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Compiled by
Bill Beggs JR.
A NEW MONTHLY TECHNOLOGY COLUMN FEATURING TIMELY TECH TRENDS, TIPS
AND UPDATES
When you accept the Nobel Prize, allow us the honor of saying,
“We knew him/her when...” Hired a new CIO? Let us know about it.
Landed a research grant? Don’t keep it to yourself. Found a cure
for the common cold? We’re all ears.
We’re looking for a few good bits, bytes and blurbs about technological
developments for this new monthly column. Items need not be biotech-related,
although we surmise that many will be, considering our region has
been dubbed the BioBelt.
 Clinical Trial
Searches for Genetic Links in Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).
A clinical trial will analyze plaque removed from leg arteries to
search for specific biomarkers in DNA that could help researchers
better understand cardiovascular disease. Begun in January at St.
Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville and headed by vascular surgeon
David Finlay, M.D., the trial is the first of its kind in the St.
Louis region.
David
Finlay, M.D., (left) St. Elizabeth’s Hospital,
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At St. Elizabeth’s, one of 60 sites nationwide selected to participate,
PAD patients are treated with the SilverHawk™ Plaque Removal System.
Proponents say that obtaining plaque directly from patients will
help accelerate the development of drugs to treat cardiovascular
disease
PAD, affecting an estimated 12 million Americans, is caused by fatty
deposit (plaque) build-up in the leg arteries, inhibiting blood
flow to the lower extremities.
PCs, Other
Obsolete Electronics Gear Broken Down, Refurbished at e-cycle St.
Louis.
A new consumer electronics collection program, e-cycle St. Louis,
has been developed by the St. Louis Regional Partnership for Electronics
Recovery.
A grant issued in 2002 by the St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management
District led to the formation of the St. Louis Regional Partnership
for Electronics Recovery to develop a regional consumer electronics
collection program that would offer a convenient and sustainable
recovery program throughout the region.
With environmental safety top of mind, the task force developed
a host site registration process with operating standards and auditing/reporting
requirements. The firm’s E-Scrap Processing Center in Earth City
is a 62,000-square-foot “de-manufacturing” facility that breaks
down electronic components into plastic, steel, aluminum, circuit
boards, power supplies and other elements.
Bank Midwest
Awards Challenge Grant to Technology Incubator.
Technology Entrepreneur Center has received a $25,000 challenge
grant from Bank Midwest. The grant is designed to be matched by
funds raised through other sources and will enable the center to
leverage a $50,000 commitment out of the deal. Technology Entrepreneur
Center, based in downtown St. Louis, is a nonprofit incubator for
start-up companies in information and communications technology.
Bank Midwest has been a financial supporter of the center since
its inception. For more information, contact www.tecstl.org. n
Segments From
Saint Louis University.
• What’s in a Name? SLU’s intellectual property commercialization
mission has expanded beyond biotechnology to embrace all innovation
and IP with market value. To reflect this, last June the name was
changed from the Technology Transfer Office to the Office of Innovation
and Intellectual Property (OIIP).
• SLU’s Center for Obesity. CDC acknowledges SLU as the national
leader in obesity programming for children. Having developed programs
for children from two years old through middle school, the center
focuses its efforts on urban, at-risk populations.
• OIIP Licenses Virtual Tours. Maurice Foxworth, OIIP’s associate
director & head of IP licensing, traveled to London in February
to negotiate a six-figure contract with the Victor & Albert Museum.
Through this venture, SLU will license virtual tours of Europe’s
greatest cathedrals.
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Maurice
Foxworth, associate director & head of IP licensing,
OIIP |
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For Inclusion in Tech Tidbits:
Please email your tech information as a press release to: meg@sggdesign.com |
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