Expanding the possibilities of human health through tissue engineering Overview: Prellis Biologics was founded in October of 2016 by Dr. Melanie Matheu to solve the systemic problem in bioprinting technologies: the inability to match the resolution and printed feature size necessary to build a physiologic organ or tissue system. …

The GentleWave System Overview: Sonendo is a MedTech company that was founded in 2006 by Fjord Ventures. For well over a century, root canal treatment (RCT) has depended primarily on files to remove infected tissue and tooth structure from inside the tooth. Files have limited reach inside complex root canal…

Storing data in DNA Overview: Think about the amount of time we spend online. The amount of data that is being generated from our online activity is mind boggling, and that amount is only going to increase. According to CATALOG, the world will generate 160 zettabytes of data in 2025…

I keep finding myself coming back to the idea of 24/7 diagnostics, or being proactive instead of reactive in regard to health/medicine. A recently published article in Medgadget talks about how Purdue researchers have developed a battery-free smart fabric. The smart fabric harvests electrical power from nearby wifi networks and…

Providing access to the simplest and most accurate tests that empower individuals to control their own healthcare Overview: Sherlock Biosciences is a diagnostics company that was founded in 2018 by Feng Zhang, Omar Abudayyeh, Jonathan Gootenberg, Rahul Dhanda, James Collins, Todd Golub, Deborah Hung, Pardis Sabeti, and David Walt. The…

Lifesaving wearable solutions addressing the leading causes of death and hospitalization due to heart disease Overview: The company was founded in 2011 by Uday Kumar, MD, a cardiac electrophysiologist by training, and founder of iRhythm technologies, a leading digital healthcare company focused on cardiac rhythm diagnosis. …

This blog is an exploration into companies in the life sciences, specifically MedTech and Diagnostics/Tools, and synthetic biology space. Largely, this is an exercise to not only further my understanding of these sectors, but also to help improve my writing and thought process. Each post I will analyze a company…