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August 23, 2010

Hopkins team to ring closing Nasdaq bell

A biomedical engineering student and faculty team from Johns Hopkins University that developed a system to make spinal surgery more successful in patients with osteoporosis will ring the Nasdaq Stock Market Closing Bell today.

A Johns Hopkins graduate who was also on the team and now attends the University of Pennsylvania Medical School will also join in the ringing of the bell. The Nasdaq closes at 4 p.m.

The team won the $20,000 Michelson Grand Prize in the 2010 Wharton Business Plan Competition. Patients with osteoporosis have softer bones which can cause spinal surgical screws to fall out, the team found. They developed a system to strengthen the procedure and make it less likely for screws to wiggle loose.

Posted by Andrea Walker at 12:58 PM | | Comments (2)
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Spinal problem is more arising now days. Hence a biomedical student and the faculty team have done a great job as they will provide the spinal surgery more successful.

A Johns Hopkins graduate who was also on the team and now attends the University of Pennsylvania Medical School will also join in the ringing of the bell. The Nasdaq closes at 4 p.m.

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Meredith CohnMeredith Cohn has been a reporter since 1991, covering everything from politics and airlines to the environment and medicine. A runner since junior high and a particular eater for almost as long, she tries to keep up on health and fitness trends. Her aim is to bring you the latest news and information from the local and national medical and wellness communities.

Andrea K. WalkerAndrea K. Walker knows it’s weird to some people, but she has a fascination with fitness, diseases, medicine and other health-related topics. She subscribes to a variety of health and fitness magazines and becomes easily engrossed in the latest research in health and science. An exercise fanatic, she’s probably tried just about every fitness activity there is. Her favorites are running, yoga and kickboxing. So it is probably fitting that she has been assigned to cover the business of healthcare and to become a regular contributor to this blog. Andrea has been at The Sun for nearly 10 years, covering manufacturing, retail , airlines and small and minority business. She looks forward to telling readers about the latest health news.
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