Author: Mike Yeomans

When Samira Kiani’s father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer she scoured available clinical trials for cutting edge gene and cell therapies, but came away frustrated at the limitations posed by …

Four Pitt innovation teams have been selected to receive commercialization grants from the Chancellor’s Gap Fund in order to accelerate on their path from the lab to the market.

If you are new to innovation and entrepreneurship at the University of Pittsburgh, or just need a primer on particular parts of the innovation commercialization process, the Innovation Institute has …

One of the key resources for Pitt innovators who are determined to see their discoveries make an impact on the world are entrepreneurs in residence (EIRs) at the Innovation Institute, …

Pitt innovators were issued six U.S. patents in December 2021.

Pitt Innovators were issued 9 U.S. patents in November, 2021. Eight are available for licensing, including a new method of re-growing bone and other tissue.

William “Buddy” Clark and Steven R. Little, both from the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, have been selected as members of the 2021 Fellow class of the National …

The McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine has been one of the prolific research centers at the University of Pittsburgh over the past 25 years, particularly in terms of its impact …

Pitt Innovators were issued 8 U.S. patents in October, 2021. Six are available for licensing, including a blood test to detect cardiovascular disease.

If you are a Pittsburgh entrepreneur with hopes of scaling your business and need access to capital to make it happen, there are several new funding sources available, both locally …

Since spinning out of the University of Pittsburgh in 1997, when Bill Clinton was just starting his second term and Steve Jobs made his triumphant return to Apple, ALung Technologies …