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Startup to provide gene based dating services

GenePartner thinks that the most effective dating happens when your DNA matches and by that they literally mean your DNA - they want you to take the DNA test which will then run in their fancy software more...
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Biogen Idec Announces First Startup in Its Innovation Incubator

Bi3 is a corporate initiative designed to contribute to the company's drug development pipeline by offering entrepreneurial scientists the opportunity to rapidly convert novel biological insights into more...
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Biotech pesticide maker AgraQuest raises $20M

In its 10th round of funding, Davis based BioTech major AgraQuest has raised $20M from U.K.’s Loudwater Trust and existing investors, including TPG Ventures. AgraQuest derives novel, organic pesticides more...
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The busy life of a Biotech startup founder

Jim Hardy of Gahaha BioSciences shares his detailed insights on the life of Biotech startup founder in this blogterview with Attila Chordash, who edits the blog. Some interesting tidbits emerge as the more...
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Pharma startup ParaPRO lands new grant

ParaPRO which aims to kill head lice has got a new grant of $2.1 million. more...
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Amyris Biotechnologies gets $70M

Amyris Biotech got Series B funding from DAG Ventures. more...
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Google's Genetic Start-Up

"We'd like to give all of you an opportunity to meet your genome." That was the offer made to a roomful of analysts by Jay Flatley, chief executive of biotech Illumina. And in his sales pitch, he spilled more...
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