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The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has selected three University of Pittsburgh professors among 83 academic inventors for the 2022 class of NAI Senior Members. They are: Antonio D’Amore, Research …
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Mark Adkins, Chief Executive Officer of Lean Med – a Pittsburgh-based startup – will share his inspirational startup journey. You’ll learn how an idea from a Pitt medical student turned …
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Pancreatic cancer. Just hearing those words produces a chilling feeling of dread. It is among the most deadly and difficult to treat cancers, in part because it forms dense tumors …
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University of Pittsburgh Faculty Elected Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has selected three University of Pittsburgh professors among 61 academic inventors …
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Stephen Popielarski, PhD, had been a mentor for Phase I Ventures, a Philadelphia-based startup accelerator that matches university startups with experienced entrepreneurs when he was asked to review a batch …
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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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Pitt Innovator Turns Focus from Startup to a Potential SARS-CoV-2 Therapy November 7, 2020 By Mike Yeomans Camels have been helping people travel through the desert for millennia, and […]
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July 28, 2020 Pitt innovators and the University’s regional entrepreneurial company partners had been setting another strong pace for growth when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in the later part of […]
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July 23 , 2020 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 research on […]
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No Strings Attached Pitt Innovator’s Wireless, Self-Adhesive Electrode Receives SBIR Grant Wenyan Jia had no expectation of leading a startup company when she joined the lab of Pitt professor […]
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Pitt Innovators Gather at Human Engineering Research Labs to Pitch Innovations Ranging From Assistive Technologies to Medical Devices and Healthcare Apps July 27, 2019 As a general surgeon resident, […]
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Pitt Researchers Develop New Therapy for Rare Fatal Genetic Disease July 30, 2019 By Mike Yeomans Passion and compassion are two sides of the same coin for Maria Escolar when […]