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BlueSphere licensed technology from the lab of Mark Shlomchik, chair of the Department of Immunology at the Pitt Medical School, aimed at developing personalized T-cell therapies for cancer and other …
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Forge Biologics, a Columbus, Ohio-based gene therapy manufacturing and development company, is set to begin Phase I and 2 clinical trials of a gene therapy to treat Krabbe Disease, a …
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Camels have been helping people travel through the desert for millennia, and alpacas and llamas have long been raised for their silky fur.
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The Start Smart series of legal seminars for entrepreneurs recently held a session on funding a startup. If you missed it, never fear, you can watch the recording of the …
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In a year that threw the world a giant curve ball, the Pitt Ventures Student Challenge went virtual for 2020 and hit a home run.
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LifeX Labs was launched in 2017 to serve the needs of a growing life science industry base in the Pittsburgh region and fill a large gap in services for biotech …
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As we celebrate the recent milestone of 100 startups spun out of the University of Pittsburgh since the launch of the Innovation Institute in late 2013, we are regularly updating …
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By Michael Yeomans The path to impact for basic life science research can be long and filled with big gaps: in time and in resources. Kacey Marra’s (right in photo) …
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July 23, 2020 A driven group of Pitt faculty and students worked the dog days of summer to determine the commercial potential of their research. With the assistance of volunteer …
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When we last checked in with Jason Rose, assistant professor of medicine and biomedical engineering (center) in the summer of 2018, he had just licensed a technology he had helped …
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The Innovation Institute’s Big Idea Center for student innovation and entrepreneurship recently concluded its annual Randall Family Big Idea Competition. This year’s competition was interrupted by the pandemic in mid-stream, …
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The Pittsburgh region recently received a ray of sunshine amid the COVID-19 clouds when Innovation Works and partner Ernst & Young released their annual regional investment report and analysis. Innovation …