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Organovo to Test Pre-Clinical Drugs on Bio-Printed Kidney Tissue

Xconomy

Since then, the San Diego company has built a thriving business as a contract research organization (CRO) that tests experimental drug compounds on bio-printed liver tissue. The company announced this week that it has developed a similar testing service for screening pre-clinical drug candidates on living human kidney tissue.

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Gene Dolgoff's 3D Vision: Using Crowdfunding To Turn the World 3D

socalTECH

Gene Dolgoff: After years of research and development, we have developed technology which converts two dimensional video to 3D. It was a series of different technologies we had ot develop and apply for patents on, and now that we have it, we're working on a prototype. There also automatic converters. Then, there is our system.

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The Odd Couple: Angels and Accelerators

Steve Reich

But as a community, we have to figure out how Angels can effectively participate in the development of accelerator-based companies. The accelerators are succeeding in generating more companies at the same time that the VC industry is contracting. As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasn’t.

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