ALSN 2013 - 2nd Annual Langer Summit on Neurotrauma

InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (NVIV), a developer of groundbreaking technologies for the treatment of spinal cord injuries (SCI) and other neurotrauma conditions, today announced the 2nd Annual Langer Summit on Neurotrauma, taking place on Cape Cod in North Falmouth, MA on July 12 ? 14, 2013. The Company is inviting papers in the fields of neurotrauma and SCI, and will announce the recipient of a $50,000 grant that will be given to a researcher developing novel biomaterial treatments for neurotrauma at the Summit. The award is intended to stimulate innovation and cutting-edge ideas in the fields of neuroprotection and regeneration utilizing biomaterials.
If you are a researcher in these fields, please submit your paper to InVivo Therapeutics by April 15, 2013. Your submission will be evaluated by Robert S. Langer, ScD and a panel of experts. The top author will be invited to present at the invitation-only event.
“We’ll continue what we started at the 2012 Summit, fostering a productive exchange of ideas between InVivo scientists and neurotrauma researchers with the objective of furthering the development of treatments for SCI and other neurotrauma conditions,” said InVivo CEO Frank Reynolds. Since the last Summit, we’ve been focused on advancing our scaffolding device into a first-in-man clinical trial. By the 2013 Summit, we expect to have the clinical study underway, so the Summit will focus on our growing portfolio of hydrogel technologies.”