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Author: Mike Yeomans

University of Pittsburgh Announces Five Patents Issued to Pitt Innovators in October 2024

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt innovators were issued 5 U.S. patents in October 2024. Approximately 1 our of 6 newborns will have some type of hip instability, with 2-3 of every 1,000 requiring surgery. …

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University of Pittsburgh Announces Five Patents Issued to Pitt Innovators in September 2024

Posted on October 21, 2024 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt innovators were issued 5 U.S. patents in September 2024. Severe asthma consumes 40-50% of asthma-related healthcare costs, amounting to $28 billion each year in the US. Corticosteroids, a mainstay …

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University of Pittsburgh Announces Six Patents Issued to Pitt Innovators in August 2024

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt innovators were issued 6 U.S. patents in August 2024. Women cancer survivors often struggle with infertility and reproductive dysfunction. Pitt innovators are developing a novel method to support follicle …

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Meet George Coulston, Senior Licensing Manager for Physical Sciences

Posted on September 3, 2024 by Mike Yeomans

The Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship staff are dedicated to helping Pitt faculty and student innovators and regional small businesses make an impact for their ideas and research in the wilder …

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Inaugural Pitt EI3 Fellows Dive into Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Posted on August 26, 2024 by Mike Yeomans

Andrele St. Val, assistant professor in the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, is developing a platform for improving legal education to build resilience, wellbeing, and inclusivity.

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Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and UPMC-E Launch New RFP for De-Risking Therapeutics Research

Posted on August 20, 2024 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt and UPMC Enterprises, through its Translational Sciences division, are collaborating again to provide funding support for therapeutics projects that need further de-risking experiments to enhance their clinical and commercial …

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University of Pittsburgh Announces 11 Patents Issued to Pitt Innovators in July 2024

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt innovators were issued 11 U.S. patents in July 2024. About 35 million Americans have Temporomadibular Joint Disorder (TMJ). In severe cases of this painful condition the joint degenerates to …

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Wells Competition Helps Student Scientists Become Storytellers

Posted on July 17, 2024 by Mike Yeomans

For Shanae Butler, the Michael G. Wells Student Healthcare Competition taught her that translating scientific discovery into an innovation with commercial potential required honing a new skill: storytelling. “People like …

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Startup Check-in: Sensible Photonics

Posted on July 11, 2024 by Mike Yeomans

Paul Ohodnicki was no stranger to innovation commercialization when he arrived at the University of Pittsburgh in 2020.

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University of Pittsburgh Announces 11 Patents Issued to Pitt Innovators in June 2024

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt innovators were issued 11 U.S. patents in June 2024. Tuberculosis kills more than 1.5 million people each year. Current treatment is a strict six-month antibiotic regimen with a minimum …

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Partnering with Pitt at BIO International

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Mike Yeomans

  Each year the biotech industry gathers to discuss trends, share insights, and explore partnership opportunities at the BIO International Convention, the world’s largest meeting of its kind. The University …

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Pitt Startup Check-In: Neoolife

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Mike Yeomans

Antonio D’Amore arrived at the University of Pittsburgh in 2008 to pursue his doctoral studies in the Department of Bioengineering with an appointment to the prestigious McGowan Institute for Regenerative …

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