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Business Wire
7 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
SolasCure receives FDA Fast Track Designation for Aurase Wound Gel to treat calciphylaxis ulcers
CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SOLASCURE Ltd (SolasCure), a biotechnology company developing a novel treatment to transform chronic wound healing, today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation for its investigational Aurase Wound Gel (AWG), in the treatment of patients with calciphylaxis ulcers. The designation recognises the potential of AWG in the treatment of this new indication, widening its application in the healing of chronic wounds whilst expediting the speed at which the new therapy could be available to patients. Calciphylaxis is a rare but serious condition involving the calcification of small blood vessels in the fat and skin tissues. It leads to blood clots, painful skin ulcers, and can progress to severe infections and sepsis. Although most commonly associated with end-stage renal disease, the condition can also occur in individuals with normal kidney function. With limited treatment options and a high one-year mortality rate 123, AWG offers an alternative debridement solution that potentially reduces the risk of infection and sepsis, opening up treatment options for patients previously considered too fragile to receive the current standard of care and improving outcomes in this vulnerable population. AWG is a hydrogel releasing Tarumase, a recombinant enzyme originally isolated from medical maggots, which selectively targets fibrin, collagen and elastin in wounds to promote healing through debridement and wound bed preparation. It is currently in Phase II Clinical trials for the treatment of venous leg ulcers, having established proof-of-concept, a strong safety profile and pain-free application 4. David Fairlamb, Chief Development Officer at SolasCure said: 'Given the unmet medical need and the poor outcomes for patients with calciphylaxis, the FDA's granting Fast Track Designation is a significant milestone. Not only does it reflect the promise of Aurase Wound Gel in the treatment of calciphylaxis ulcers, but it also adds a new indication, increasing its potential to help more patients, therefore opening up an even larger target market for SolasCure.' For more information about SolasCure, please visit:
Malaysian Reserve
13-06-2025
- Business
- Malaysian Reserve
Natural Retreats Partners with Track Hospitality Software to Elevate Guest Experience and Operational Excellence
Luxury vacation rental leader implements enterprise property management system to enhance service delivery across iconic U.S. destinations COTTAGE GROVE, Minn., June 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Track, a leader in cloud-based hospitality software, today announced that Natural Retreats, whose collection of brands offers travelers a curated selection of 1,400 luxury vacation homes in 12 destinations has selected TrackPMS property management system as its new enterprise property management system, replacing its proprietary platform. The transition to Track represents a significant advancement in Natural Retreats' commitment to providing distinctively personalized service to both guests and homeowners. The partnership enables Natural Retreats to leverage Track's engineering expertise alongside its internal development team, creating a powerful collaboration designed to accelerate innovation and streamline operational efficiency across its diverse portfolio of luxury properties. 'This partnership embodies our core purpose to inspire travel while delivering the exceptional service our guests and homeowners deserve,' said Doug Burns, COO at Natural Retreats. 'Track offers the scalability and engineering resources we need to enhance our distinctive approach to hospitality, ensuring we can continue providing world-class experiences across all our iconic destinations—from the Natural Retreats and 360 Blue brands to the super-luxe Alaya Collection and the affordable luxury of Callista.' Natural Retreats' collection offers management of a diverse portfolio of vacation homes, spanning some of the country's most sought-after destinations. With Track's robust integration network and proven scalability, the company can better meet the evolving needs of its teams and homeowners. 'I'm incredibly excited to welcome Natural Retreats to the Track family,' said Boogie Wittenburg, CEO of Track Hospitality Software. 'Their passion for delivering elevated guest and homeowner experiences fits perfectly with our mission. By combining their luxury expertise with the power of the Track platform, we're setting the stage for smarter operations, stronger performance, and unforgettable stays. Let's build something great together.' Full deployment of the new system will be completed in the coming months, with benefits extending across Natural Retreats' entire portfolio of luxury vacation homes and guest services. About Natural RetreatsThe Natural Retreats collection of brands offers travelers a curated selection of 1,400 luxury properties in 12 iconic destinations across the U.S.— from the luxury of Natural Retreats and 360 Blue to the super-luxe Alaya Collection to the affordable luxury embodied by Callista. Our purpose is to inspire travel. Our commitment is to provide distinctively personalized service to our homeowners and guests. We believe travel is fundamental to the well-being of the individual and essential to the greater good of society. About Track Hospitality SoftwareTrack is an enterprise-class property management software platform designed to make short-term rental operations faster, easier, and more integrated. A growing slate of native tools, along with more than 70 technology partners, make Track the most complete enterprise-class operations suite for property management teams.
