Posts Categorized: Science

US Kidney Research Corp Achieves Major Technology Breakthrough

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US Kidney Research Corporation (USKRC) is the first in the world to produce synthetic urine (urine produced synthetically from an artificial device) using a new blood purifying technology that involves filtration and ion transport processes similar to the native kidney. The ability to produce synthetic urine was demonstrated in animals (pigs) lacking kidney function using… Read more »

GeoOptics Announces the Launch of GeoPRO

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GeoOptics, Inc. (GeoOptics) announced today the launch of an original radio occultation data processing system called the GeoOptics Processor for Radio Occultation (GeoPRO) that provide even more accurate and timely weather data from its CICERO constellation of radio occultation (RO) satellites. CICERO nanosatellites are designed to create the most detailed picture ever assembled of the… Read more »

GeoOptics Celebrates Two Years of On-orbit Operations

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On January 11, 2018, GeoOptics launched the first of its operational CICERO satellites for atmospheric radio occultation (RO). RO is a potent technique for sensing the atmosphere for improved weather forecasting accuracy, first proposed by GeoOptics founder and CTO Tom Yunck more than 30 years ago. The technique works by precisely observing the signals of… Read more »

Canoa Inc. Acquires Privately-Held ProSolus Inc., Accelerating Transdermal Patch Drug Delivery Product Development

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Canoa Inc. (“Canoa”), a Delaware corporation with a focus on healthcare and pharmaceuticals, has acquired ProSolus® Inc. (“ProSolus”), from Mission Pharmacal® Company, in an all-cash transaction.  ProSolus is a private pharmaceutical company with an expertise in transdermal drug delivery systems. “This transaction will create one of the leading pure-play transdermal pharmaceutical companies in the United… Read more »