Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability in the country. For as frustrating it is for those who suffer from autism and their families, scientists have long been stumped about the roots of the disorder.
Draw a picture of your perfect treatment for back pain on a napkin at the Cleveland Clinic and you may end up with a new business.
The Life Sciences Greenhouse will invest $750,000 in Nittany Polymedics, a spin-out of State College-based Polymics Inc.
In October of 2007, the CEO Council for Growth's study to identify opportunities to connect universities with industry for regional economic development cited a funding gap between research grants and seed money in life sciences technology.
A simple task like returning a phone call in a timely manner shouldn't be an issue for a life sciences company dealing with complexities such as clinical trials, drug research, or licensing transactions.
ClearCount Medical Solutions expects to place about 300 of its RFID-based SmartSponge Systems in hospital surgical suites by the end of this year and perhaps double that number during 2010.
BioAdvance, the Biotechnology Green House Corporation of Southeastern Pennsylvania, clearly likes what it sees in Novira Therapeutics, an emerging life sciences company in Philadelphia.
Leishmaniasis, African sleeping sickness and Chagas' disease might sound foreign to most, but they're going to get plenty of attention at the University of Pennsylvania thanks to a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.