University of Utah startups continue innovating and discovering solutions to today’s unmet needs. Here’s a roundup of some of the latest news out of these companies: Salarius Pharmaceuticals Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Financial Results and Provides Business Update Salarius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLRX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company using protein inhibition and protein […]
Read MoreDr. Gerald Gleich, a University of Utah professor and co-founder of NexEos Bio, has received the Life Sciences Pennsylvania Scientific Achievement Award for his decades-long research into eosinophils and their impacts on the human body. Gleich started researching this blood cell around 1968, and his research has since resulted in numerous discoveries, several new syndromes, […]
Read MoreWhen Jacob George attended a summer internship program at the University of Utah in 2015, he met an individual who was experiencing limb loss and had an amputation who told him, “Losing a limb is like losing a family member, except you’re reminded of it every day.” For George that idea hit close to home […]
Read MoreThis story was originally published on @TheU. By Julie Kiefer – associate director, science communications, University of Utah Health One in 40 Utah children aged 8 years have been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a newly published analysis led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in collaboration with scientists across the country […]
Read MoreThis story was originally published on @TheU. By Jasen Lee – Public relations and communications manager UMC/EDI Pride Week at the U is an annual event honoring LGBTQIA+ histories, cultures and lives. Our queer and trans community at the University of Utah is—unstoppable. The history of the queer and trans community at the university is a proud […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah’s corporate engagement team and other PIVOT Center team members recently toured the College of Health’s newly renovated research space that will allow U health researchers to gain new insights into how human activity impacts wellbeing. The new facilities will house hands-on suites and labs to further U research into some of […]
Read MoreWhen 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 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 […]
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