Botanisol LLC applies modern science to known bioactive constituents of plants and aims to develop anti-inflammatories and other novel drugs. Its lead project, TAI-LCx, is a specific anti-inflammatory extract from turmeric essential oil.

3D bioprinting will enable tissue engineering by its ability to create complex human tissues with precision and consistency, and to thereby serve unmet needs in medicine. Two new companies, Organovo and TeVido BioDevices, have staked out medical applications where 3D bioprinting provides advantages.

LabDat was formed to improve communications among referring physicians, third-party payers, labs and patients. The company's web-based system avoids complex dedicated networks. The web site enables clinical laboratories to deliver test results to physicians and their patients within hours, and to provide a secure Web link for physicians, with real-time transmission of diagnosis, questions and answers, and schedules for follow-up appointments.