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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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The Henry L. Hillman Foundation has committed $25 million to the University of Pittsburgh to support research into vision restoration and care, in addition to supporting the region’s burgeoning life …
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In honor of Black History Month, the Innovation Institute is highlighting the life of William Hunter Dammond, a civil engineer and inventor of a train signaling system that bore his …
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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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Two recent federal grants have supercharged the progress of a non-invasive nerve blocking or stimulating technology from the lab of Pitt associate professor of urology Changfeng Tai as the startup …
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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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BlueSphere licensed technology from the lab of Mark Shlomchik, chair of the Department of Immunology at the Pitt Medical School, aimed at developing personalized T-cell therapies for cancer and other …
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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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Camels have been helping people travel through the desert for millennia, and alpacas and llamas have long been raised for their silky fur.
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The Start Smart series of legal seminars for entrepreneurs recently held a session on funding a startup. If you missed it, never fear, you can watch the recording of the …
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In a year that threw the world a giant curve ball, the Pitt Ventures Student Challenge went virtual for 2020 and hit a home run.
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LifeX Labs was launched in 2017 to serve the needs of a growing life science industry base in the Pittsburgh region and fill a large gap in services for biotech …