News Immunoengineering Conference to Highlight the Latest Developments in Industry, Academia, and UChicago Startups The Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering’s Chicago Immunoengineering Innovation Center (CIIC) in partnership with the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is hosting Immunoengineering 2021 – which will highlight the...
Technology Antibody Blockade Method To Augment Hemolysis For Treatment Of Sepsis Sepsis is a systemic response to infection and remains a leading cause of death in intensive care units worldwide while our understanding of the pathogenesis of sepsis across most tissues…
News Patent of the Week: Targeting the Treatment of Inflammatory Diseases A biologic drug delivery platform targets the treatment of inflammatory diseases by honing in on collagen exposed by inflammation. “Enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of drugs for inflammatory diseases is of...
Technology Protein Engineering Strategy for Enhancing Healing Of Chronic Diabetic and Radiation-Induced Wounds The problem: Chronic, non‐healing wounds have reached epidemic proportions and have a sustainable impact on both an individual’s quality of life and on healthcare costs as a whole The field…
News Special Report >> Immunoengineering Deep Dive: What It Is and Why It Matters to the Future of Fighting Disease In this special report, presented in part with the Immunoengineering 2021 conference and Takeda Pharmaceuticals, the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation explores work from across the University of Chicago...
News Life Sciences Community Convenes at Chicago BioCapital Summit in a Showcase of Local Innovation Hosted by the Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC), the inaugural Chicago BioCapital Summit this week brought together industry, academia, and investors in a showcase of the latest innovations in the life...
Technology Automated Microfluidic Platform For High-Throughput 3D Cell Culture, Dynamic Stimulation, And Single-Cell Analysis Automated microfluidic platform enabling high-throughput, precise 3D cell and organoid culture, drug screening, and single-cell analysis, allowing real-time monitoring and dynamic control of cellular environments for advanced research in cancer,…
Technology Hydrogel Electrochemical Platform For Controlled Localized Hydrogen Delivery A portable device that generates and stores molecular hydrogen within a hydrogel using electrodes to precisely deliver hydrogen locally to treat oxidative stress in skin diseases and ischemia-reperfusion injuries The…
News ISTC Releases 2020 R&D Index and Names Three UChicago Professors Top Researchers to Know The Illinois Science and Technology Coalition (ISTC) this week released its latest R&D Index – as well as this year’s Researchers to Know, which includes three faculty members from the...
News Life Sciences, Tech Startups Advance to Fall 2023 George Shultz Innovation Fund Finals Researchers have developed a proprietary machine learning approach, multi-tissue human organoid model, and a targeted drug delivery method – and will be seeking investment at the fall 2023 George Shultz...
Technology Next-Generation Minimally Invasive Optoelectronic Implants For Chronic Disease Management The platform delivers ultra-low intensity, wireless, fully implantable photostimulation for deep tissue targets (nerves, heart, diaphragm). It spatially separates light harvesting from bioelectrical stimulation, enabling minimally invasive, leadless, genetic-modification-free interventions.…
Technology Engineered Mutator tRNAs For Correcting Missense Genetic Defects And Inducing Cancer Cell Death Engineered tRNAs with altered anticodons and chemical modifications deliver the correct amino acid at mutated codons to restore protein function in genetic diseases or induce lethal mistranslation in cancer cells,…
