Science and Enterprise

Category: Joint ventures/collaborations

  • MedImmune, Univ. of Michigan to Partner on Biologics

    University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor and MedImmune in Gaithersburg, Maryland have agreed to collaborate on research leading to new biologic therapies for a range of diseases. MedImmune is the biologics division of the global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. Biologics are treatments or therapies developed through biological processes, such as genes or cellular products,…

  • Harvard Entrepreneur Center Opens

    Harvard University officially opened its Innovation Lab today, a center on a satellite campus across the Charles River in Boston, to encourage entrepreneurial activities by students and faculty. The i-Lab, as its called, aims to bring together entrepreneurs from the local community, as well as encourage innovation across Harvard’s schools and academic disciplines. The i-Lab,…

  • Aetna, Harvard Medical to Partner on Bioinformatics Research

    The insurance company Aetna Inc. in Hartford, Connecticut and Harvard Medical School in Boston have agreed to find new ways to analyze health care data to further clinical research and improve the quality and affordability of health care. The research will be conducted by the Center for Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School and Aetna…

  • Industry, Academic Team Creates Ultralight Material

    Researchers at HRL Laboratories LLC in Malibu California, with colleagues from California Institute of Technology and the University of California at Irvine, have developed an ultralight material with a density of 0.9 milligrams per cubic centimeter (mg/cc). The substance, about 100 times lighter than Styrofoam packing material, is described in the November 18 issue of…

  • Personalized Health Informatics Technology in Development

    A team of European and Israeli researchers is developing technology for real-time, personalized health monitoring that can minimize the number of follow-up visits patients need to make to health care providers. The EU has granted about €6 million ($US8.1 million) over four years to fund the project. The MOBIGUIDE project will involve researchers from five…

  • Scripps, Biotech to Partner on Feline Virus Research

    CytoDyn Inc., a biotechnology company in Lutz, Florida, has agreed to support research by Spripps Research Institute scientist John Elder on the company’s treatment for feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). Elder is a professor in Scripps’s Department of Immunology and Microbial Science in La Jolla, California. Under the agreement CytoDyn’s subsidiary, CytoDyn Veterinary Medicine LLC will…

  • Full Coverage of Meds Reduces Later Heart Attacks, Failures

    Academic and industry researchers have found heart attack patients whose insurance fully covered their medications had lower rates of rehospitalization for heart attack or heart failure compared to patients who had prescription co-pays. The team from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Aetna Insurance in Hartford, Connecticut, and CVS Caremark in…

  • GE, Illinois Tech to Partner on Wind Energy Management

    GE’s software division will collaborate with researchers from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) to devise better monitoring and diagnostic methods for the management of wind farms. The project is part of IIT’s University-Industry Consortium for Wind Energy funded by Department of Energy. The two-year project aims to help wind farms reduce maintenance costs and improve…

  • National Lab Developing Alternatives to Rare Earth Materials

    The Ames Laboratory in Iowa is developing alternatives to rare earth materials in two separate projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy — one material for use in permanent magnets for electric vehicles, and the other material a manganese-based alternative to rare earths. The Ames Laboratory is a national lab under Department of Energy’s…

  • Universities, Companies Partner on Data Center Power Use

    Three U.S. universities have joined with 15 companies in a collaborative research center to increase energy efficiency and help create a greener electronics industry. Researchers at Binghamton University in New York, Villanova University in Pennsylvania, and University of Texas at Arlington are the institutions taking part in the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center in Energy-Efficient Electronic…