Stem cell genes are helping inform this startup’s approach to cancer diagnostics
The same genes in stem cells and cancer cells are being expressed. OncoCyte is using this knowledge to develop a genetic diagnostic test.
Baltimore startup takes cancer fight to the cloud and combines machine learning
Proscia, a Baltimore-based startup, is looking to use machine learning and cloud-based technology to combat cancer, launching a new software platform aimed at pathologists that provides storage for multi-gigabyte digital biopsies, while simultaneously harnessing what it calls “second-opinion collaboration technology.” The cloud-based program, according to Proscia, offers “large-scale management, analytics, access and collaboration” for whole […]
When Investment Rhymes with Canada
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
Cleveland Clinic spinout raises $2M for cancer-screening blood tests
Cleveland Diagnostics, a startup developing blood tests for a variety of cancers, just raised about $2 million, according to regulatory filing. The company spun out of Cleveland Clinic Innovations in 2013, and hasn’t announced much since. Here’s MedCity‘s take on what the startup was up to at the time: The new company is scooping up cancer diagnostic […]
Precision Therapeutics raises $60M, appoints new C-suite and board, and renamed to “Helomics”
Pittsburgh-based personalized medicine company Precision Therapeutics has changed its name to Helomics Corp. – and has brought in an impressive $60 million financing round and hired a new C-suite and board, to boot. The company’s strategy will be to become highly acquisitive in the personalized medicine space, it said in a statement. The cancer diagnostics company […]
Google X’s latest health adventure: Nanoparticle pills that detect cancer
Never mind telemedicine as a replacement for a doctor visit. Google X wants to create a pill that will not only find health problems when they first start to develop but do all the lab work for you as well. Andrew Conrad, head of the Life Sciences team at the Google X research lab, announced […]
Startups are doing more for breast cancer patients than any pink ribbon could
Download the MedCity Startup Index for September It’s easy enough to buy a pink ribbon or even to walk or run a 5K to promote breast cancer awareness. I am a fan of the Think Before You Pink campaign by the Breast Cancer Action group. These activists introduced the idea of pinkwashing – how corporations […]
Unlocking Transparency in PBM Pricing
The TSX Venture Exchange has a strong history of helping early-stage health and life sciences companies raise patient capital for research and development.
A single blood test that screens for dozens of cancers? It’s in the works.
The diagnostics space is choked with countless cancer tests – from biopsies and imaging analyses to a simple blood test. Bay Area startup Miroculus is working on a device that can conduct multiple cancer tests from a single blood sample. Wired wrote an in-depth profile of the company, which is worth a read. It begins: Early detection, we’re often […]
Cancer diagnostics company offers therapy reimbursement info for busy docs
Personalized medicine player MolecularHealth is adding an interesting reimbursement twist to its cancer diagnostics offerings: It figures out insurance options not only for the tests it offers, but also for the ensuing treatment options that are recommended by its tests. “To avoid disappointment and confusion for a patient, we think it’s best for the patient and physician to have a meaningful […]