 2013

May 23, 2013 5:08 pm by | 0 Comments

Who will win this year’s MassChallenge? The Boston accelerator is set to get its fourth session underway with the announcement of the 128 new startups that will participate. A quarter ... Read more

“Munchies” aside, pot smokers’ waists smaller than non-users

“Munchies” aside, pot smokers’ waists smaller than non-users

May 23, 2013 3:43 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who had used marijuana in the past month had smaller waists and lower levels of insulin resistance - a diabetes precursor - than those ... Read more


PatientsLikeMe opens health outcomes measurement hub for researcher-patient collaboration

PatientsLikeMe opens health outcomes measurement hub for researcher-patient collaboration

May 20, 2013 4:49 pm by | 0 Comments

As part of its efforts to give patients a stronger voice in clinical trial design, PatientsLikeMe has opened up a hub where researchers, clinicians, academics and patients can refine and ... Read more

Single sign-on provider is on a mission to “remove excess clicks” from hospital IT

Single sign-on provider is on a mission to “remove excess clicks” from hospital IT

May 20, 2013 2:56 pm by | 0 Comments

While some hospitals claim to be seeing benefits of electronic medical records, others are still complaining that they’re cumbersome and time-consuming. Keeping digitized personal health information private and secure, while ... Read more

Anticancer drug developer Karyopharm raises more than $48M in series B round

Anticancer drug developer Karyopharm raises more than $48M in series B round

May 20, 2013 10:47 am by | 0 Comments

Biotechnology company Karyopharm Therapeutics has raised $48.2 million in a series B round for an innovative group of molecules to combat cancer, according to a company statement.Karyopharm’s approach, in phase ... Read more

Wow of the week: Scientists use layered clay to grow bone cells

Wow of the week: Scientists use layered clay to grow bone cells

May 18, 2013 8:15 am by | 0 Comments

It was a big news for stem cells this week, particularly from a group of researchers who successfully transformed human skin cells into embryonic stem cells, showing that it’s possible ... Read more

Here are 9 genetics and genomics thought leaders to follow on Twitter

Here are 9 genetics and genomics thought leaders to follow on Twitter

May 17, 2013 3:22 pm by | 0 Comments

Genetic testing, particularly for cancer, family histories and the decision whether or not to opt for surgery based on family history and genes were the focus of a lot of ... Read more


Biotech, meet service provider. This startup strives to streamline the process of outsourcing

Biotech, meet service provider. This startup strives to streamline the process of outsourcing

May 17, 2013 11:26 am by | 1 Comments

The “virtual” business models that have become common in many biotech startups may allow companies to operate with less capital, but they also present their own set of challenges.One of ... Read more

Cambridge firm uses next-generation DNA sequencing to detect more mutations in carrier screening

Cambridge firm uses next-generation DNA sequencing to detect more mutations in carrier screening

May 16, 2013 3:39 pm by | 1 Comments

 When a company sets out to enter a market inhabited by heavyweights like LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics, it better have something good. Good Start Genetics has applied next-generation DNA sequencing ... Read more

Sanofi taps PatientsLikeMe to spur clinical trial participation

Sanofi taps PatientsLikeMe to spur clinical trial participation

May 14, 2013 7:07 pm by | 0 Comments

It’s no secret that drug developers have had a tough time recruiting clinical trial participants. Companies are trying a myriad of approaches to help pharmaceutical companies solve this challenge from ... Read more

Web startup plays matchmaker for physicians and EMR vendors

Web startup plays matchmaker for physicians and EMR vendors

May 13, 2013 4:58 pm by | 0 Comments

For every two physician practices that have chosen and set up a basic EMR system, there are about three others that haven’t yet done so. Boston-based startup MedicalRecords.com sees that ... Read more

What’s challenging for health startups in the life science capital? 5 Boston entrepreneurs weigh in

What’s challenging for health startups in the life science capital? 5 Boston entrepreneurs weigh in

May 10, 2013 9:17 am by | 0 Comments

If you’re a startup working on a product for the healthcare industry, Boston is the place to be. During a trip to Bean Town, I was curious to hear what ... Read more

iPad-based communication therapy puts data analytics behind BostonU speech-language research

iPad-based communication therapy puts data analytics behind BostonU speech-language research

May 9, 2013 5:33 pm by | 0 Comments

Through a phenomenon called plasticity, the human brain has an amazing capacity to repair some parts itself after injury. That’s why people who experience brain damage undergo rehabilitation that includes ... Read more

Advice for mobile health app startups looking for early patient testers: Just think social

Advice for mobile health app startups looking for early patient testers: Just think social

May 9, 2013 11:09 am by | 0 Comments

When it came time to test the first version of its new mobile app for people with migraines, the team at Ubiqi Health assumed that physician referrals would be the ... Read more

MassChallenge founder: A widening “funnel of experimentation” is giving rise to accelerators

MassChallenge founder: A widening “funnel of experimentation” is giving rise to accelerators

May 9, 2013 8:14 am by | 0 Comments

Akhil Nigam and John Harthorne left their jobs at Bain & Company in 2009, with the U.S. economy in the dumps, feeling an urge to help restore focus on entrepreneurs ... Read more