U of A spinoff, U.S. firm merge to commercialize transplant technology

Cardiac surgery professors Jayan Nagendran (left) and Darren Freed with the EVOSS system they developed to extend the time donated lungs can be kept healthy while they are transported for transplant. The innovative technology took a major step toward approval, manufacture and global distribution with the merger of the U of A spinoff company Tevosol and the U.S.-based medical tech company Bridge to Life. (Photo: University Hospital Foundation)

Reading Time: 5 minutes Bridge to Life commits US$10 million to clinical trial and commercial development of Tevosol Ex-Vivo Organ Support System

High-tech rehabilitative platform connects rural Albertans to specialists

(From left) A physiotherapy patient and her husband from Pincher Creek take part in a Tele-Rehab 2.0 session with physiotherapists Sheelah Woodhouse and Alec Chisholm, U of A project co-ordinator Emily Armstrong and students Amber Wardrop and Kamalpreet Mann. (Photo: Supplied)

Reading Time: 4 minutes Platform allows specialists to offer physiotherapy expertise for patients in smaller communities

Buying used: six-cylinder 2011 Chevrolet Equinox a better bet

With some 1,803 litres of cargo capacity available with all the seats folded, the Equinox had less storage room than some of its competitors

Reading Time: 4 minutes Consumer Reports gave the V6 version an average used car prediction, while the four-cylinder models are worse than average

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