Who needs the Innovation Center? We do

The Chapel Hill News

Jan. 20, 2008

By Etta Pisano

CHAPEL HILL -- I am one of your neighbors and I need Carolina North to happen. Recently, I founded a company, NextRay Inc., which grew out of my breast-cancer imaging research at UNC. We developed a novel way to use X-rays to make medical images at a significantly lower patient dose than current technology allows.

The initial work for this discovery took place in my lab. The work ahead, to develop and build a series of commercial products suitable for FDA approval, can be done faster, better and cheaper by a small company with the involvement of scientists, engineers, accountants, business executives, regulatory experts, lawyers and investors. There simply is not room for these sorts of entrepreneurial ventures on our already crowded campus. Click here for full story.