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University of Rochester start-up, VPG Medical, was recently featured in the Rochester Business Journal: VPG Medical uses unconventional tech for heart care Among the companies in the Luminate NY accelerator, VPG Medical Inc. is a bit unique. While most companies in the accelerator are based
Precision medicine is saving lives, but Harris A. (Handy) Gelbard, director of Center for Neurotherapeutics Discovery at URMC, believes we’re overlooking another class of extremely important treatment candidates: multi-target drugs. In STAT News, he shares his views on why U.S.-based pharmaceutical companies should pay closer attention
Learning a musical instrument requires dedication, practice, and time. Making performance errors is a natural part of the learning process; however, learning delays can occur when errors go uncorrected during individual practice. A recently established startup company, Shenzhen Mango Future Education Technology Co (Mango Future),
The Ain Center for Entrepreneurship’s Buzz Lab Boot Camp: Four Saturdays for a Better Business is accepting applications for its second cohort. Designed for entrepreneurs, small business owners and aspiring innovators from the Greater Rochester community, the series of interactive workshops will run Saturdays, February 9, 16,
Rochester-based Health Care Originals (HCO), is a leading digital health startup, integrating IoT technologies to empower everyone through improved understanding and management of their health and medical conditions. HCO’s current wearable solutions are optimized for respiratory system applications, providing revolutionary, actionable insight into illnesses like
The groundbreaking work of three scholars with ties to the University of Rochester took center stage when pioneering laser scientist Donna Strickland ’89 (PhD) and her Rochester advisor Gerard Mourou formally received the Nobel Prize in Physics, and Paul Romer, whose early career tenure-track appointment
Health Care Originals, a leading digital health startup commercializing patented University of Rochester technology, announced that former Chief Executive Officer of University of Rochester Medical Center, Dr. Bradford Berk, has joined its Board of Directors. Read more.
Koning Corporation’s breast computed tomography (KCBT 1000) system was nominated for Best Medical Technology at the 12th annual Prix Galien awards. The Prix Galien awards recognize outstanding achievements in improving the human condition through the development of innovative therapies. Worldwide, the Prix Galien is regarded
The Technology Development Fund (TDF) made four awards in the latest round. Awards ranged from $50,000 – $100,000 for projects of one-year in length. Interested to learn more about the projects funded in this round? Contact us. Fiber Array to Silicon Photonic Chip Optical Packaging Jaime
Five projects received Drug Development Pilot Awards in the latest round: Development of UR214-7 and UR214-9 for cancer treatments Kyu Kwang Kim, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Small Molecule Modulators of U2AF-Dependent Splicing in Myelodysplastic Syndromes Clara L. Kielkopf, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics Innate
WASHINGTON — An experimental compound boosts the effectiveness of HIV drugs so they may only have to be taken once or twice a year. The developers say the drug, which is not a cure, could make compliance with HIV treatment easier. The virus that causes
Adarza BioSystems, Inc., a leading next generation innovator in label-free, multiplex assays, announced today that it has closed a $17M Series C financing. Proceeds from the financing will be used to further expand production capacity in its St. Peters, Mo. manufacturing facility and fund final
The lead story in the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine’s November 2nd newsletter features the work of Kevin Parker, the William F May Professor of Engineering at the University of Rochester. Dr. Parker has applied 19th-Century mathematical functions to modern ultrasound to create color
By WILL ASTOR Rochester Business Journal August 8, 2016 The Food and Drug Administration has given Vaccinex Inc.’s VX15 Huntington’s disease drug fast track status. Huntington’s disease is a relatively rare affliction, affecting an estimated one in 10,000 individuals. Still, for sufferers and their families
Once again, the University of Rochester has been ranked in the top 100 universities worldwide for the number of issued patents. In 2015, Rochester placed 41st in the world, with 48 issued U.S. patents. Duke University also had 48 patents and shares the 41st position
16 May 2016 New York, NY & Rochester, NY Taithera, Inc., a New York City based biotech company, and UR Ventures, the technology commercialization office of the University of Rochester, today announced plans to commercialize a bone-targeted therapeutic agent. This precision medicine technology, invented at