20Jul
19Jul
Drug for concussion, stroke found by UT scientist moves closer to human trials
Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals, the company Lechleiter founded with William Korinek of Boston, completed Monday its first round of financing that raised roughly $2.4 million in fresh capital. The fledgling company had $670,000 in seed funding from the federal government since 2014. Lechleiter hopes the drug, which is at least 7 years away from market, could be easily administered by any football coach or paramedic to mitigate the effects of concussions or strokes. Read more >>
19Jul
Gates is Still Gunning for HIV. Here’s the Latest
Gates has been backing HIV self-testing and rapid diagnostics projects since around 2010, when it invested $600,000 in Daktari Diagnostics, a company focused on “delivering critical diagnostic test results.” In 2015, Daktari rolled out its portable point-of-care device that measures CD4 cell counts. CD4s are white blood cells that fight infection and are defined as “antigen[s] found on helper T cells.” The following year, in 2011, Gates awarded PATH a $1.1 million grant to “develop a target product profile for...
19Jul
Newton resident receives AEP designation
The Bulfinch Group has announced that Newton resident Martin Lowenthal has received the designation of Accredited Estate Planner, a graduate level specialization in estate planning. There are 2,000 such designees nationwide and just over 100 in the Commonwealth. Read more >>
19Jul
Nutter Recognized as Leader in Client Relationships in BTI Industry Power Rankings 2017
Nutter has been recognized by clients as one of 17 law firms with the strongest client relationships in the high tech industry in BTI Consulting’s BTI Industry Power Rankings 2017. The law firms with the strongest relationships—who are both core and recommended first in the high tech industry—were named by clients in BTI Industry Power Rankings 2017. Read more >>
18Jul
Legally Blind Man Bikes Across Manitoba for Electronic Glasses
Over Canada Day a Morden man began a bike ride across Manitoba. Evan Froese began the trip starting West of Virden towards West Hawk Lake to raise funds for visual aids called ESight glasses. Read more >>
17Jul
5 minutes with… Darcy Prather, President of Kalion
Our world demands more materials and polymers to respect the environment and transfer the billions spent on our oil based industries to renewable sources. The challenge arises when striking the balance between these desires and the practicalities of paying more for renewable substitutes. This means that more chemical companies are refining their production processes and the strategies they use to become more competitive on price. Kalion based in Massachusetts is using glucaric acid to provide the low cost molecule in...
14Jul
KnipBio Announces Successful Completion of BioProcessing Feed Scale-Up Program
KnipBio Inc. announces the successful completion of the latest phase in its plan to produce KnipBio Meal, a premium aquaculture feed ingredient from low-cost, readily available feedstocks. The development was done in conjunction with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). Read more >>
13Jul
Myomo announces center of excellence program
Myomo Inc., a medical robotics company, has created a new program to partner with O&P clinics in the United States to provide joint marketing and training for the MyoPro line of powered orthoses, according to a company press release. Read more >>
12Jul