Page Where Are They Now? Episode 4 Episode 4: Simple Mills May 6, 2021 Katlin Smith, founder and CEO of Simple Mills, wowed her first buyer with a muffin recipe using almond flour. Now the Chicago-based natural...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 1 Episode 1: The Story of NVC April 15, 2021 When it launched 25 years ago, the University of Chicago’s New Venture Challenge (NVC) was a pioneer in helping business school...
News Polsky Announces Finalists for the 2021 Alumni New Venture Challenge The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the finalists of the 2021 Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC), a global program dedicated to supporting all University of...
News Multifunctional Nanomedicine Developed Using Novel UChicago Tech Gets FDA Nod to Initiate Clinical Trials Coordination Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (CPI) recently announced that the FDA has approved the company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application to initiate a first-in-human Phase 1 clinical study of its novel cancer...
News UChicago Spin-Out NowPow Acquired by Unite Us to Scale, Add Greater Value to More Consumers University of Chicago spin-out NowPow, a referral platform grounded in science and community, has been acquired by Unite Us, the nation’s leading technology company connecting health and social care services....
Technology A Novel Antibody Drug Conjugate To Improve Cancer Therapy Efficacy A novel antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) with a lactate-responsive linker, enhancing therapeutic specificity by remaining stable in healthy tissues and releasing its therapeutic payload in high lactate tumor environments. Unmet need:…
News How Researchers are Returning Sensation to Mastectomy Patients The Bionic Breast Project is an interdisciplinary research program applying bionic technologies to restore post-mastectomy breast function. Leading the project is Stacy Lindau, MD, MA ’02, a Professor of Obstetrics...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 8 Episode 8: PrettyQuick June 3, 2021 Coco Meers’ career has centered on helping women look and feel their best. When she caught the entrepreneurship bug and looked for a pain...
Technology Amphiregulin Screening And Inhibition Methods For Reducing Metastasis And Enhancing Radiotherapy Efficacy Methods to improve radiotherapy by blocking the protein Amphiregulin (AREG), which helps tumors resist treatment and spread. Inhibiting AREG enhances anti-tumor effects and reduces metastasis, making radiotherapy more effective …
Technology Novel Compounds for the Potentiation of Antibiotic Resistance in Staphylococcus Aureus Currently there is no available vaccine for the prophylaxis of S. Aureus mediated infections such as MRSA, and antibiotics such as beta lactams and oxacillin are most commonly used for…
Technology Novel Nano-Formulation For Multi-TLR Agonists To Boost Immune Responses Against Solid Tumors Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists are considered promising alternatives for the estimated 50 – 75% of all cancer patients who are non-responsive to checkpoint inhibitors, and immune activation is enhanced upon…
News From Corporate America to Social Impact: How Rachel Kohler Helped Blaze a Trail for Whole-Person Care After 30 years in corporate America, Rachel Kohler, MBA ’89, resolved to redirect her career to have greater social impact. “If anyone could take risk in their life, I could,”...
