Sirakoss wins the Venture Prize from the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers.
Sirakoss, a spin-out from Aberdeen University, has won the Venture Prize from the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers, worth £25,000 ($42,500).
The company was awarded the prize for its MaxiSi Graft technology, which produces a synthetic material that can be used as artificial bones. It has taken the researchers eight years to develop the material, which has a unique chemical composition and scaffold structure for achieving bone repair and fusion.
Currently, patients in need of a bone graft will…
