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University of Minnesota program to spur new innovations gets a boost

University of Minnesota program to spur new innovations gets a boost

June 28, 2011 12:58 pm by | 0 Comments

The Medical Devices Center Innovation Fellows program at the University of Minnesota is doubling in size, thanks to a $280,000 grant from the Maslowski Family Charitable Trust.The university announced Monday ... Read more
Aria CV licenses U of M technology to treat hypertension

Aria CV licenses U of M technology to treat hypertension

June 23, 2011 11:39 am by | 0 Comments

Aria CV Inc., a new startup, has licensed technology from the University of Minnesota to treat pulmonary hypertension.The company was formed in September and occupies discounted space within the University ... Read more
U of M students to assess Chinese medical technologies

U of M students to assess Chinese medical technologies

June 17, 2011 6:25 pm by | 0 Comments

The University of Minnesota will soon be evaluating Chinese medical technologies for their business potential in the Chinese, U.S. and other markets.Earlier this month, Carlson School of Management’s Stephen Parente ... Read more
University of Minnesota gets $51M NIH grant, joins national consortium

University of Minnesota gets $51M NIH grant, joins national consortium

June 14, 2011 1:13 pm by | 0 Comments

The University of Minnesota has received a $51 million, five-year Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health, the university announced Tuesday.It is the largest ever NIH ... Read more
Miromatrix identifies first product, seeks $5M in new funding round

Miromatrix identifies first product, seeks $5M in new funding round

May 4, 2011 5:40 pm by | 0 Comments

Sometimes amazing feats of scientific research get all the attention, but the actual process of creating a company from that research and developing a product is rarely that glitzy.Take the ... Read more
NIH grants U of M researcher and others $10 million to study possible HIV treatment

NIH grants U of M researcher and others $10 million to study possible HIV treatment

April 18, 2011 5:35 pm by | 0 Comments

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a University of Minnesota researcher and others a five-year, $10 million grant to study a human protein that may hold the key to ... Read more
U of M finalizes license agreement for Commerce and Search for Technology Transfer

U of M finalizes license agreement for Commerce and Search for Technology Transfer

April 1, 2011 10:07 am by | 0 Comments

The University of Minnesota has finalized a license agreement for Commerce and Search for Technology Transfer (CaSTT), an online tool that makes technologies available for licensing through an online database. ... Read more
Startup International Cardio licenses noninvasive clogged arteries treatment

Startup International Cardio licenses noninvasive clogged arteries treatment

March 24, 2011 12:58 pm by | 0 Comments

International Cardio Corp. is licensing University of Minnesota technology that uses high-intensity focused ultrasound technology to treat clogged arteries in a noninvasive way.Donald Knight, the president of the Chaska, Minnesota-based ... Read more
UMN Medical Innovation Fellows Program Seeks Collaboration Team

UMN Medical Innovation Fellows Program Seeks Collaboration Team

March 9, 2011 11:37 am by | 0 Comments (Sponsored)

The University of Minnesota’s Medical Innovation Fellows Program is recruiting a four person cross-disciplinary team of postgraduate engineers, seasoned medical device professionals, bioscientists and physicians to collaborate in medical device ... Read more
Minnesota has much to lose from possible NIH funding cuts

Minnesota has much to lose from possible NIH funding cuts

March 7, 2011 3:07 pm by | 0 Comments

Minnesota has more to lose from possible National Institutes of Health budget cuts than its population size would suggest, with the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic bringing in hundreds ... Read more
Attention lawmakers: This state-funded project has created no companies

Attention lawmakers: This state-funded project has created no companies

March 2, 2011 9:24 am by | 1 Comments

LifeScience Alley, a Minnesota trade association representing medical technology companies, has circulated an inaccurate document about licensing and commercialization at the Minnesota Partnership for Bioscience and Medical Genomics. ... Read more
Venture capitalist abandons effort to create Minnesota early stage fund(?)

Venture capitalist abandons effort to create Minnesota early stage fund(?)

January 6, 2011 3:05 pm by | 0 Comments

Fund founder Jim O'Reilly says it was "fairly impossible" to raise money. For O'Reilly, explaining Upwind to potential investors proved to be a challenge in itself. For one thing, O'Reilly ... Read more
Minnesota legislative preview: For healthcare, defense is the best offense

Minnesota legislative preview: For healthcare, defense is the best offense

January 4, 2011 2:45 pm by | 0 Comments

Life science current events will collide with political realities in Minnesota. Last year the medical industry made important strides, including winning an angel investment tax credit. This year healthcare interests ... Read more
University of Minnesota researchers discover potential HIV block

University of Minnesota researchers discover potential HIV block

December 23, 2010 12:36 pm by | 1 Comments

The University of Minnesota said its scientists have discovered a possible way to stop the spread of the virus that causes AIDS by preventing the pathogen from attaching itself to ... Read more
University of Minnesota researchers link tau to Alzheimer’s disease

University of Minnesota researchers link tau to Alzheimer’s disease

December 22, 2010 10:59 am by | 0 Comments

The University of Minnesota said Wednesday that scientists have established a firm relationship between a protein known as tau and Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of elderly dementia in ... Read more