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Spiderwort lands US$13M in fresh funding to develop ‘life-changing’ tissue-regeneration products for humans

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Ottawa firm that’s pioneering a process of regrowing spinal cord tissue and other body parts using plant-based materials has attracted big-name investors to boost its

Ottawa biotech firm Spiderwort earns ‘breakthrough’ status from U.S. health regulator

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Startup hopes special designation will help it gain faster approval for revolutionary “biohacking” technology.

Ottawa’s Spiderwort closes US$2.5M seed round to fuel biomaterial research

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Biotech startup believes its research could revolutionize the treatment of spinal cord injuries.

Inside Ottawa’s newest startup accelerator

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La Cité’s La Factorie Desjardins is already attracting some of the city’s hottest early stage companies

Ottawa startup Spiderwort raises $500K to further biomaterial mission

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An Ottawa startup looking to change how the health-care sector regrows parts of the human body has raised $500,000 from a group of friends, family

University of Ottawa’s Top Startups prepare for Silicon Valley trip

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Some of the University of Ottawa’s top entrepreneurial talent will be taking their early stage businesses to Silicon Valley this spring.

Startups to watch: Ottawa’s Spiderwort targets growing biomaterials industry

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Unlike our fleshy human bodies, when trees break a limb, they don’t have casts put on their branches. The vital secret of plant structures lies

University of Ottawa biohacker Andrew Pelling named TED Senior Fellow

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Andrew Pelling, the University of Ottawa researcher known for treating “biology like hardware,” has been named a TED2017 Senior Fellow. Pelling attracted attention for his 2016

Feature: Biohacking leads to TED spotlight

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Most people might not see how growing a human ear from an apple could be the key to disrupting the multibillion-dollar regenerative health sector. Then