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Evan Facher’s mission over the past decade has been to grow the University of Pittsburgh’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE), to maximize the societal benefit of the groundbreaking ideas …
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Evan Facher’s mission over the past decade has been to grow the University of Pittsburgh’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE), to maximize the societal benefit of the groundbreaking ideas …
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Pitt innovators were issued 11 U.S. patents in July 2026. Featured patent: 12,692,547 “Methods of Treating Cancers Containing Fusion Genes” Pitt researchers have found a set of genetic “fusions” — …
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The licensing team at the Innovation Institute is often the first point of contact for Pitt innovators with the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. They are the ones who review …
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Parkinson’s Disease is characterized by a progressive loss of dopamine-producing neurons in a region of the brain involved in movement control. More than 10 million people are living with Parkinson’s, …
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Pitt Innovators were issued 15 U.S. patents in June 2026. Featured patent: 12,649,019 “Degradable Magnesium-Based Implant Devices for Bone Fixation“ Approximately 2 million bone fractures in the U.S. annually require …
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Rakesh Sindhi has performed hundreds of pediatric organ transplants since arriving in Pittsburgh in 1998, extending the lives of children in desperate need of a chance at a full life. …
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Pitt Innovators were issued eight U.S. patents in May 2026. Featured patent: 12,630,840 “One-Step Gene Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Via Gene Replacement and Anti-Inflammation” Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is …
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A modern operating room contains a collection of cutting-edge equipment, a phalanx of digital screens, and more doctors, nurses, and technicians than the Pitt Panthers put on the football field. …
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Roc the Panther prowled the sidelines as the anticipation grew inside the Petersen Events Center while the starting lineup was announced. But the five all-stars who donned their Pitt caps …
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Dressed in his scrubs after a day in the clinic, four-time startup co-founder Peter Santa Maria shared insights on “The Art of the Pitch” at the most recent gathering …
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Surrounded by her two co-founders and with the president of the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown campus smiling proudly beside her, Jill Henning was the first to put ink to paper …
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When asked if it would have been possible to create his startup company at a university other than Pitt, Parthasarathy Thirumala pauses for just a moment before answering, “No.” Thirumala, …