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Clara Biotech boasts first-of-its-kind cancer detection from lab in Lawrence

By Tommy Felts / August 13, 2019

A Kansas startup says its cancer detection process — requiring only a single blood sample — could dramatically simplify a often-harrowing health care experience, as well as lead to personalized treatments for illnesses ranging from cancer to neurological diseases like Parkinson’s or multiple sclerosis.  Clara Biotech — based in Lawrence at the BioScience and Technology…

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Lisa Stehno-Bittel and Karthik Ramachandran, Likarda

Likarda scaling up biotech research firm with $4M angel boost, new lab

By Tommy Felts / November 7, 2017

An animal’s diabetes diagnosis comes with a heavy burden for the pet’s owners, Lisa Stehno-Bittel said. And it’s not just the cost of treatment, the president and co-founder of Likarda added. “Of those who will try twice-daily insulin injections, within a year, half of those have given up,” she said. “A lot of that is…

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