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Jun 21, 2017

NC State Startup 410 Medical Receives Funding From Newly Formed Triangle Venture Alliance (TVA)

Triangle Venture Alliance (TVA), a newly formed investment alliance among angel networks at North Carolina State University, Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NC Central…

Jun 19, 2017

N.C. State/UNC spinout company raises $5.8M for ‘smart’ insulin devices

Technology invented in a laboratory in the UNC-NC State Joint Biomedical Engineering Program could soon mean painless diabetes testing and insulin injections for the nearly 400 million people with diabetes worldwide.…

Jun 9, 2017

NC State Jumps to No. 80 Worldwide for U.S. Patents

Taking research to market is something NC State does better than most. And the fifth-annual worldwide rankings from the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)…

Jun 8, 2017

NC State University Chancellor’s Innovation Fund is Mobilizing a Bridge Over the Digital Divide

More than two billion people worldwide who don’t have internet access often miss out on life-changing benefits of being connected, such as automated micro-lending for entrepreneurs, marketplace applications and information…

May 26, 2017

Child with Rare Cancer is First to Receive NC State Startup Biomarck Pharmaceuticals’ Drug

A new drug, discovered and developed in the Triangle, shows promise in treating cancer. It’s a story CBS North Carolina first reported on last year. At the time, the drug…

Apr 24, 2017

2017 Daugherty Endowment Challenge Winners Announced at Lulu eGames

The winners of the 2017 Lulu eGames have been announced. Over 350 people attended the Lulu eGames LIVE event on Thursday, April 20 to see who would walk away a…

Apr 24, 2017

Biomarck Pharmaceuticals Gains FDA Allowance to Begin Human Trials for Inhaled Treatment for Adults with Lung Cancer

North Carolina based Biomarck Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has received FDA allowance l to begin human trials for their patented compound BIO-11006, for adults with lung cancer.  Discovered by Dr. Ken Adler…

Apr 20, 2017

NC State Makes Top 25 for Technology Transfer

NC State ranks No. 25 among the 200 research institutions studied in the Miliken Institute’s latest listing of best universities for technology transfer. The report, called “Concept to Commercialization: The Best…

Mar 9, 2017

Paper Pumps Power Portable Microfluidics, Biomedical Devices

Biomedical engineering researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed inexpensive paper pumps that use capillary action to power portable microfluidic…

Mar 3, 2017

Ligler to Be Inducted Into National Inventors Hall of Fame

Dr. Frances Ligler, Lampe Distinguished Professor in the UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, is one of 15 2017 inductees into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Ligler is being…