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时间：2014-01-01
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From VOA Learning English
This is the Technology Report
New York City and the State of New York
Are investing hundreds of millions of dollars
To become a major player
In the development of high tech industries
They have developed 40 workspaces known as incubators
To assist start-up businesses
Harlem Biospace is an incubator for biomedical engineering
It gives young entrepreneurs a low-cost way
To develop their ideas and businesses
For a low monthly payment
They are given desk space and use of a laboratory
The young people pay for their own raw materials
This is great
The reason is because it is so cheap
And it has the wet lab that we need
So
I order chemicals that I need
And I'm given the facilities here
To do my experiments
said Tyler Poore
Tyler Poore and his partner are developing a product
That will kill bacteria
It can be put on household goods
Like a sponge for cleaning
He and 17 others at Biospace share a common goal
To find solutions to biomedical problems
Edwin Vazquez is investigating the mystery of diseases
Such as Alzheimers and Parkinson's
He says suggestions from others in the building
Make the work environment at Biospace a real plus
There's nothing better than sitting down in a room like this
When there is a lot more people around and got something
That is exciting and go to the lunchroom
And you start talking to your other colleagues
All of a sudden
Somebody knows a researcher
That is doing something similar to you
Who can complement your research
You get in contact and things happen
said Vasquez
Leading hospitals and science centers
Are supporting innovators like Kate Rochlin
Founder of a company called Immunovent
She has developed a brush to test for allergic reactions
The device is placed in the nose or mouth
The test results are correct more often than skin or blood tests
And from one single sample from the nose or mouth
We can test for a whole panel of 72 allergens
And we found that the blood test only identified
Peanut allergies 50 percent of the time
And we could find it 99 percent of the time
So
We are far more accurate with peanut diagnosis
That's really important because that one in particular
Is really life-threatening
said Rochlin
Matthew Owens is the Executive Director of the Harlem Biospace
He says there have been real signs of success
Since the company was launched last November
We do have companies that are already shipping
Getting revenue and getting products out to customers
So
I think it's a testament
That it's absolutely a success
said Owens
And that is the Technology Report from VOA Learning English
