A startup developing technology originating at Johns Hopkins that offers early detection of cancers launched Thursday with $110 million in Series A funding, a record Series A round for a Johns Hopkins company. Thrive Earlier Detection Corp. will develop CancerSeek, ...

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While Gov. Larry Hogan says a second term would look a lot like his first, he also says Maryland voters can expect to see some significant changes — notably in how the state's congressional map is drawn.

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A Northern California judge on Monday upheld a jury's verdict that found Monsanto's weed killer caused a groundskeeper's cancer, but she slashed the amount of money to be paid from $289 million to $78 million.

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Hundreds of lawsuits alleging Roundup weed killer caused cancer cleared a big hurdle Tuesday when a U.S. judge ruled that cancer victims and their families could present expert testimony linking the herbicide to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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BioMarker Strategies LLC, a pharmaceutical research services firm based in Rockville, announced on Monday that it had received a Chinese patent for a cancer technology.

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A morning procedure in a doctor’s office had Gov. Larry Hogan looking a little different during an afternoon news conference. Hogan sported three small, flesh-colored bandages on his forehead during a redistricting reform news conference Thursday. The bandages were the result of ...

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A collaboration between Johns Hopkins University and Deerfield Management to fuel early stage therapeutics has found its first project, the collaboration announced Thursday. Bluefield Innovations, founded last year, said it will fund a project pursuing a broad cancer target, based ...

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American Gene Technologies International Inc., a leading gene and cell therapy company in Rockville, received a patent covering ways of treating cancer.

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will ask Congress for $755 million for cancer research in his upcoming budget, the White House said Monday, bringing the total price tag for Vice President Joe Biden’s cancer “moonshot” to $1 billion. Research into ...

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In his first national television interview Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan discussed cancer, treatment and recovery on “Fox News Sunday” with Chris Wallace. The interview, which was taped a week before it aired, focused on Hogan’s illness. He was diagnosed with ...

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