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Powered brace proves restoring arm functionality is no longer out of reach

Wearable technologies such as exosuits can enhance people’s baseline abilities by giving them the ability to walk further or lift more than they would ordinarily be able to. In some cases, this means helping non-disabled people to carry out tasks more efficiently. Where it’s more profound, however, is in helping people with disabilities to perform actions that might otherwise be impossible. This is where a powered brace called the MyoPro myoelectric arm orthosis excels. Manufactured by the wearable medical robotics company...
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BrandVerge Is Creating A Marketplace For Sponsored Content

Putting together a sponsored content program is a time-consuming headache for buyers and publishers. BrandVerge, a marketplace where buyers can browse publishers’ sponsored content options, aims to make it faster and easier to create sponsored content deals. The platform claims to shorten the deal-making process by an average of 67%. Read more >>
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Corbus Pharmaceuticals Presents Lenabasum Long-Term Open-Label Clinical Data Showing Maintenance of Favorable Safety Profile and Further Improvement in Multiple Efficacy Endpoints in Systemic Sclerosis and Dermatomyositis Phase 2 Studies

Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc., a clinical stage drug development company with the industry’s leading pipeline focused on treating inflammatory and fibrotic diseases by targeting the endocannabinoid system, today announced continued favorable safety and tolerability profiles and further improvement in efficacy outcomes in open-label extensions (OLEs) of lenabasum Phase 2 studies in two rare and serious autoimmune diseases, systemic sclerosis (SSc) and dermatomyositis (DM). Read more >>
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Carbonite CEO Mohamad Ali, CarGurus and Flywire Take Top Honors at 21st Annual Mass Technology Leadership Awards

Massachusetts’ largest technology trade association announced the winners of the region’s most prestigious technology awards at their 21st annual Mass Technology Leadership Awards Gala at Boston’s Seaport World Trade Center. Hundreds gathered to celebrate the people and companies shaping the Massachusetts technology economy in 15 categories—including Massachusetts Company of the Year, CarGurus; Emerging Massachusetts Company of the Year, Flywire; and CEO of the Year, Carbonite’s Mohamad Ali. Read more >>
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Platelet Biogenesis and Scaled Biolabs to Collaborate to Optimize Platelet Production Platform

Platelet BioGenesis (PBG), the leader in the production of functional human platelets (PLTs+™) from stem cells and the development of platelet-based therapeutics, and Scaled Biolabs (Scaled) announced the two firms are collaborating to optimize PBG’s unique production process for making human platelets, or PLTs+™. The agreement was announced at the SynBioBeta 2018 biology summit. Read more >>
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