Posts tagged “Duke”
Duke, Verizon team up for health IT initiative
The agreement pairs Duke's research resources with Verizon Connected Healthcare Solutions, the telecom giant's healthcare practice group. Duke will make available personnel, including research and project management experts. Intellectual property from the university may also be used in the program's initiatives. Verizon's computing infrastructure and staff will be used to develop and test new applications.
Medical device firm Bioptigen lands $2.7M federal grant
The spin-out from Duke University's Biomedical Engineering Department is awarded a National Institutes of Health for research into pediatric eye issues.
Inside the eye as seen by Bioptigen
Precision BioSciences gets patent protection for DNA technique
Precision BioSciences has patent protection for the engineered meganucleases process it uses under a license from Duke University.
Medical device startup Oncoscope secures $2M in financing
The Durham-based company is developing an optical imaging system that can be used for early detection of cancers in the esophagus, colon, lungs, cervix and bladder.
Triangle Global Health Consortium names executive director
The group, founded by several Triangle area universities and organizations, aims to help improve health through a broad range of initiatives.
Google's search result is money for hog-farm methane project
Capturing the methane and generating power creates carbon offset credits for the school and Google, renewable energy credits for Duke Energy and power for the farmer.
Four-college center to delve into soft-material science with NSF funding
Researchers from Duke University, N.C. State University, UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina Central University (NCCU) are forming the Triangle Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC).
UNC study sends nano-particles to attack ovarian cancer
In a study published in Biomaterials, scientists delivered a particle with chemotherapy and radiation in it directly to cancer cells.
NC Biotech Center backs two academic-corporate partnerships
Two $100,000 awards to partnerships between university labs and private companies are aimed at medical research.
Social media spending on way up, execs tell Duke survey
Notwithstanding gloomy economic news and less-than-outstanding understanding of how it works, marketing executives told a Duke surveu that spending on social-media channels is going up.
Need an ID? Duke University Hospital checks your palms
Duke has adopted a new patient identity system in their emergency room and main admissions desk. A small black box scans the patient's palm.
Palm IDs now used at Duke
Biotech Center funds $2.5M marine biotech innovation center
The purpose of the NC Biotechnology Center is to help develop commercial development of the state's maritime resources.
Center to focus on NC maritime resources
NC Biotech Center hands out $1.4M in grants for university research equipment
The Institutional Development Grant program is designed to help scientists obtain the latest in hardware.
Southeast BIO picks 10 semifinalists for business plan competition
The life sciences organization representing many biotech, pharmaceutical and other firms across the region, will host its annual investors confernece in Durham.
Duke Fuqua business school dean is stepping down
Blair Sheppard is taking on a fundraising and development role for Duke's university effort in China. Deputy Dean William Boulding will replace Sheppard.
