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Corneal transplant’s next frontier? OSI eyes regenerative medicine

Corneal transplant’s next frontier? OSI eyes regenerative medicine

June 7, 2012 12:31 pm by | 0 Comments

Ocular Systems Inc. is working to bring medical innovation to an eye surgery that has not changed all that much in 100 years.CEO Jerry Barker founded OSI to prepare corneal ... Read more

Can regenerative medicine firm TNGN conjure a Medtronic partnership?

Can regenerative medicine firm TNGN conjure a Medtronic partnership?

May 25, 2012 11:19 am by | 0 Comments

Regenerative medicine company Tengion (NASDAQ:TNGN) has always planned to take its novel tissue generating technology as far as early-stage clinical studies before finding a partner to finance later-stage work.The company’s ... Read more


Doing bioscience business deals in China? Why ‘guanxi’ matters to you

Doing bioscience business deals in China? Why ‘guanxi’ matters to you

May 8, 2012 2:53 pm by | 0 Comments

China presents life sciences opportunities, but to Western pharmaceutical and medical device companies seeking business deals, the Chinese business world can be a mystery.To understand the Chinese way of thinking ... Read more

Thou shalt innovate: 10 commandments for FDA reform

Thou shalt innovate: 10 commandments for FDA reform

April 5, 2012 6:59 pm by | 0 Comments

Innovation is not the first word that comes to most people’s minds when they think of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Frank Torti can offer perspectives from both ... Read more

TED, meet Victor: A Wake Forest prof’s mobile app for speaking disabilities

TED, meet Victor: A Wake Forest prof’s mobile app for speaking disabilities

February 29, 2012 3:28 pm by | 0 Comments

Wake Forest University computer science professor Paul Pauca wanted what most fathers take for granted — the ability to easily communicate with his son.Pauca’s 6-year-old son Victor was born with ... Read more

Wake Forest regenerative medicine project shares in $13.7M MDA grants

Wake Forest regenerative medicine project shares in $13.7M MDA grants

August 24, 2011 12:09 pm by | 0 Comments

A regenerative medicine project at Wake Forest University is one of 40 initiatives sharing in $13.7 million in new Muscular Dystrophy Association funding for research on neuromuscular diseases.Martin Childers, a ... Read more

Sex supplement helps cancer survivors, Wake Forest researchers find

Sex supplement helps cancer survivors, Wake Forest researchers find

June 6, 2011 12:34 pm by | 0 Comments

Wake Forest University researchers have found that a product available for the last decade as a sexual aid may have the added benefit of helping female cancer survivors alleviate their ... Read more


Wake Forest medical school names UAB’s Abraham new dean

Wake Forest medical school names UAB’s Abraham new dean

May 27, 2011 10:37 am by | 0 Comments

Wake Forest University’s new medical school dean will come from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.Dr. Edward Abraham, chair of the department of medicine at UAB, takes his new post ... Read more