Canton, MA-based regenerative medicine firm Organogenesis announced today that it’s acquiring Baton Rouge’s NanoMatrix for an undisclosed sum. The Louisiana firm specializes in using a technique called electrospinning to build three-dimensional scaffolds on which new tissues can grow. Such technology fits neatly into Organogenesis’ business of producing biomaterials for surgery and engineered tissue products such as the skin replacement Apligraf.
Author: Rebecca Zacks
Rebecca is Xconomy's co-founder. She was previously the managing editor of Physician's First Watch, a daily e-newsletter from the publishers of New England Journal of Medicine. Before helping launch First Watch, she spent a decade covering innovation for Technology Review, Scientific American, and Discover Magazine's TV show. In 2005-2006 she was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. Rebecca holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Brown University and a master's in science journalism from Boston University.
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