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
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Ottawa biotech firm Spiderwort earns ‘breakthrough’ status from U.S. health regulator
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
Biotech startup believes its research could revolutionize the treatment of spinal cord injuries.
Inside Ottawa’s newest startup accelerator
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
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
Startups to watch: Ottawa’s Spiderwort targets growing biomaterials industry
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
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