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Alumnus' Idea Leads to Patent and Position with Technology Startup

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OXFORD, Miss

Chief scientist at CENTRI Technology, Paris singlehandedly invented cache-mapping compression, or CMC, a new class of patented data compression algorithms that accelerates and secures the transfer of data that originates from a mobile device and crosses an operator's network. He decided to assign his intellectual property rights to the university and work with the university's technology transfer office to patent and commercialize it.


Human Clinical Efficacy Data for ChromaDex's Patented pTeroPure (pterostilbene) to be Presented at American Heart Association's High Blood Pressure Research 2012 Scientific Sessions

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IRVINE, Calif. and OXFORD, Miss.

ChromaDex Corporation (OTCBB: CDXC), an innovative natural products company that provides proprietary, science-based solutions and ingredients to the dietary supplement, food & beverage, animal health, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries announced today that the human clinical data for its patented pTeroPure (pterostilbene) study was accepted for presentation at the High Blood Pressure Research 2012 Scientific Sessions, sponsored by the American Heart Association's Council for High Blood Pressure Research and Council on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease. The presentation will be September 20, 2012, in Washington, D.C.

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UM Pharmacy Dean Named 2012 Outstanding Pharmaceutical Sciences Alumnus at Kentucky

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Dr. David D. Allen
photo by Robert Jordan

OXFORD, Miss. David D. Allen, dean of the University of Mississippi's School of Pharmacy, has been selected as the 2012 University of Kentucky Outstanding Graduate Program Alumnus for the Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Allen, who received both his bachelor's and Ph.D. from the UK College of Pharmacy, will be honored at the college's annual Symposium on Drug Discovery and Development, set for Sept. 20.