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PolarityTE is an innovative company that has developed a platform to regenerate a variety of functionally polarized tissue substrates, such as skin, bone, muscle, cartilage, blood vessels, peripheral nerves, and more. I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Denver Lough, Chairman, President, CEO, and CSO of PolarityTE. In this interview, we explore the origins of PolarityTE as a company. We also explore the company’s novel technology, 5-year vision, and future directions. Enjoy. [Read more…]
Many governments, including the U.S. and Japan, are well aware of the dangers to their populations of exposure to high levels of radiation from nuclear accidents or dirty bomb attacks. Whereas Japan’s population was recently exposed at Fukushima following the tsunami of 2011, the U.S. Department of Defense has been stockpiling acute radiation syndrome (ARS) countermeasures as a precaution for many years.
The recent escalation of tensions between North Korea and the U.S. may give the American government cause to up its investment in ARS antidotes. During a military parade on April 15th, North Korea displayed weapons including an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that could be capable of reaching the U.S. ARS may have just become a larger threat to health than it was just a few weeks ago. [Read more…]
It is not every day that an Aussie minnow lands a deal with a Japanese whale. When Fujifilm took a 9% equity stake in Cynata Therapeutics Ltd (ASX: CYP), it was a major lift for the regenerative medicine company, positioning Cynata to benefit not only from Fujifilm’s resources but also more broadly from current economic strategy within Japan.
Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzō Abe, has committed to building leadership around a new generation of regenerative medicine products involving human cells and tissues and Cynata is now perfectly positioned to take advantage of this in the world’s second largest market for healthcare products. [Read more…]
The lifetime prevalence of hip fracture in the U.S. is 10% for men and 20% for women. Incidence is expected to continue to rise, driven by an increasing elderly population. Even with today’s surgical repair techniques and post-operative care, at 6 months postinjury, only half of patients can perform their pre-fracture daily living activities.
At 1 year after hip fracture, older adults are five times more likely to be institutionalized than age-matched controls without hip fracture, and mmortality rates resulting from hip fracture range from 12% to 37% within the first year. In parallel, the cost to the U.S. healthcare system is also staggering, and amounts to between $10 and $15 billion annually. [Read more…]
Google has been massively (and quietly) increasing its presence in the regenerative medicine sector for several years.
In February 2016, Google’s life sciences business, Verily Life Sciences, announced it was negotiating terms to lease a giant 400,000-square-foot facility formerly occupied by Onyx Pharmaceuticals, a company acquired by Amgen for $9.7 billon in 2013.
The facility in Mountain View, California, is about 30 miles north of Alphabet Inc., the holding company for Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). It could support as many as 1,000 Verily Life Sciences employees. Land is also included in lease, a rarity in the Bay Area, allowing Verily the potential for future expansion. [Read more…]
