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Drs. Rhonda Bassel-Duby, Takahiko Nishiyama, and Eric Olson of UT Southwestern. [Photo: UTSW]
UT Southwestern Team’s Gene Editing Battles 1-in-250 Heart Condition
by Lance Murray | Dec 21, 2022
UT Southwestern researchers have used gene editing technology to develop what could be a breakthrough for dilated cardiomyopathy, a heart condition that affects one in 250 people worldwide.
“The pace of this field is really breathtaking,” said Eric Olson, Ph.D., who co-led the study. “I expect that if this moves forward into patients, we’re not talking within decades—we’re talking within years.”
by Quincy Preston |
Dec 21, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Aon Risk Services' digital property collateral protection, Capitalogix's advanced systems and methods for allocating capital to trading strategies for big data trading in financial markets, Dell Products' detection of indicators of attack, Nallen Holdings' paint removal unit, USAA's appliance monitoring sensors, and more.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 20, 2022
The early-stage startup's QmTRIAGE software platform uses AI and machine learning to detect early breast cancers with a "high rate" of accuracy, MedCognetics says. The company has worked with UT Southwestern and UT Dallas to ensure its AI improves outcomes for "all ethnicities," at a time when racial disparities in AI have become a growing concern.
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 19, 2022
Dallas-based Taysha Gene Therapies is starting a new chapter in its fight to tackle devastating neurological conditions with changes in its top executive leadership.
Late Friday, the publicly traded biotech announced that Sean P....
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John Carmack [Video still from his 2019 VR Awards Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech/Twitter]
Legendary Dallas Innovator John Carmack Raises $20M for Artificial General Intelligence Startup Keen Technologies
by Kevin Cummings | Dec 16, 2022
Carmack—the former CTO of VR giant Oculus—has taken goggle-gazing to the next level, programmed Doom and Quake, and founded a Mesquite-based space tourism startup. Now he's on a mission he says "could change the course of human history": artificial general intelligence. Keen's focus on AGI could lead to "something that behaves like a human being or like a living creature, and that can then be educated in whatever ways that we need to," he says.
Carmack believes AGI will hit the market in less than a decade. enabling AIs to interact socially with each other—or with actual people.
Carmack believes AGI will hit the market in less than a decade. enabling AIs to interact socially with each other—or with actual people.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 15, 2022
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has announced the new Cancer Moonshot Expedited Examination Pilot Program, in an effort to accelerate innovation in the health and medical fields....
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 14, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Linear Labs' multi-tunnel electric machine, NEC Corporation of America's facial recognition system, NTT Data's securing machine learning models, Physmodo's human motion detection and tracking, Raytheon and University of North Dakota's detection of spoofing and meaconing for geolocation positioning system signals, Securus Technologies' ollicit activity detection based on body language, University of Texas System's anti-LILRB antibodies and their use in detecting and treating cancer, Watchguard Video's magnetic body-worn mounting system and method, and more.
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 9, 2022
Dr. Amy Pinkham of UTD’s School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences received an award for outstanding research on social cognition. The award puts her group at the forefront of research in the field, the professor said.
The work could be applicable for many disorders, including autism and mood and anxiety disorders.
The work could be applicable for many disorders, including autism and mood and anxiety disorders.
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When cruising in the boat, the sides are up and locked in place. But when boaters are tucked in a cove, the sides can transform into a deck. [Rendering: AllOY]
AllOY Reveals Design of Its First Electric-Powered Autonomous Recreational Boat
by Quincy Preston | Dec 8, 2022
The Dallas-based marine tech startup will take preorders in 2023 and set sail with production boats in 2024. Warbird Holdings CEO John Dorton—a veteran in both boat building and leadership—is joining the startup’s board to help AllOY make waves in the $57 billion recreational boat market.
AllOY emerged from stealth this summer to bring electric power and autonomous tech to boating.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 8, 2022
Southlake-based Renibus Therapeutics—a clinical-stage biotech company developing innovative products for cardiorenal diseases—has received $33 million in bridge financing to help it advance three drugs in its pipeline. The drugs are currently in various phases of trials.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 7, 2022
Dallas-based Berkshire, innovating for improved patient wellness with personalized drug dispensing technology, has been granted a total of $2 million across two phases. This funding will aid the development and eventual introduction of their tech to provide opioid users at-home access to vital methadone treatment.
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 5, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Alcon's intraocular lens insertion device, Balanced Media Technology's task completion using a blockchain network, BioBrand's target online advertising using biometric information, BNSF Logistics' long rail transport train, Brius Technologies' orthodontic treatment and associated devices, Design Science Technology's safe transport and storage of energy storage devices, Entrust's identity management for software components using one-time use credential and dynamically created identity credential, Northrop Grumman Systems' spacecraft servicing pods , Omnitracs' locating wireless devices, Price Setter's transaction arbiter system, Redmon Jeang's mobile legal counsel system, and Toyota's artificial muscles.
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CharaChorder X
Plano’s CharaChorder Releases Dongle That Lets You Type at ‘the Speed of Thought’
by David Seeley | Nov 29, 2022
The startup launched CharaChorder X, a new USB dongle which "transforms any keyboard into a chording enabled device," November 22 on Kickstarter. It reached 100% funding within two hours of its release.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 28, 2022
Dallas-based global semiconductor company Texas Instruments is expanding its lineup of space-grade analog semiconductor products in plastic packages that can used for a variety of missions—from new space to deep space....
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 28, 2022
The company is looking for entrepreneurs specializing in hardware and software solutions engineered for digital factories, smart buildings and facilities, energy management and efficiency, Industry 4.0, or supply chains.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 21, 2022
“This study indicates you don’t need obesity to trigger pain; you don’t need diabetes; you don’t need a pathology or injury at all," says UTD researcher Dr. Michael Burton. "Eating a high-fat diet for a short period of time is enough."
The finding could lead to further research on the impact of high-fat diets on chronic pain, a key component of the opioid epidemic—and potentially pharmacological solutions.
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