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New technology may aid emergency preparedness

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has earmarked funds to aid the development of new technology that could bolster emergency preparedness by producing platelets outside the human body. If the two-year, $4.9 million agreement between HHS Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and Platelet BioGenesis, Inc. (PBG) of Cambridge, Mass., produces the desired results, the technology would improve emergency preparedness by making additional blood products available to save lives during a radiological or nuclear emergency.
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A Crisis Like Student Debt Can Be An Opportunity For A Savvy Entrepreneur

...Laurel Taylor knew the problem firsthand. She is a former Google employee in Cambridge with a stellar credit score of over 800 and was offered a 9% interest rate on a student loan to finance her MIT Sloan MBA. Imagine what her interest rate would have been if she did not have a good credit score! And, how long it would take to pay back the loan. Read more >>
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Lowell-based company to start clinical trials on new dental glue

The way we replace teeth and do dental work may never be the same thanks to a new, synthetic glue being tested by Lowell-based LaunchPad Medical. LaunchPad Medical was recently given approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to do a two-site, 20-patient clinical study to examine the safety and efficacy of the company’s bone adhesive biomaterial glue that could immediately stabilize those who have undergone dental implants for tooth extractions. Read more >>
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