A new startup born at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) in Memphis aims to reshape treatment for pediatric leukemia and neuroblastoma. SEAK Therapeutics, LLC, began in the research lab of Pharmaceutical Sciences Professor Wei Li, who also serves as the Director of the UT College of Pharmacy Drug Discovery Center. In 2017, (read more)
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UTRF Inventor Spotlight: Dr. Rajashekhar Gangaraju
New Vision for Treating the Effects of Diabetes Diabetes is among the most prevalent diseases in the world. Though chronic sufferers experience a wide range of complications, one of the most devastating conditions is diabetic retinopathy – a leading cause of blindness in adults across the United States. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s (read more)
UTRF Inventor Spotlight: Dr. Rishi Kamaleswaran
Spotting the Signs of Disease Before You Even Know You’re Sick It sounds like a sci-fi movie plot: What if smart computers could spot disease hours, or even years, before symptoms are clinically detectable? Yet, this story is far from fiction. Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) are turning the improbable (read more)