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Penn Medicine Commercialization Speaker Series – Fall 2022
This fall, the Penn Center for Innovation and Penn Medicine present three monthly speaker sessions with experts in the field of Life Sciences investing, university startups, and intellectual property.
iEcure raises $65M to advance its gene-editing technology and Receives Pediatric Disease Designation from FDA
iEcure raised $65 million to advance its in vivo gene-editing technology aimed at treating rare pediatric liver diseases.
Penn Medicine to Conduct New Clinical Trial to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of Chewing Gum Designed by School of Dental Medicine Researchers to Trap SARS-CoV-2 in Saliva
The trial will recruit participants from a pool of Penn Medicine employees whose responses to the PennOpen Pass screening system indicate that they may be infected with COVID-19.
SEAS-based Clean Energy Conversions Lab Initiates Carbon Capture Project at Pennovation Works
The Wilcox Lab selects and tests different materials for effective mineral carbonation. The team also compares CO2 uptake based on exterior conditions like air temperature and humidity.
Penn Inventors Recognized as Philadelphia Business Journal’s Inno Under 25 Honorees
Their innovative work was recognized by the Philadelphia Business Journal's PHL Inno initiative, which awards people 25 years and younger who are making an impact in the area’s startup ecosystem.
Penn Ranks in Top Ten for Research in 2022 National University Rankings
This year, the University of Pennsylvania ranked particularly high in the research category, coming in at number two, second only to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
OptiDX: An AI-Powered Optical Tool for Fluorescence-Guided Oncological Surgery
Feredun Azari, M.D., Sardar Azari, and Sunil Singhal, M.D., co-invented OptiDx, an AI-powered optical tool for fluorescence-guided oncological surgery.
Penn Spinout Interius BioTherapeutics Is Developing Tools to Perform Cell and Gene Engineering Directly in the Human Body
The hope is that this new technology could simplify the process of CAR-T cell therapy and make gene therapy widely available as a one-time injection to a much larger number of patients.
NCI Grant for New Cancer Telehealth Research Center of Excellence
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) Telehealth Research Center in Cancer Care (Penn TRACE) will become one of four NCI Telehealth Research Centers of Excellence.
Pennovation Accelerator’s 2022 Pitch Day
The Pennovation Accelerator, an annual six week program that teaches local startups about business development, held their fifth annual Pitch Day at the Pennovation Center.