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No. 280Venture thesisHealth and wellbeing

New imaging, AI, and manufacturing tools are finally making the microbiome druggable.

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Microbial communities are hard to observe, causally interpret and manufacture consistently as therapeutic products. The report discusses Spatial labeling, imaging and machine learning to map host-microbe interactions; Anaerobic manufacturing of defined live microbial mixtures; Investigational programs for cancer-treatment response, treatment-associated colitis and environmental enteric dysfunction. Examples cited: Kanvas Biosciences.

No. 278Venture thesisHealth and wellbeing

State-of-the-art computing models and proprietary data generation are opening up new frontiers for TechBio companies.

Biological uncertainty and slow experimental feedback make drug discovery expensive and difficult to predict. The report discusses Link proprietary biological measurements, computational hypotheses and repeated wet-lab tests; Build single-cell disease atlases and tumor spatial models; Monetize through research partnerships, model access or an internally developed drug pipeline. Examples cited: Recursion, Relation, Noetik.

No. 284Existing businessHealth and wellbeing

Monitoring industrial machine health

Augury targets equipment inefficiency and unexpected downtime.

No. 1021ProposalHealth and wellbeing

Use longitudinal medical data to package and price products

Apply underused longitudinal medical data to improve the design and pricing of medicines, life insurance, and other health-related products.