Toe Implant Kicks Off BioPoly’s U.S. Implants
After a series of successful products in Europe, a Fort Wayne-based orthopedic startup is putting its best foot forward in the U.S. market with the BioPoly Great Toe Implant.... Read More
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GeniPhys Develops First Breast Rebuilding Material
West Lafayette-based startup GeniPhys believes it is on the doorstep of transforming regenerative medicine. Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Professor Dr. Sherry Harbin and her team discovered... Read More
Universities Ink ‘Playbook’ For COVID-19 Strategies
While much of the country and the state of Indiana are struggling to manage the pandemic, local life sciences leaders point to the state’s research universities for creating the playbook for how to mo... Read More
Purdue Explores Smartwatches as Future Infection Warning
A new study is underway—with mostly Boilermakers enrolled—to see if smartwatches could provide the earliest clues that the wearer could be developing COVID-19, even before the first hint of a symptom.... Read More
Fragile X Treatment Nears Phase 2 Trials
Boosted by a recent dose of funding, Carmel-based Confluence Pharmaceuticals is taking aim at Phase 2 clinical trials for its drug, which company leaders believe will restore hope and unlock potential... Read More
$3.4M Grant Helps IUSM Docs Better Treat Chest Pain in ER
Chest pain is the second most common reason people rush to the emergency room (ER), but only one in five patients is actually having a cardiac event. The vast majority of people with chest pain are se... Read More
$37M Helps IU Develop Even Better Antibodies for COVID-19
A $37.6 million grant is powering a newly-formed consortium tasked with developing DNA-encoded antibodies, which can kill a COVID-19 infection faster than antibody treatments that don’t have the power... Read More
Lilly Studies COVID-19 Drug in Diverse New Mexico
A new study is now underway for bamlanivimab; retrofitted RVs will travel to the diverse state of New Mexico to turn any location into, essentially, a clinical research facility on wheels.... Read More
$3M IU Study Tackles Young Football Players’ Head Impacts
An Indiana University researcher has long been concerned about the cumulative effect of more elusive injuries for young people: subconcussive head impacts.... Read More
Cook Facility Brings 100 Jobs to Hurting Community
You can do good business and also do ‘Good’: that’s the theory behind a new Cook Medical facility that will bring 100 new jobs and free education to a struggling Indianapolis community.... Read More