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JV BioLabs deploys skin test tech, doubles in size
Friday, April 22, 2011
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JV BioLabs has doubled the size of its research team as the University of Michigan spin-out continues to add clients interested in its new skin research technology.
The 3-year-old firm got its start when
Dr. Kent Johnson
and
Jim Varani
, two U-M professors, decided to commercialize their skin-test technology three years ago. Today the Ann Arbor-based company has a team of four people and plans bring on another 1-2 consultants later this year.
"We continue to bring new tests online," says Dr. Kent Johnson, president of
JV BioLabs
. "We're also growing our client list in part from word of mouth from companies."
JV BioLabs has developed a series of tests that helps eliminate the need for animal testing. The tests will take skin cultures and attach them to the backs of immune-deficient mice that won't reject the skin grafts. The skin cultures are then used to test properties like toxicity.
"There is a lot of interest in this technology because it's a good testing bed," Dr. Johnson says. "It's a much quicker system and it's more precise, so it's more attractive to these companies."
Source: Dr. Kent Johnson, president of JV BioLabs
Writer: Jon Zemke
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