I let other people chime in, but to provide an answer myself: I felt that it was worth noting because, depending on the viewpoint of the reader, that informati

I let other people chime in, but to provide an answer myself: I felt that it was worth noting because, depending on the viewpoint of the reader, that information could be seen as a positive or a negative, and could have an impact on their viewpoint. 1. The existence of the company suggests that there might be a meaningful or profitable future from what has already been learned.. commercialization of this information might be more readily possible. 2. Someone who's cynical might question the validity of the research and/or the motives of people involved. I certainly have my own opinion, but I also have not deeply researched this subject, or the researchers involved. I was curious to get some high level information on this topic so I read the article. I felt it was hard to skim through so, after reading it, I wanted to provide the high level summary as I understood it for others here.