Millions of healthcare and essential workers have worn N95 respirators or other medical masks to protect themselves over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers indicate that over 148 million vaccines have been administered, the majority of which are Moderna or Pfizer doses. After a year of uncertainty,… Read More
UTRF licensee Veru, Inc. announced today significant potential of VERU-111 in treating COVID-19, both as a broad-spectrum antiviral and an anti-inflammatory agent, which may help prevent effects leading to Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Statistically significant data from the Phase 2 clinical study results show an 81% relative reduction in death or respiratory failure at Day… Read More
Local partnership results in creation of new solar charging technology for robotic mowers. One University of Tennessee, Knoxville, staff member sought to solve a problem at work and ended up co-inventing a technology with a local solar company that may unlock new possibilities for the future of electrification. Matthew Layne, co-inventor of a patent-pending, solar-powered… Read More
