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Two medical device startups get LCCC Innovation Fund grants

A startup that’s developing an oral hygiene medical device and another that’s developing a sterilization device have received grants from the Innovation Fund of the Lorain County Community College Foundation. Elyria, Ohio-based Biolectrics received a $100,000 grant to work on an oral hygiene device that “painlessly” treats common oral conditions like gingivitis, gum recession and […]

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MedCity News wins $100,000 grant and tax credit, continues growth plans

One of the many fortunate things about living in Ohio is the chance for promising businesses to receive grants and other incentives. MedCity News closed on two such opportunities in the past month that will certainly help fuel our growth. We received the prestigious B Grant from The Innovation Fund and were certified for the state's Technology Investment Tax Credit, which provides a 25 percent tax credit for those who invest in approved Ohio businesses.

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Psoriasis treatment; throat-stimulating device get $25K grants

Two Northeast Ohio start-ups that are developing treatments for psoriasis and for people who have trouble swallowing are getting $25,000 grants from the Innovation Fund of the Lorain County Community College Foundation. Fluence Therapeutics Inc. in Akron, which has licensed photodynamic therapy technology from University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, is developing both […]

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Proteomics researcher Mark Chance gets help to take technology from bench to bedside

Mark Chance learned to love science by hanging around the University of Pennsylvania laboratory of his uncle, Britton Chance. Yesterday, Mark Chance, a physiology and biophysics professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, accepted $25,000 grant from the Innovation Fund of the Lorain County Community College Foundation for commercializatio efforts of his company, NeoProteomics Inc. Chance belongs to a generation of academic researchers who believe their discoveries find their highest purpose in helping patients.

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