Article courtesy of the Knoxville News Sentinel Written by Ed Marcum Photos by Saul Young/NEWS SENTINEL It may have been the traction that made the difference, said Graham Taylor, whose company T& T Scientific won the $5,000 prize at Startup Day 2016 Thursday. Taylor was one of six entrepreneurs who made pitches before a panel of (read more)
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East Tennessee Research Institutes and Their Role in Building a Startup Culture
Startup Southerner Article by Lena Anthony Innov865 Week is a week-long series of events, taking place September 19-23, 2016, to celebrate and showcase Knoxville as a great place for entrepreneurs to start and grow businesses. We have partnered with the Innov865 Alliance to bring you stories of innovation born in East Tennessee. Today, we’re taking a look at two giants (read more)
UTHSC’s Dr. Guy Reed Wins 2016 Innovation Award from Inside Memphis Business Magazine
Guy Reed, MD, began more than a decade ago to research a safer, more effective therapy for dissolving blood clots, which are the cause of most strokes. The outcome of that research is a novel thrombus (blood clot) dissolving agent, TS23, which is currently undergoing clinical trials.