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Nanome raises $3 million to help scientists get up close with molecular structures in VR

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Yet, the R&D process for drug discovery relies on 2D monitors, keyboard, and mouse, which limits the understanding of complex 3D structures or interactions and contributes to massive R&D costs averaging $2.5B But they have plans to use this new funding to expand into pharmaceutical chemistry, synthetic biology, and even education.

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10 Key Trends of Digital Transformation in Healthcare in 2022

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Modern technical advancements in healthcare have made it possible to quickly handle critical medical data, medical records, pharmaceutical orders, and other data. In addition, pharmaceutical businesses can generate more effective drugs and improve medical research and experimentation using machine learning.

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Meet the 14 companies launching out of the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator

TechCrunch

Andiamo uses machine learning, 3D simulation and 3D printing to create custome braces for children with cerebral palsy, bringing down the cost and improving outcomes for clinicians, patients and families alike. So without any further ado, here are the startups graduating out of the summer 2021 ERA class. departments.

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Prellis Biologics raises $14.5M, debuts a ‘human immune system’ in a dish

TechCrunch

Prellis Biologics , a company developing the tools to create 3D-printed organs, announced a $14.5 Up until this point, Prellis has focused on 3D printing vascular scaffolds that would allow companies to grow healthy and oxygenated human organs (or miniature versions, called organoids) for drug testing, and eventually transplant.

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How Nvidia became a trillion-dollar company

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Its founders spotted that generating 3D graphics in video games—then a fast-growing market—placed highly repetitive, math-intensive demands on PC central processing units (CPUs). Although Nvidia’s first chips were used to enhance 3D gaming, the manufacturing industry is also interested in 3D simulations, and its pockets are deeper.

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With new funding, Atomic AI envisions RNA as the next frontier in drug discovery

TechCrunch

Academia has focused on other pieces of the puzzle and pharmaceuticals have, partly as a consequence of that, pursued proteins as the mechanisms for drugs. A rotating 3D model of an RNA strand structure predicted by PARSE. And it’s doing… who knows what? It’s vastly underexplored.”

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The 10G Challenge: How Corning Leverages Technology to Improve How We Work

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From 3D remote meetings to immersive demos from countries away, next-generation technologies will make a significant impact on the way we do business. As an organization, Corning’s growth is fueled by a commitment to innovation.