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Biomed start-up VitaThreads finalist in contest
Date: Feb 27, 2013
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Featured firm in this article: VitaThreads LLC of Worcester, MA



WORCESTER — Biomedical start-up company VitaThreads LLC has been named one of four finalists in the annual Association of University Technology Managers business plan contest.

VitaThreads is developing technology for wound healing and tissue regeneration based on the research of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Associate Professors George Pins and Glenn Gaudette, WPI reported in a news release.

The company will present its business plan to judges March 1 at the association's annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Top prize is $10,000 cash.

VitaThreads is working on a treatment for Achilles tendon injuries. The company launched last year in the WPI Bioengineering Institute and now has offices in a Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives business incubator in Worcester.