Nathan J. Alves, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the IU School of Medicine, is CEO and co-founder of Indiana Lysis Technologies LLC. The company is developing safer clot-digesting pharmaceuticals by leveraging nanoparticles to produce targeted therapeutics. Current therapies for digesting harmful blood clots are associated with significant risk to the patient and are… Read more »
Faculty
IU-connected entrepreneurs impact the world: Meet Dr. Kathleen T. Unroe of Care Revolution
Dr. Kathleen T. Unroe, associate professor of medicine at the IU School of Medicine, is founder of Care Revolution Inc. The company’s model is a rigorously tested RN-based program that fits into any nursing home operation, designed to enhance patient care in place and reduce hospital transfers. The program is a combination of software, training… Read more »
Patent issued to IU for innovation to reduce damage to healthy cells during cancer treatments
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on an innovation that could improve results of proton beam therapy during cancer treatments. Although radiation is harmful to all tissues, malignant or healthy, most cancer cells lack control over DNA repair mechanisms. A challenge to radiotherapy in treating cancer is minimizing damage to normal… Read more »
Patent issued to IU on methods and materials to diagnose, prevent the spread of cystic kidney disease
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on innovations related to cystic kidney disease. The innovation was created by Robert Bacallao of Indiana University School of Medicine, and James A. Glazier and Sherry G. Clendenon of IU Bloomington. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is among the most common inherited human diseases, with… Read more »
IU-connected entrepreneurs impact the world: Meet Terry Loghmani of Health Smart Technologies.
Terry Loghmani, associate professor of physical therapy at IUPUI, is president of Health Smart Technologies Inc. The company is developing Quantifiable Soft Tissue Manipulation™, a medical device system that characterizes the forces delivered during noninvasive manual therapy massage, in real time, as delivered in the clinic. This will allow the monitoring, improved reliability and reproduction… Read more »
IU-connected entrepreneurs impact the world: Meet Mark Kelley of Apexian Pharmaceuticals.
Mark R. Kelley, the Betty and Earl Herr Professor of Pediatric Oncology Research at the IU School of Medicine, is chief scientific officer at Apexian Pharmaceuticals. Apexian is a clinical-stage company looking for safe and effective therapies that will improve the lives of patients with a number of debilitating or life-threatening ailments. Its lead drug… Read more »
November is National Entrepreneurship Month
Students, alumni, faculty and staff across all academic disciplines at Indiana University campuses and academic centers are developing products and services for the benefit of the world. Their companies are helping the general public, industry, government and more. We are pleased to profile some of them and their perspectives about being an entrepreneur during November,… Read more »
Patent awarded for IU School of Medicine methods to diagnose and treat chronic lung conditions
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on innovations that could diagnose and treat lung diseases, including pulmonary emphysema. The innovations were created by Matthias A. Clauss of the Indiana University School of Medicine. More than 3.1 million Americans have been diagnosed with emphysema. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are the two components… Read more »
Patent awarded for IU School of Medicine methods to noninvasively monitor nerves
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on a system and method for monitoring nerve activity. The innovations were created by Dr. Peng-Sheng Chen and Shien-Fong Lin of the Indiana University School of Medicine. Many diagnostic and treatment methods in the fields of medicine and biology rely on measurements of nerve activity… Read more »
Patent awarded for IU School of Medicine innovation to improve cartilage repair
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on innovations that could improve therapies to repair cartilage damage. Dr. Stephen B. Trippel of the Indiana University School of Medicine created the molecules that are part of this innovation. Articular cartilage damage is a major cause of disability in the form of arthritis and… Read more »