Published 12/7/17 in Technical.ly Baltimore Baltimore-based Harpoon Medical is developing a device to make a form of open heart surgery less invasive. After two years, Edwards Lifesciences decided to buy the company. Edwards Lifesciences officially exercised an option to acquire Harpoon …
Published 12/7/17 on the ScienceBlog University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers have found a two-way link between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and intestinal changes. These interactions may contribute to increased infections in these patients, and may also worsen …
Published 12/6/17 in the Baltimore Sun Harpoon Medical, a Baltimore-based medical device company, has been acquired by Edwards Lifesciences Corp. for $100 million. Under the deal, Harpoon, which is developing a device for minimally invasive heart surgery, will become part …
Published 11/30/17 in the Baltimore Business Journal Despite working for two universities long considered rivals in academic and medical research, professors Michael Matunis and Alex Drohat have found they can achieve more by working together rather than competing for funding and recognition …
Published 11/28/17 on UMB News The University of Maryland’s Agriculture Law Education Initiative (ALEI) hosted its third annual conference in Annapolis on Nov. 17, as farmers, lawyers, and policymakers met to discuss the complex intersection of environmental regulation and agriculture in Maryland. …
Published on Technical.ly Baltimore on 11/27/17 The health IT startup spun out of the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Its technology will now be integrated with radiology offerings from a healthtech giant. Over the long weekend, health-focused technology giant Philips announced …
Published 11/11/17 in the Daily Record The latest glass building to complete construction on the University of Maryland’s College Park campus, A. James Clark Hall will house the university’s fast-growing bioengineering department, but its impact could stretch beyond campus. The …
Published on 11/9/17 in the Daily Record University of Maryland, College Park, startup MF Fire received the first investment form the University System of Maryland’s Maryland Momentum Fund, the system announced Thursday. MF Fire will receive $192,500 from the momentum …
Published 11/9/17 in the Baltimore Sun MF Fire, a Baltimore-based startup developing a high-tech stove designed to burn wood more efficiently, has secured $1.2 million in an initial funding round. Investors include the University System of Maryland’s Maryland Momentum Fund …
Posted November 9th, 2017 for University System of Maryland First Investment from recently created Maryland Momentum Fund Adelphi, Md. (Nov. 9, 2017) – The University System of Maryland (USM) has selected MF Fire, a start-up company developing innovations in the wood-burning stove …