Ohio State University and Ohio University are creating a $35 million venture capital fund aimed at commercializing research that comes out of universities in the state. California-based Dominion Ventures will be the fund’s general partner, according to a statement from the two universities. An official with Dominion wasn’t available for comment. Ohio State plans to […]
Ohio State University‘s college of pharmacy has entered into a pancreatic research collaboration with National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. The aim of the partnership is to develop new diagnostic biomarkers and therapies for pancreatic cancer, according to a statement from NCKU. The partnership calls for the establishment of a satellite laboratory at the cancer […]
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Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus accelerators that invest in healthcare startups are recipients of some of the $760,000 in new grant funds approved by the Ohio Third Frontier Commission this week. Shaker LaunchHouse in Shaker Heights will receive $200,000, Cincinnati initiative Innov8 for Health will receive $160,000 and 10xelerator in Columbus will get $200,000 to fund […]
Fresh off supplying the scaffold for the world’s second-ever artificial trachea implant, Ohio State University spinoff Nanofiber Solutions is hoping to expand its work with artificial organs. The Columbus, Ohio-based company’s technology could be used to create scaffolds for a number of other types of hollow organs, such as intestines, blood vessels and kidneys, chief […]
A two-year-old Ohio State University spinoff’s nanofiber scaffold was used to grow a patient’s own stem cells and then implanted into the patient after his trachea was removed — in an operation that’s being billed as the world’s second successful synthetic trachea transplant. Columbus-based Nanofiber Solutions designed and built the scaffold used in the procedure. […]
Ohio State University spinoff EXCMR is preparing for a fourth-quarter launch of a four-site clinical test of its MRI-compatible treadmill for heart-stress testing. The clinical test’s chief goal is to compare the performance of the company’s stress test against competing alternatives and fine-tune the treadmill’s design, plus its installation and servicing processes. “Launching this pilot […]
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The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University has received a five-year, $1 million grant to support fellowships for minority medical students. The grant comes from the KeyBank Foundation, and follows another $1 million gift from the foundation in 2007 for the same program, the Plain Dealer reported. The money will […]
Ohio State University has received a five-year, $1.7 million grant from the federal government for a study into spinal cord injuries. Specifically, OSU researchers will study the chemical signals that drive re-growth of damaged pathways after spinal cord injury. The researchers hope to find that altering cellular behavior promotes repair of an injured spinal cord, […]
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center has hired a new deputy director, a top cancer researcher from Georgetown University. Dr. Peter Shields‘s primary research focus has been in identifying biomarkers that can be used to assess breast and lung cancer risks, particularly those related to diet, smoking and lifestyle, according to a statement from […]
Ohio State University researchers have received a $1.1 million federal grant to study the differences in outcomes in patients who have undergone total knee replacement operations. The research will explore potential causes for the gap between some knee replacement patients who struggle to perform daily tasks, such as climbing the stairs, and other patients who […]
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A medical laboratory equipment company whose technology is used to test cancer drugs is hoping to land an investment of up to $1.5 million and a strategic partnership with a bigger company. A partnership deal would help Nanofiber Solutions to get its cell-culture technology into the hands of more researchers and drug developers. Columbus, Ohio-based […]
Ohio State University scientists have received a $1.4 million federal grant to study the use of a substance extracted from seaweed and giant kelp to treat burn wounds suffered by soldiers. The two-year grant from the Department of Defense will fund a study into the use of brown algae extracted from seaweed and giant kelp […]
The Ohio State University College of Medicine has picked a former chair of Yale University’s department of obstetrics as its new dean. The appointment of Dr. Charles Lockwood would be effective Sept. 1, and is subject to approval from the university’s board of trustees, according to a statement from the university. A professor at Yale, […]
How do you live tweet a surgery? Better yet, how do you do it at one of the most prestigious university medical centers in the country? Ryan Squire is here to tell us how. And perhaps even more interesting is how Ryan has made social media mainstream at the Ohio State University Medical Center. Ryan […]
Ohio State University Medical Center says on Monday morning it became the first hospital in the state to live-tweet a surgery. In addition to tweeting the proceedings of a minimally invasive knee-replacement surgery using the hashtag #osumcmako, the health system’s social media team broadcast a live video feed of the surgery on ustream. The purpose […]