Research Commercialization Academy (BETA 0.01)

Author: Walter Frick

Source: BostInno

Interest: One in every 50,000 males worldwide is born with myotubular myopathy, a muscle disorder that impairs the development of motor skills and limits actions like sitting, standing, eating and even breathing. One in 50,000 might not sound like very much, and it isn’t, at least by industry standards. Like all “orphan diseases” this genetic disorder affects too few people to offer much financial reward to pharmaceutical companies and so no cure exists. Nearly all those born with the disease die before r

Link: http://bostinno.com/2012/04/02/umass-bostons-high-tech-incubator-wont-produce-the-next-pinterest-but-it-might-save-your-life/