Tag: Rare
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NanoZymeX secures €160K to advance lipid nanoparticle enzyme therapies for rare diseases
Biotech startup NanoZymeX has obtained €160,000 (CHF 150,000) from Venture Kick to advance a new platform for enzyme replacement therapy using lipid nanoparticles. Spun out of research at the University of Basel, the technology aims to improve therapies for rare genetic conditions such as Pompe disease (a rare genetic disorder that affects how the body read more
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Italy Purchases Rare Caravaggio Portrait for $34.7 M.
Italy has purchased a rare Caravaggio portrait for €30 million ($34.7 million), one of the largest sums ever paid by the state for a work of art, according to the country’s culture ministry. The painting, depicting the cleric Monsignor Maffeo Barberini—who would later ascend as Pope Urban VIII—was described as being of “exceptional importance,” Alessandro read more
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Rare Collaborations Between Robert Rauschenberg, Laurie Anderson, Trisha Brown, and More Return—Highlighting the Playful Side of the Avant-Garde
Avant-garde dance can be much sillier than it seems. I was reminded of this—much to my delight—at a recent rehearsal for Set and Reset, a collaboration between icons that premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in 1983. Trisha Brown did the choreography, Laurie Anderson did the music, and Robert Rauschenberg did the costumes read more
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A Rare White Whale Sighting Tops the 2026 World Nature Photography Awards
Among humpback whales, which can grow upwards of 60 feet long and weigh up to 40 tons, instances of albinism are exceedingly rare. But when these otherworldly all-white mammals appear—such as the beloved Migaloo that was first spotted in 1991 off Australia’s east coast—they inspire wonder. Marine photographer Jono Allen captured a unique shot of read more
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A Rare Greek Funerary Sculpture, Priced North of $600,000, Heads to TEFAF
Most young women in ancient Greece were married early in their teenage years, and they were expected to produce children as a matter of public interest. So the death of a young woman of marriagable age was seen as a loss not only to her loved ones, but also to society. A rare ancient Greek read more
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Rare Glimpses of Diverse Marine Life Take the Stage in This Year's Ocean Art Photography Contest
Off the deep waters of Kumejima, Japan, Steven Kovacs captured an image that would be awarded Best in Show for the 2025 Ocean Art Photography Contest. Traveling to the Okinawa prefecture in the hopes of encountering a scarcely documented species of larval goosefish, Kovacs spent nearly two weeks blackwater diving before photographing the rare moment. read more
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