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Pitt innovators were issued six U.S. patents in November 2025. Featured patent: 12,478,594: Methods of Treatment of Kidney Injury Associated With Infection or Trauma Pitt innovators led by John Kellum, …
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As a clinician, Francesco Egro has performed hundreds of complex reconstructive microsurgeries. As a researcher, he has published more than 160 articles and book chapters, and along the way …
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Ten teams led by Pitt students – ranging from freshmen to PhD and representing five different schools – pitched their early-stage ideas to solve a wide variety of problems in …
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The participants in the 2025 Wells Student HealthTech Challenge are poised to disrupt several medical fields with game-changing innovations including: a new polymer coating for spinal fusion implants to promote …
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Pitt innovators were issued six U.S. patents in October 2025. Featured patent: 12,451,495: Highly Active, Robust, and Versatile Multifunctional, Fully Non-Noble Metals-Based Electro-Catalyst Compositions and Methods of Making for …
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Pitt innovators were issued eight U.S. patents in September 2025. Featured patent: 12,421,178: Non-Cryogenic, Ammonia-Free Reduction of Aryl Compounds University of Pittsburgh researchers led by professor in the Department of …
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As a freshly minted nurse from the Pitt School of Nursing, Jill Demirci’s career began in 2005, a few blocks from campus at UPMC Magee-Women’s Hospital, providing postpartum care to …
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Several Pitt innovators and startups took center stage as leaders of Pittsburgh’s rapidly expanding AI sector convened in the heart of the city’s innovation corridor at Bakery Square to map …
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Sue Hunter’s eyes widened as Jordyn Ting played a recording of a man with a chronic traumatic brain injury from a stroke, attempting to say words like “mother” and “zucchini,” …
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Pitt innovators were issued nine U.S. patents in August 2025. Featured patent: 12,401,022: Methods of Fabrication of Engineered Carbon Nanofiber/Cu Electrode Architectures for Dendrite Free High-Efficiency Li-ion Metal Batteries Lithium …
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When it comes to connecting Western Pennsylvania businesses with international markets or helping recent arrivals to the region from other countries start their own companies, Brent Rondon should be the …
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At the turn of the new millennium, after spending the first 20 years of her career as a pharmacist, Carolyn Weber wanted to do something different. But she wasn’t quite …