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Changing treatment for COVID patients MADISON, WI—A new pharmaceutical therapy created by biotech Nano RED could change the way doctors treat patients with COVID. The therapy binds to surface proteins on…

COLUMBUS, OH—The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes has allocated $16 million toward a seven-year, multicenter research project led by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine that will compare inpatient…

RALEIGH, NC—AgBiome, a company that discovers and develops innovative biological and trait products for crop protection, has landed $116 million in a funding round co-led by Blue Horizon, Novalis LifeSciences and…

Taxi to Takeoff COLUMBUS, OH—Taxi to Takeoff Aviation Academy is a new program offered to high school students enrolled in Ohio State’s College Credit Plus program to introduce them to the…

Novel cancer platform could treat SARS-CoV-2 MADISON, WI—Nanotechnology startup Nano RED formed when its founders sought to discover a new method of treating cancer. During the COVID crisis, they discovered  their novel…

ST. LOUIS—Flywheel Exchange, which makes a cloud-based, biomedical research data management platform, has raised $22 million in a Series C funding round. The fresh funding helped finance the acquisition of Radiologics, a…

MADISON, WI—DataChat, a spin-out from the University of Wisconsin, has closed on a $25 million Series A round. The funding will enable DataChat to continue its development of data analytics using…

Turning sewer gas into hydrogen fuel COLUMBUS, OH—A research associate at The Ohio State University is partnering on a study that seeks to turn hydrogen sulfide – more commonly called “sewer gas” –…

Genetics and COVID CAMBRIDGE, OH—COVID-19 forced many schools to take a closer look at the technology they had in place to educate students and find new ways to use it.…

COLUMBUS, OH—The presence of a cancer tumor can lead to cardiac damage due to free radicals interacting with cells in the heart. Researchers at The Ohio State University studied the phenomenon using…

PITTSBURGH, PA—Carnegie Mellon University and Emerald Cloud Lab (ECL) have entered into a partnership to build the world’s first cloud lab in an academic setting. As part of Carnegie Mellon’s $250 million investment in…

Fixing cell battery drain problems ANN ARBOR, MI—Alanson Sample, an associate professor at the University of Michigan, has co-developed an invention that could eliminate the battery drain problems experienced by cell phone users around…

A look at genetics and COVID reactions OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—Why do some people get infected by COVID while others with the same exposure remain unaffected? Why do some people suffer…

CLEVELAND, OH—A Cleveland Clinic-led international research team have engineered a new type of bionic arm. This one enables a patient to send nerve impulses from the brain to the prosthetic…

ANN ARBOR, MI—The NSF has established a Great Lakes Innovation Corps Hub that is led by the University of Michigan and involves 11 universities in eight states. The $15 million hub is…

Purdue University advances next-gen wireless networks WEST LAFAYETTE, IN—Purdue University and the Purdue Research Foundation have launched a digital innovation platform called “Lab to Life.” The platform will work to advance the development of next-generation…

Drug treatment for the sickest COVID patients CINCINNATI—Earlier this year, we reported that the FDA accepted Airway Therapeutics’ application for an investigational drug treatment designed to help some of the sickest…

PITTSBURGH, PA—Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have just completed a study involving living patients that may bring hope to those with Alzheimer’s. The study findings suggest that targeting neuroinflammation might be…

ST. LOUIS, MO—Software startup Balto has raised $37.5 million in a Series B funding round it says will accelerate its rapid growth. New York-based investment firm Stripes led the financing.…

Purdue University opens IoT consortium WEST LAFAYETTE, IN—The Discovery Park District at Purdue University is partnering with the university’s SMART Consortium to create a foundry dedicated to supporting the fast development of low-cost,…