Is this an Invention?
By Dennis Thomas, Associate Director, Life Sciences Sometimes, it is obvious. It is easy to equate developing a new drug or gene therapy that can cure cancer and treat diseases or a device that heals…
Uplizna launch is a ‘testament’ to NC’s prowess in drug R&D
When singer songwriter Joni Mitchell wrote “…you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone,” she didn’t know Thomas F. Tedder, Ph.D. Tedder, the Alter Geller Professor for Research in Immunology at Duke University Medical…
Working and collaborating with University Technology Transfer Offices
The third podcast of Venture Connect online with partners Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati: The three great universities that form the vertices of the Triangle of North Carolina are engines of innovation for its ecosystems. Every year these…
Building A Better Protein Trap
Life scientists love antibodies, not only because these little proteins help protect us all from pathogens, but because antibodies are also a very handy laboratory tool for identifying and marking proteins of interest in their…
NC Biotech Center awards $1.8M in grants, loans to startups, universities
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – The North Carolina Biotechnology Center awarded 13 grants and loans totaling $1.8 million to universities and bioscience companies in the third quarter of its current fiscal year. The awards, made from January…
DIHI announces 2020 RFA Innovation Awards
The Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI) will support high-potential innovation projects in the areas of novel strategies to improve value of care delivery, enhancing provider and staff experience and well-being, enhancing patient engagement and…
COVID-19 Licensing Guidelines
The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly moved the work of technology transfer offices from university and other non-profit research organizations to the battle’s front line. In order to support Membership worldwide and enable a swift end…
Duke Researchers Pivot to Attack the New Coronavirus
Wed, 03/25/2020 By Mary-Russell Roberson In the race to understand the new coronavirus and generate solutions, Duke research teams are well underway. In fact, you could say they’ve been working on it for decades. Everything Duke…
Community health watch study to enhance the COVID-19 pandemic response
Duke University Health System (DUHS) has announced the opening of the Pandemic Response Network Study: Duke Community Health Watch to enhance the response for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. This 28-day symptom monitoring program approved…