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Storms move in tonight, drying out tomorrow afternoon
Storms late tonight Clearing out tomorrow Weekend warmup ahead Clouds increase throughout the evening as rain chances ramp up with some isolated showers and storms expected to develop throughout the early morning. Most of the rain looks to mainly impact those along and south of I-70. These storms are expected to remain non-severe as they pass through. Saturday will start off wet, but we'll dry out by the afternoon as cloud cover and rain chances decrease as the day goes on. Temperatures will still remain below average, but sightly warmer in spots than the past few days. Temperatures will rebound into the low 80s towards the end of the weekend, putting us near average for early June. Looking ahead, next week brings a stretch of dry and sunny weather. KSNT Storm Track Ashton Rizzo Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
AIM Intelligence: Inside ACL 2025's "Triple Threat" to Unsafe AI - A Global Alliance of Stanford, AWS, UMich, SNU, Yonsei, KAIST & UOS
Seoul, South Korea--(Newsfile Corp. - June 6, 2025) - AIM Intelligence is pleased to announce that, in one of the most high-profile security spotlights of ACL 2025, a global research alliance—with collaboration from Stanford University, Amazon AWS, the University of Michigan, Seoul National University, Yonsei University, KAIST, and the University of Seoul—has unveiled three papers that redefine the frontiers of LLM red teaming, representation-level alignment, and agentic system defense. Two of the papers were accepted to the ACL 2025 Main Conference, while a third was selected for the ACL Industry Track, underscoring not just academic rigor but also real-world relevance. "This isn't speculative. These are attack blueprints we've seen succeed in multimodal agents—inside real systems, with real risks," said Sangyoon Yu, CEO of AIM Intelligence. 1. One-Shot Jailbreaking (ACL 2025 Main Conference) "One-Shot is Enough: Consolidating Multi-Turn Attacks into Efficient Single-Turn Prompts for LLMs" The first paper shows how single-turn prompts can achieve what once took multi-turn dialogues to jailbreak even the most advanced LLMs. The M2S framework compresses complex attacks into highly effective one-liners—faster, stealthier, and harder to detect. "You don't need a conversation to subvert a model anymore. One shot is enough," said Junwoo Ha, Product Engineer of AIM Intelligence. The research was led by Junwoo Ha (University of Seoul) and Hyunjun Kim (KAIST) as part of AIM Intelligence's red-teaming internship program. Main Figure AIM Intelligence Joint Research Team: From left: Sangyoon Yoo [Seoul National University], Junwoo Ha [Univeristy of Seoul], Hyunjun Kim [Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology], Haon Park [CTO of AIM Intelligence] 2. Representation Bending (ACL 2025 Main Conference) "Representation Bending for Large Language Model Safety" The second paper, REPBEND, attacks the problem not at the prompt level—but deep inside the model's latent space (where the model "thinks"). Developed in collaboration with Amazon AWS, Stanford, Seoul National University, Yonsei University, and the University of Michigan, the method bends unsafe internal representations toward safety without sacrificing performance. Unlike reactive filters, this approach re-engineers harmful behavior before it appears, setting a new standard for inherent alignment. Led by Ashkan Yousefpour (AIM Intelligence, Seoul National University, Yonsei University) and Taeheon Kim (Seoul National University), the work highlights how alignment can be achieved not just through surface-level prompting, but by transforming a model's internal logic itself. "We're aligning the model at its 'brain' level—where it forms its thoughts—not just a filter on the words it speaks," said Ashkan Yousefpor, Chief Scientist of AIM Intelligence. Main Figure 3. Agentic Jailbreaking (ACL 2025 Industry Track) "sudo rm -rf agentic_security" The third study debuts SUDO, a real-world attack framework targeting computer-use LLM agents. Using a detox-to-retrox approach (DETOX2TOX), it bypasses refusal filters, rewrites toxic requests into harmless-looking plans, and executes them via VLM-LLM integration. In live desktop and web environments, SUDO succeeded in tasks like adding bomb-making ingredients to shopping carts and