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)
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Genera Secures Investment for Sustainable Packaging and Fiber Products Made From Grass
Tennessee-based company closes financing for its first Earthable® fiber products manufacturing facility VONORE, Tenn. – July 17, 2019 – Genera announced today it has secured more than $118 million in new investment for its first manufacturing facility to produce its Earthable® line of sustainable agricultural fiber products. Genera will use locally grown grasses and other (read more)
Tennesseans Reaping Benefits of Novel Clinical Trials Network in Year One of Operation
Tennessee’s innovative clinical trials network is soaring just one year into operations, bringing growing benefits for Tennesseans and the advancement of health care across the state. The Clinical Trials Network of Tennessee (CTN2), a research enterprise that operates as a subsidiary of UTRF, has already secured contracts to work with more than six medical institutions (read more)