New cell therapy shows potential against solid tumors with KRAS mutations
A new technology for cellular immunotherapy showed promising anti-tumor activity in the lab against hard-to-treat cancers driven by the once-considered “undruggable” KRAS mutation.
These obese mice lost weight by ‘sweating’ their fat, Penn team finds
The animals lost weight despite eating more. But would it work in humans?
Beaker List: Top entrepreneurial life science professors @ Penn
IOS, a life science innovation blog by Alix Ventures, featured the top entrepreneurial life science professors at Penn. The list contained some of the top innovators at Penn, including Drs. Carl June
Philadelphia-area VC funding smashes annual record just halfway through 2021
Philadelphia-area firms raised $3.1 billion in venture capital funding during the first half of 2021, already smashing an annual record set two years ago.
Low-cost Electrochemical Advanced Diagnostic COVID test research published in PNAS
Latest research by Penn Medicine's Cesar de la Fuente, PhD, on the low cost COVID test in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences:
New microfluidic device delivers mRNA nanoparticles a hundred times faster
With a ‘liquid assembly line,’ Penn researchers have produced mRNA-delivering-nanoparticles significantly faster than standard microfluidic technologies.
Neuralert achieves a key milestone
Neuralert is developing a novel invention that addresses the problem of late or undetected stroke in hospitalized patients.
Verismo launches with CAR-T expert co-founders
Verismo, a new cell therapy company pioneering multi-chain CAR-T technology, raised $16 million in equity financing.
PACT Recognizes Technology, Healthcare and Life Sciences Innovation and Leaders in the Philadelphia Region at the 2021 Enterprise Awards
Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies culminated two days celebrating the region’s technology, healthcare and life sciences innovators and leaders at the 2021 Enterprise Awards.