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Start-Up Spotlight: Iraq War Veteran Deploys ‘Bone Paint’ To Combat Traumatic Injuries

 
• By Marion Webb

Theradaptive's “paint-like” regenerative therapeutic can be applied to any device to promote bone regrowth or regenerate tissue.

Start-up Spotlight

After seeing the devastating effects of war first-hand, Iraq war veteran Luis Alvarez made it his personal mission to combat traumatic orthopedic injuries by developing a technology platform to expedite healing of bones and tissues.

While finishing his doctorate in biological engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Alvarez developed the technology, dubbed AMP2,...

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