When Dr. Jim Hotaling says he has “done a bunch of different things to optimize care for men’s health and male fertility,” he really means it. As a urologist at University of Utah Health, he sees patients, performs surgeries, runs big data research groups and commercializes technologies based on that research. From studying the genetics […]
Read MoreGlobal diagnostics company bioMérieux recently received FDA 510(k) clearance and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments for an innovative approach to diagnostics. This milestone continues the company’s mission to expand technology out of traditional laboratory settings and into locations closer to patients like urgent care and physician offices. The BIOFIRE® SPOTFIRE® System and its BIOFIRE® SPOTFIRE® Respiratory […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah PIVOT Center along with BioUtah and BioHive hosted the biggest Entrepreneur and Investor Life Sciences Summit to date this week. With almost 400 registrants, attendees from across the country—and some from around the world—gathered on the University of Utah campus to experience Utah’s collaborative life sciences ecosystem firsthand. The event featured […]
Read MoreThis story was originally published on @TheU. By Vince Horiuchi – public relations associate, College of Engineering They were a group of young, scrappy, but brilliant University of Utah computer science students and professors who changed the world. Ed Catmull. John Warnock. Jim Clark. Alan Kay. Ivan Sutherland. Martin Newell. They are a just a handful […]
Read MoreMental and neurological disorders are the world’s leading cause of disability, according to University of Utah biomedical engineering professor Jan Kubanek. Over the years, treatments have been developed for some of these disorders, but oftentimes these treatments are inadequate. “It’s a major issue because in about one in three cases across the board, when you […]
Read MoreThis story was originally published on @TheU. By Julie Kiefer – associate director, science communications, University of Utah Health Every minute of every day, our body adapts to meet the needs of each moment. When we binge on carbs, exercise or become sick, chemical reactions inside our cells switch on, slow down or shift strategy so […]
Read MoreSalt Lake City – The University of Utah, one of the nation’s leading research universities, and TikkunLev Therapeutics, a gene therapy company, have announced a new partnership to accelerate an innovative heart failure gene therapy. The agreement is an exclusive world-wide license and includes a sponsored research program to support future FDA filings.The discovery of […]
Read MoreAs TingTing Hong says, “the career of a researcher is up and down.” Hong, an associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the University of Utah, studies the structural organization of cardiomyocyte, or heart muscle cells, and how these structures impact heart function. In her research, Hong and her lab identified a microdomain organized by […]
Read MoreThis story was originally published on @TheU. By Vince Horiuchi – public relations associate, College of Engineering In this high-tech era, wearable devices such as smartwatches have proven to be invaluable companions for the health conscious. But a new study from the University of Utah shows that for a small group of people, some of these […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah is excited to host the upcoming 2023 University Economic Development Association (UEDA) Annual Summit on October 8-10. With the summit just over eight months away, UEDA has issued a call for workshop and presentation proposals. Topics should be centered around the summit’s theme “Innovation for a Sustainable Future” and the concept […]
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