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Wash U Students' Brain Cover Invention Wins Business Plan Competition
Two Washington University students win contest for inventing material that can replace protective covering of the brain.
Two Washington University students who invented a material that can replace the protective covering of the brain have won the 25th annual Olin Cup business plan competition.
According to a press release, engineering students Nalin Katta and Matthew MacEwan, who also is a School of Medicine student, won the competition which brings $50,000 in seed money for their company NanoMed.
The synthetic surgical mesh the pair invented is reportedly capable of repairing and replacing the tough protective membrane surrounding the brain/spinal cord.
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Forty-nine ideas vied for the top prize.
The Olin Cup is sponsored by the Olin Business School and the Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at Washington University.
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