Indiana University and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, have announced an expansion of their partnership to effectively leverage IU’s educational and research assets to support the nation’s strategic defense initiatives and advance and accelerate innovative solutions to national security challenges. At a ceremony Monday afternoon, April 24, at IU’s Luddy School of Informatics, Computing… Read more »
Research
IU School of Medicine researcher determines PRMT5 inhibitors can help treat pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the fourth deadliest cancer and has a five-year survival rate of only 10 percent. PDAC, which accounts for more than 90 percent of pancreatic cancer cases, is known to be resistant to most therapeutic agents, and often the diagnosis is late in disease progression as symptoms are difficult to identify…. Read more »
IUPUI researcher creates molecules with potential to treat COVID-19
Faculty and students at IUPUI are working on new ways to treat SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19. Bill Scott, a research professor at the IUPUI School of Science, and his team have developed synthetic procedures to make numerous molecules to treat infections of both existing and mutated forms of SARS-CoV-2. The molecules created by Scott… Read more »
Moving IU innovation to market to improve Hoosier health
Bri Heron, technology marketing manager at Indiana University’s Innovation and Commercialization Office, contributed to the following story. In the last 30 years, Indiana University researcher Mark Kelley has disclosed 61 inventions, been awarded 19 patents, created a startup and licensed three of his technologies. He credits partnerships with IU’s Innovation and Commercialization Office (ICO) and… Read more »
IU School of Medicine researcher develops a novel, highly efficient method of producing retinal organoids
Bri Heron, technology marketing manager at Indiana University’s Innovation and Commercialization Office, contributed the following story. Current treatment options for degenerative retinal diseases are only temporary fixes. Degeneration of the retina can lead to partial loss of vision or complete blindness; however, a team of Indiana University researchers have found a method of developing retinal… Read more »
Building a reliable and sustainable home- and community-based services workforce
“Time waits for no man. The issues of the aging are the issues of us all.” On Thursday morning, March 9, Dr. Hannah Maxey, associate professor of family medicine and director of the Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy at the IU School of Medicine, opened with those words during her expert testimony… Read more »
Driving a defense innovation ecosystem
Last week, Indiana University economic development leaders participated in a defense industry roundtable discussion with U.S. Sen. Todd Young. The event was hosted by the Crane Regional Defense Group at WestGate@Crane Technology Park. IU Vice President for University Relations Michael Huber and Joe Carley, IU director of economic development, were among 60 representatives from Indiana’s… Read more »
IU School of Medicine researcher develops non-invasive tool to detect mutations that could potentially lead to breast cancer
Bri Heron, technology marketing manager at Indiana University’s Innovation and Commercialization Office, contributed the following story. A non-invasive diagnostic test to detect mutations that could lead to early-stage breast cancer has been developed by Indiana University researcher Harikrishna Nakshatri, Marian J. Morrison Professor of Breast Cancer Research and professor of surgery, biochemistry and molecular biology… Read more »
IU School of Medicine researchers find RAP minimizes nephrotoxicity and acute kidney injury
Bri Heron, technology marketing manager at Indiana University’s Innovation and Commercialization Office, contributed the following story. Bruce Molitoris, MD, MS, a distinguished professor emeritus at the Indiana University School of Medicine and internationally acclaimed scientist, has determined that the Alpha-2-macroglubin Receptor Associated Protein, a naturally occurring protein inhibitor of kidney proximal tubule reabsorption, minimizes drug-induced… Read more »
IU researcher develops new therapy for treatment of ALS
Bri Heron, technology marketing manager at Indiana University’s Innovation and Commercialization Office, contributed the following story. Indiana University researcher Chandler Walker, Ph.D., has developed a new stem cell-based secretome therapy that influences both the central and peripheral components of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis pathology. Secretome refers to the secretions of tissue or cells that can be… Read more »