Brown has a particular leaning towards creating biotech spin-offs, perhaps because of the infrastructure that cell therapy company Cytotherapeutics Inc. created in Providence, the locale of Brown's main campus. Seed stage funding from the Slater Center for Biotechnology, which funds Rhode Island biomedical start-ups, has also helped many Brown spin-offs get off the ground.

A preview of the emerging health care companies profiled in the current issue of Start-Up. This month's profile group, Drug Delivery, features profiles of Cell Based Delivery Inc., Solgene Therapeutics LLC, Spherics Inc. and Zars Inc. Plus these selected Start-Ups across Health Care: Helios Health Inc., Optimize Inc., Triad Therapeutics and Protiveris Inc.