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Biopharm Raises $45.9M in Venture Funding for Ear Disorders

(VA.gov)

Otonomy Inc., a biopharmaceutical company in San Diego specializing in middle and inner-ear disorders, collected $45.9 million in its third venture financing round. OrbiMed Advisors, a venture capital company specializing in health care investments, led the round with new investors Aperture Venture Partners and Osage University Partners taking part, along with current . . . → Read More: Biopharm Raises $45.9M in Venture Funding for Ear Disorders

University of Houston Spins-Off Nanotech Coatings Company

Colored water droplets on SCHN coated 100% cotton blue denim. (C-Voltaics)

A physics professor at University of Houston in Texas started a company to develop and manufacture protective coatings for industrial and consumer goods based on his research in nanotechnology. C-Voltaics, started by Houston physicist Seamus Curran, was awarded last week the Young Technology . . . → Read More: University of Houston Spins-Off Nanotech Coatings Company

Transparent Skull Implant Devised for Laser Brain Treatments

Sample of the transparent ceramic material developed for skull implants (University of California at Riverside)

Engineers at University of California at Riverside developed a transparent material for implants in the skull that could allow for lasers to treat brain disorders. A team from the lab of mechanical engineering professor Guillermo Aguilar published its findings . . . → Read More: Transparent Skull Implant Devised for Laser Brain Treatments

Top Hospital Infection Costs Estimated at $9.8B Per Year

Clostridium difficile bacteria (National Library of Medicine)

Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston estimate the annual cost of the five leading infections contracted in health care facilities in the U.S. at $9.8 billion, with surgical site infections causing about one-third of those costs. The team led by Brigham . . . → Read More: Top Hospital Infection Costs Estimated at $9.8B Per Year

Labor Day Holiday

Today is Labor Day in the U.S.A., so Science and Enterprise is taking a break as well. For the holiday, here’s Joan Baez singing “Joe Hill” at Woodstock in 1969. Nobody does it better.

 

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