Biofidelity, a medtech company with a lab in Morrisville, is launching new technology with the goal of helping lung cancer patients access targeted treatments. Read more about their new tech—and their plans to grow in RTP.
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It’s often said that success doesn’t happen overnight. Consider Durham-based anti-infectives startup ValanBio Therapeutics. The journey that led to the development of its new synthetic antibiotic technology – LPC-233 – began about 40 years ago. And it isn’t over yet.
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OpenDoors Summer Internship is a program of the nonprofit OpenDoors, which was formed in 2022 by a collective of biotech executives, companies and students to promote workforce diversity in the Triangle’s life sciences companies. Here’s how one Raleigh student has benefited.
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A mere 2.1% of venture funding went to women-founded companies in 2022, and only 8% of venture capitalists are women, says non-profit How Women Lead. Their new campaign called “The New Table” aims to get 10,000 women into venture capital in the next year. Read how they’re hoping to disrupt the VC landscape.
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For the most part, as best I can tell, these trends track along the lines of the general population proportionately which sadly means that we have done very little to impact more entrepreneurship among any particular underserved demographic. This is especially evident in the stagnant growth in Black and Woman-led ventures. Let’s take a look.
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From facial recognition software to employment and interview pre-screening, algorithms have been found to reinforce systemic biases, exacerbating existing asymmetries and inequities rather than reducing them. How can these be fought? UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School researchers have some ideas.
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A running theme during the last year has been the surge of workers leaving their jobs – and, subsequently, the number of open positions that employers are trying to fill. “Quiet quitting,” the “great resignation,” “resenteeism” and “boomerang employees” have all entered the lexicon as part of a larger discourse around worker attrition and dissatisfaction. So what’s a company to do? New research says …
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It was an insightful evening at Blush CoWork in Cary on Tuesday night as innovators from the FemTech industry presented their products and services designed to support women’s health. But what exactly is FemTech? WRAL TechWire’s Jen McFarland has the story.
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A study examining the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and law enforcement underscores both the need for law enforcement agencies to be involved in the development of public policies regarding AI – such as regulations governing autonomous vehicles – and the need for law enforcement officers to better understand the limitations and ethical challenges of AI technologies.
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