Gene therapy used to be a far-off idea in the medical world, but with the trailblazing approval of the world’s first gene therapy product, Glybera, a normal life may no longer be a dream for patients with genetic illnesses.
Seeing the company I founded sell for a huge amount of money while personally making very little from it is, of course, frustrating.
Entrepreneurship for Physicists: A Practical Guide to Move Ideas from University to Market offers a concise analysis of the key ingredients that enable entrepreneurs to bring added value to their customers.
The University of Leuven has created a three-minute self-screening method for discovering hearing problems, which is now being used in schools and offices.
By definition, it is a practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the internet.
UK’s top supplier of disinfectant wipes partnered with Cardiff University to produce clinical proof that a sporicidal wipe can kill the resilient bacterium, Clostridium Difficile. Their award winning partnership has yielded more positive outcomes than they hoped for.
As many academic institutions begin a new fiscal year, let’s take a moment to celebrate the end of an era in academic technology transfer (TT).
This diagnostic tool provides images of both the front and back surfaces of the cornea for a more accurate picture to guide medical procedures.
After decades of research, scientists have discovered a drug that engages the immune system to fight B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a rare and aggressive type of cancer.
In the technology transfer profession, we are mostly dependent on public funding and political decisions. As a result, we have the urge to have a high need for stability and durable recognition.
We are all familiar with the traditional “ funnel” model of technology transfer. On paper, this model looks deceptively simple.
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