1) MassBio speaks out on zoning proposal Mass High Tech – 10/02/2012

The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MassBio), on behalf of its more than 600 members, has asked city officials in Cambridge to vanquish a downzoning proposal submitted by neighborhood activists and residents of Central Square. Link

2) Maker of exoskeleton medical devices comes to Marlborough MetroWest Daily News – 10/05/2012

The CEO of an Israeli manufacturer of medical devices that help paraplegics to walk said he is excited to establish the company’s U.S headquarters in Marlborough.”Massachusetts has become a remarkably good cluster for life sciences,” said Larry Jasinski, CEO of Argo Medical Technologies Ltd. Link

3) Addgene partners with Michael J. Fox Foundation Mass High Tech – 10/03/2012

Non-profit biotech lab Addgene has teamed up with The Michael J. Fox Foundation to pull together a collection of plasmid DNA samples to be used in Parkinson’s Disease research. Link

4) MIT economist pitches cancer megafund Boston.com– 10/01/2012

Andrew W. Lo, the MIT finance professor and hedge fund manager, wants to bring Wall Street-style financial­ engineering to a crucial social need: curing cancer. Named this year as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, Lo runs an investment firm in Cambridge called AlphaSimplex Group, with $3 billion in assets. Link

5) GnuBIO secures $10M in equity Mass High Tech – 10/02/2012

Almost two years after a $8 million Series A round, genetic sequencing company GnuBIO Inc. in Cambridge has received $10 million in equity financing, according to federal filings Tuesday. Link