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April 19, 2021 | Team led by UCLA professor wins $7.5 million NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE
A group of UCLA engineers has become the first university team to win the grand prize in the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE global competition. By mitigating the carbon footprint of concrete, the team’s invention could eventually be a major step in the global battle against...
UCLA alums court success as battery-tech entrepreneurs
Millibatt, Inc., has developed a second-generation battery and is gearing up for a campaign to engage corporate partners. Integral to the business’s growth have been startup-friendly resources at UCLA — including the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA’s Magnify...
April 9, 2021 | Nammi Therapeutics Unveils Two Novel Immunotherapies at AACR Conference
Nammi Therapeutics, Inc. (Nammi), an LA-based immunotherapy company, announces its first two cancer drug candidates, one from each of Nammi's distinctive drug development platforms, Nammisomes and Masked ImmunoCytokines (MIC). Nammi...
February 24, 2021 | Santa Monica’s MAX BioPharma Develops New Drug Candidate to Treat COVID-19
MAX BioPharma, a Santa Monica biopharmaceutical startup has developed a new drug candidate with antiviral activity against COVID-19. Santa Monica’s MAX BioPharma Develops New Drug Candidate to Treat COVID-19 Local startup develops news...
February 23, 2021 | For UCLA-based startup, new muscular dystrophy treatment is a personal mission
Courtney Young helped develop the gene therapy at the heart of a biotech startup, MyoGene Bio, when she was a doctoral student at UCLA from 2013 to 2018. But the kernel of the company’s endeavor is older still — and definitively personal. [xyz-ips...
Turnstone Biologics Acquires Novel Cell Therapy Platform
urnstone Biologics Corp., a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of cancer immunotherapies, today announced that it has acquired California-based Myst Therapeutics, a privately held biotechnology company...
July 9, 2020 | Researchers receive Department of Energy grant to transform carbon dioxide into construction materials
The technology for producing CO2Concrete is being demonstrated at the Wyoming Integrated Test Center at the Dry Fork Station in Gillette, Wyoming.July 9, 2020 | Researchers receive Department of Energy grant to transform carbon dioxide into construction materials by...
June 29, 2020 | Pharma’s Dirty Secret, And The Synthetic Biology Startup Offering A New Approach
Octant Bio, the Bay Area, CA-based synthetic biology startup and graduate of Magnify Incubator) is using an approach to multi-receptor drugs that you may never have heard of, but that you definitely haven’t heard the last of.July 2, 2020 | Pharma’s Dirty Secret, And...
June 1, 2020 | Coronavirus vaccine development underway by Vault Pharma
An emerging company developing biotechnology invented at UCLA is adapting their approach to address the novel coronavirus, with the goal of adding to the anti-COVID-19 arsenal that follows an initial vaccine. The company, Vault Pharma, is working with UCLA and other...
May 4, 2020 | Myst Therapeutics Appoints George Smith as Vice President of Business Operations
Myst Therapeutics (Myst), a preclinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing selected TIL-based autologous T cell (PuriT™) therapy products for cancer, announced the appointment of George Smith, PhD, MBA as Vice President of Business Operations.May...
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