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News Doctors Design New Device to Improve Care for Burn Patients Met with a clinical need to improve care for burn patients, two University of Chicago doctors designed a new device that is now in use at the hospital. A plastic...
News Doctors Design a Simple Solution to Drug Delivery Dilemma Delivering drugs to the kidney is difficult by nature of the organ’s function – to remove waste products and produce urine. To overcome this issue, researchers have developed a new...
Page Venture Gallery Venture Gallery View startups founded from across the University of Chicago ecosystem in a range of industries. Welcome to the Venture Gallery! The Polsky Center provides “first look” and early...
News Novel Device Helps Eliminate Smoke in the Operating Room, a Workplace Hazard for Surgical Teams A new device designed by University of Chicago Professor of Surgery J. Michael Millis helps remove surgical smoke from operating rooms, a known workplace hazard which has recently become a...
News Small Business Spotlight: Big Plans are Brewing For Kikwetu Kenya Coffee Company With three young children and a full-time job as a technology executive, Leecox Omollo has to be intentional about how he spends his spare time. So as he and his...
News NVC@30 Fireside Chat with David Rabie Spotlights Tovala’s Journey from NVC to a Profitable, 9-Figure Revenue Business The Polsky Center continued its NVC@30 Fireside Chat series with David Rabie, MBA ’15, founder and CEO of Tovala and winner of the 2015 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71 New Venture...
Technology Next-Generation Immunotherapy Platform With Engineered Collagen-Binding Cytokine Combinations Combination engineered IL-7 and IL-12 proteins that target tumors by binding to collagen, boosting immune attack on cancer while reducing side effects and improving long-term protection, even in cancers resistant…
Technology Lymphangiogenesis For Therapeutic Immunomodulation A vaccine platform that uses engineered lymphangiogenesis factors and antigens to stimulate lymphatic endothelial cells, creating strong, long-lasting immune memory or tolerance with fewer side effects than traditional vaccines The…
News NVC@25 Fireside Chat: Ben & Frank Cofounder Mariana Castillo To mark the 25th anniversary of the Edward L. Kaplan ’71 New Venture Challenge, the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is hosting a series of fireside chats with alums...
News UChicago Alums, Researchers Develop Evidence-Based Police Force Management and Early Intervention System Benchmark Analytics working with research partners led by the University of Chicago has created an evidence-based police force management and early intervention system. The proprietary solution captures and aggregates police...
News NVC@30 Fireside Chat Explores Building Ben & Frank Across Latin America As part of the NVC@30 Fireside Chat series celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Edward L. Kaplan, ’71 New Venture Challenge, the Polsky Center welcomed Mariana Castillo Lopez, MBA ’16,...
