Technology and innovation awardees for 2012
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The 7th annual Celebration of Technology and Innovation in March honored the following awardees:
Innovation of 2012: Chemically-induced pluripotent stem cells (Young-sup Yoon, cardiology)
Start-up of 2012: Clearside Biomedical (Henry Edelhauser, ophthalmology). Last month, Clearside received $7.9 million in venture capital. Read more.
Deal of 2012: Neurotrak’s licensing of its web-based diagnostic for Alzheimer’s (Stuart Zola, Yerkes director; Elizabeth Buffalo, neurology and Yerkes; Cecelia Manzanares, Yerkes)
Significant event of 2012: Seaside Therapeutics teamed with Roche on development of treatments for fragile X syndrome and autism spectrum disorders (Stephen Warren, human genetics)