generating sexually explicit images using a vision language model. Led by Sejin Lee and Jian Kim (Yonsei University), and Haon Park (AIM Intelligence CTO), all part of AIM Intelligence, the paper reveals a future where LLM agents can act-and attack-autonomously. "They clicked. They executed. No human needed," said Haon Park, CTO of AIM Intelligence. Main Figure AIM Intelligence Joint Research Team: From left: Haon Park [Seoul National University], Sejin Lee [Yonsei University], Jian Kim [Yonsei University] Why It Matters These findings paint a chilling picture: today's LLM safety protocols can be bypassed not only with clever prompts, but with subtle, representation-level manipulations—and when embedded in agentic systems, these models can become operational attack surfaces. The implications span: Computer AI agents that can perform real illegal and dangerous actions Multimodal exploits across images, text, and software interfaces Novel attack pathways that compromise models through both hyper-efficient prompts and deep internal subversion "This is a new era of AI red teaming. Our work exposes complex, real-world dangers—threats far beyond text—already impacting new systems and industries," said AIM Intelligence CEO Sangyoon Yu. Open Tools for the Community AIM Intelligence has publicly released both RepBend and SUDO to support open research and real-world defense. REPBEND (GitHub) offers training and evaluation tools for representation-level alignment using LoRA fine-tuning. SUDO (GitHub) includes a 50-task agentic attack dataset, the DETOX2TOX framework, and an evaluation suite for testing desktop/web-based AI agents. These tools help turn frontier AI vulnerabilities into testable, fixable problems—available now for red-teamers, developers, and researchers worldwide. ### About AIM Intelligence Founded in 2024, AIM Intelligence is a deep-tech AI safety company developing red-teaming methodologies and scalable defenses for large-scale language, vision, and agentic models. Its research spans adversarial benchmarking, LLM alignment, multimodal jailbreaks, and agentic system security. Media Contact Sangyoon Yu | Co-Founder & CEO, AIM Intelligence Email: team@ Website: Contact Form: Demo Videos AIM Red: AIM Guard: To view the source version of this press release, please visit Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Local nonprofits awarded big grants by Impact Central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Eight nonprofits were awarded close to $400,000 worth of grants at the annual Impact Central Illinois meeting that was held at Five Points Washington on Tuesday. The organization's 250 members voted on which eligible nonprofits that serve the residents of Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties they would like to receive the grants. Among the winners was Wildlife Prairie Park, which was awarded a $118,000 Health & Community Wellbeing grant for their 'Park for All – Staying on Track' project. The project will replace tracks on the north loop, as the current tracks are worn down. Pioneer Station will also get some upgrades to be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. A wheelchair ramp will be added along with a continuous walkway from the station to the pavilion. There will also be a covered waiting area, new lighting, and a new platform at the Pioneer Station. Upgrades are set to begin after the train season in November. The runner-up for the Health & Community Wellbeing grant was the Hult Center for Healthy Living, which was awarded $3,000. Other grant winners include: The Education & Community Development Grant, which awarded $118,000 to the Neighborhood House Association to remodel their youth program. The runner-up was the Children's Home Association of IL, which was awarded $3,000. The Social Services & Basic Needs Grant was awarded $118,000 to the Midwest Food Bank for a new truck for food rescue and distribution. The runner-up was Prairie State Legal Services, which was awarded $3,000. A $30,000 Impact Grant was awarded to the Graceland Center for Purposeful Aging for their Aging with Vitality Program. The runner-up, Pelia Academy, was awarded $3,000. Impact Central Illinois is a women's collective giving organization that combines annual donations to give large grants to local causes. More information is available on its website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
