Biotechnology and precision medicine company Caris Life Sciences announced it raised $168 million in growth capital funding.
Caris Life Sciences has now raised $1.86 billion in capital since 2018.
Braidwell LP led the round with participation from new investors Perceptive Advisors, Woodline and Ghisallo.
Millennium Management and First Light Asset Management also participated in the round.
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Genome British Columbia (Genome BC), a not-for-profit genomics research company, has secured $49 million in funding for five projects that will be conducted in British Columbia and will utilize genomics to advance personalized healthcare.
According to Genome BC, the projects are part of research funding announced in March by Genome Canada under the Canadian Precision Health Initiative (CPHI). ...
During a town hall in Wisconsin streamed live on YouTube on Monday, Elon Musk announced that his brain-computer interface implant startup Neuralink will perform its first human implant of Blindsight, aimed at restoring vision in individuals who are blind, by the end of 2025.
Musk was asked by an audience member when he envisioned "solving blindness and bringing that to the masses."
"Neuralink has...
Unlearn, an AI-enabled company creating digital twins of clinical trial participants, announced a partnership to advance ALS research with biotechnology company Trace Neuroscience, which creates genomic therapies for neurodegenerative diseases.
Unlearn, founded in 2017, uses machine learning to create digital twins of clinical trial participants before being randomized in a controlled trial.
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Elon Musk's brain-computer interface (BCI) implant startup Neuralink has filed applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to trademark the terms "Telepathy," "Blindsight" and "Telekinesis."
The applications, filed in early March, pertain to Neuralink's first product, Telepathy, a brain-computer interface that aims to enable users to control devices with their thoughts;...
Thermo Fisher Scientific announced that it has entered into a technology alliance agreement with the Chan Zuckerberg Institute for Advanced Biological Imaging (CZ Imaging Institute) to develop technologies that allow researchers to better visualize human cells that could advance scientific research and discovery.
In a statement, Thermo Fisher Scientific explained that cryo-electron microscopy (...
Ambient scribes are poised to be one of the fastest technology adoptions in the history of healthcare, according to a report by the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) on AI adoption in healthcare delivery systems.
The report provides insights on navigating early adoption, tracking progress while using the technology and delivering impact with early use.
Ambient scribes utilize AI to...
Dozee bags $8M for global expansion
Dozee is seeking to enter new international markets following its latest fundraising.
The Indian medical device maker raised INR 71.5 crore ($8.3 million) from Temasek Trust's C3H and other investors.
"Beyond the [United States], we are exploring new international markets while broadening our product portfolio to cover the entire continuum of care — from...
Hippocratic AI, a generative AI company developing safety-focused large language models for healthcare, announced the appointment of seven new executives following the closing of its $141 million Series B round of funding in January.
Hippocratic AI's generative AI solution focuses on nondiagnostic healthcare tasks such as medication onboarding and monthly reconciliation, hospital and payor policy...
A team of engineers at The Chinese University of Hong Kong has developed an AI-based blood pressure management system featuring a large language model from DeepSeek.
HOW IT WORKS
The system called Dr PAI (personalised AI doctor) integrates wearable technology with DeepSeek to enable 24/7 monitoring and tracking of dynamic blood pressure changes and heart rate variability. It also collects...
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