Compiled by Bill Beggs Jr. For inclusion in tech tidbits: Please e-mail your tech information as a press release to: meg@sggdesign.com Singulex Secures Funding for Launch of New Detection Program Singulex, a biotech company that develops and commercializes technology to enable disease understanding and research, has raised enough capital to meet this year’s target commercial launch of the Erenna System, a digital single-molecule detection program. The Erenna System allows researchers to obtain quantitative information on protein levels in any type of biological sample—helping them to understand how proteins and protein variants interact in normal and disease processes. Based at the Center for Emerging Technolo-gies in midtown, Singulex has raised nearly $11 million through a Series C round and debt-financing deals. Investors included Advantage Capital, Fisk Ventures and Prolog Ventures. Advantage, for one, raised funds through the federal New Markets Tax Credits program. Somark’s Ink Technology an Alternative for Animal Identification Somark has successfully tested a new method of identifying animals, by injecting and reading a subcutaneous ink “tattoo” in cattle and laboratory rats. The biocompatible ink would preclude the need for computer chips, which are familiar to anyone who has been reunited with a lost pet. The test demonstrated the ability to create a synthetic biometric, or “fake fingerprint,” that can be read through hair, company officials said. The company initially will leverage its Bio-compatible Chipless RFID technology to the livestock industry to help identify/track cattle, potentially reducing export trade loss from scenarios such as “mad cow” disease scares. Somark, currently raising a Series A equity financing, plans to license the technology to secondary target markets to include military personnel, pets and lab animals, even prime cuts of meat. Solae Co. Partners in Research Examining Protein’s Benefit to HIV Patients An international team of corporate and non-profit partners has initiated a study evaluating the benefits of protein supplements to people with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Findings could lead to developing rations for food distribution programs. The Solae Co. and the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) will collaborate with South African university researchers to take a systematic look at the value of protein supplements for under-served populations. Researchers say poor nutrition increases the risk for poor outcomes and disease progression, which increases the likelihood of malnutrition. The team will compare the effect of a micronutrient-fortified beverage containing soy protein isolate to a product with equal calories and micronutrients, but without supplemental protein. Researchers project evaluation to be complete this fall.

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