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Wasabi Expands Global Presence, Announces APAC Headquarters in Japan

Wasabi Technologies, the hot cloud storage company, today announced the expansion of its Asia-Pacific presence with the opening of its Japanese headquarters. The headquarters will serve as a base for a variety of countries in the region including Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. In tandem with the new headquarters, Wasabi has appointed Kaz Kuroda Vice President of Asia-Pacific and Managing Director of Japan to lead the office. Read more >>
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Military Personnel Treated with SAM Therapeutic Ultrasound Are Able to Heal Without Surgery and Oral Medication; Multi-Site Clinical Findings Presented at SOMSA 2021

Dr. George Lewis, founder of ZetrOZ Systems, will present a study at The Special Operations Medical Association's Scientific Assembly 2021 that shows sustained acoustic medicine (SAM) effectively reduces pain, accelerates recovery and increases strength in patients with neck, back, knee and soft-tissue injuries. Read more >>
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Immusoft Announces Formation of Scientific Advisory Board

Immusoft, a cell therapy company dedicated to improving the lives of patients with rare diseases, announced today the formation of its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) composed of world-renowned experts to provide external scientific review and high-level counsel on the Company’s research and development programs. The SAB will work closely with the Immusoft leadership team to advance and expand its leadership position in B cells as biofactories for therapeutic protein delivery, a novel approach that Immusoft has pioneered. Read more >>
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A New Wave of Dating Apps Takes Cues From TikTok and Gen Z

Online dating exploded in popularity during the pandemic, and the number of new startups has grown. But will they last? The pandemic could have doomed online dating. Instead, it sent singles swiping more than ever before. Sanctions on in-person meetups drove the adoption of new products, like video dating, and persuaded more people to pay for premium features. All in all, the industry had a chartbusting year. For the most part, newer dating apps focus on Gen Z, a demographic...
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S’More Celebrates Pride Month With Launch in San Francisco, Month-Long Pride-Themed IGTV Lives, free premium, and local partnerships

S’More, the anti-superficial dating app from former Magic Labs/Bumble executive Adam Cohen-Aslatei launches in San Francisco with over 10k registered users from the city already on the platform. This marks the app’s 7th successful launch since its inception in 2020. S’More is also celebrating its SF launch by giving away a week of free premium membership to the first 1000 new users in the city. Read more >>
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Aircuity Introduces New “Airside” Energy Dashboard

Aircuity developed the new Airside Energy Dashboard at a time when the property owners, developers, and facility managers in the areas of commercial real estate, life sciences, and higher education are bracing for new and more stringent regulations targeting inefficient buildings. Coming to the local, state, and national levels, these looming new requirements impose fines and other penalties for buildings that fail to reduce carbon emissions and other climate change contributors. Read more >>
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Industry Pioneer Eric Brickman Joins FutureFuel.io as Chief Operating Officer

FutureFuel.io, a leading student loan repayment platform that helps borrowers pay down debt quickly and efficiently, today announced the appointment of Eric Brickman to the role of Chief Operating Officer. In this newly-created role, Brickman will oversee the company’s innovation roadmap and global business operations. Read more >>
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Who Is The Star In The Archer Roose ‘Wine In A Can’ Commercial?

It's summer, which means it's time to pop open a cold one. A cold can of wine, that is — a concept that beverage crafter Archer Roose is offering for the first time this summer with their line of canned luxury wine. The vintner is now offering five different types of canned wine in three different price ranges, with a half-pack going for as low as $49 per type. They've picked a particularly amusing spokesperson to launch the product range....
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Legally blind Bryan man details journey to 20/20 vision with technology

For Bryan resident Benjamin Murray, life is finally clear - but for the first 26 years of his life it wasn’t. He was born legally blind with optic nerve atrophy. "I was passed from doctor to doctor, ophthalmologist to ophthalmologist," Murray recalled. In August 2015, he heard about a breakthrough technology called eSight, an additional pair of smart glasses that gives the visually impaired 2020 vision. It fits to a patient's head and can be worn over glasses. Read more...
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Neuroprotection Drugs Market is Expected to Reach US$ 33,481.7 Million by 2027 with major key players

Rising usage of atypical antipsychotics, omega‐3 fatty acids, antidepressants, glutamateric neurotransmission modulators, erythropoietin, COX‐2 inhibitors and N‐acetylcysteine have anti‐apoptotic properties which can help in brain maturational processes from psychotic disorders. Clinical trial processes suggested that these category of drugs help in preventing the onset of frank psychosis. A company named, Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals Inc., which is a drug development company is engaged in providing advanced breakthroughs in neuroprotection drugs market to repair neurons that are caused due to brain injury. Read...
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