Month: October 2011
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Spanish Institute Spin-Off to Develop Cancer Diagnostics
A new company spun off from the Institute of Research in Biomedicine in Barcelona, Spain (IRB Barcelona), will develop a diagnostic kit and treatments for breast cancer metastasis. Supragen is founded and commercializes research by Roger Gomis (pictured right), group leader of IRB Barcelona’s Growth Control and Cancer Metastasis lab. The lab investigates growth factors,…
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U.S. Patent Awarded for Flexible Spinal Fusion Device
FBC Device ApS, a medical device company in Aarhus, Denmark, has received a U.S. patent for its two-piece disc implants that help spinal surgery patients achieve a more natural alignment. Patent 8,007,536 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office was officially awarded on 30 August. The invention covers the company’s technology for total disc replacement,…
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New On Technorati: Friendly to What Business?
High paying jobs are being created in large numbers right here in the U.S., and in places where the so-called experts say they’re not supposed to happen. If states want the big bucks from big brains and the benefits they bring, then they need to make the work being done and people doing the work…