With its flagship light device, Lumify Care improves patient experience from the frontline

Posted on April 29, 2021 — Jessica Jones Gupta

Penn Nursing senior Anthony Scarpone-Lambert earned a 2021 President’s Innovation Prize for his company and its first trio of products: uNight Light, the Sleep-First Education Initiative, and the uNightShift Community. Read More in Penn Today

The Vaccine Trenches

Posted on April 27, 2021 — Jessica Jones Gupta

Key breakthroughs leading to the powerful mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 were forged at Penn. That triumph was almost 50 years in the making, longer on obstacles than celebration, and the COVID-19 vaccines may only be the beginning of its impact on 21st-century medicine. Read More in the Penn Gazette

MedCity Spotlight Video: How PCI is combating Covid-19

Posted on April 26, 2021 — Jessica Jones Gupta

As part of MedCity’s 2021 INVEST conference, Cesar de la Fuente, presidential assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, explains the value of the rapid low-cost diagnostic test he has developed to detect SARS-CoV-2 and how the platform technology can be deployed to detect other diseases cost-effectively.  

Cancer cell therapy pioneer Carl June receives the Sanford Lorraine Cross Award

Posted on April 21, 2021 — Jessica Jones Gupta

World-renowned cancer cell therapy pioneer Carl June, the Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy in the department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine and director of the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies at Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center, received the $1 million Sanford Lorraine Cross Award for his groundbreaking work in developing chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy….

Quantitative Radiology Solutions receives 510(k) FDA clearance

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Quantitative Radiology Solutions (QRS), a privately-held company that enables body-wide analysis of medical images to personalize cancer treatment decisions, announced today it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Automatic Anatomy Recognition (AAR) technology for use in radiation treatment planning. AAR is a software-only medical device that automatically…

This Penn-founded biotech company specializing in human ‘organs on chip’ raised $4M

Posted on April 20, 2021 — Jessica Jones Gupta

A Penn-founded biotech company that helps scientists test drugs and therapeutics has raised $4 million in order to more widely adopt their platform that embraces “organs on chip” technology. Vivodyne’s goal is to lower the bar for labs and scientists to test their own research. Read More in Technical.ly Philly

Y-Prize Competition 2020-2021 Grand Finale

Posted on April 19, 2021 — Jessica Jones Gupta

You’re invited! Come see the pitches by four Y-Prize finalist teams as they look to take home the $10,000 grand prize. We’ll show 10-minute presentations, followed by a Q&A between the judging panel and each team. The judges will announce a winner. RVSP Here

Class of 2021 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize winners announced

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The Prizes enable students to take on post-graduation projects that make a positive, lasting difference in the world. Three students were named 2021 President’s Innovation Prize recipients: Aris Saxena and Yiwen Li for Mobility, and Anthony Scarpone-Lambert for Lumify Care. Read More on Penn Today

Philadelphia-area life sciences companies reeled in nearly $3B in the 1st quarter

Posted on April 16, 2021 — Jessica Jones Gupta

Strong investor interest in local life sciences companies continued during the first quarter of 2021 with 16 Philadelphia-area businesses reeling in more than $2.9 billion.   Cell and gene therapy companies, the industry’s hottest sector, accounted for more than $980 million of that figure.   Read More in the Philadelphia Business Journal

Biosealant therapy might help stabilise injury caused by cartilage damage: Study

Posted on April 14, 2021 — Jessica Jones Gupta

According to new Penn research, a new biosealant therapy and hyaluronic acid hydrogel system at least temporarily stops cartilage degeneration that commonly occurs after injury and causes pain in joints. Read More in the Hindustan Times

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