September 20, 2023

When Abby McInturf was a University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) student on her way to a degree in industrial design, she studied ways to enhance human health through better design. Her research and experiences in the UC Venture Lab led her, shortly after graduation, to found a company called Band Connect that improves physical therapy rehabilitation for a host of musculoskeletal injuries.

September 20, 2023

In higher education, individuals like Josie Dalton stand out. As the assistant director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Cincinnati, Dalton nurtures the entrepreneurial spirit in students.

September 19, 2023

While employed at the University of Cincinnati as a professor of mechanical engineering, William Kuhn, PhD, had an idea for a compact, flameless heater that could be enclosed in pre-packaged meals to safely cook them. The device transformed the meals, ready to eat landscape through a simple process involving salt water and a magnesium-iron alloy.

September 19, 2023

Ask someone what life-changing scientific breakthrough they might want to be remembered for, and it’s a fair bet they’ll say “Curing cancer.” RNA Nanotherapeutics is bringing that answer a step closer, thanks to the research of Xiaoting Zhang, the John and Gladys Strauss Endowed Chair in Cancer Research and director of the Breast Cancer Research Program of the University of Cincinnati’s Department of Cancer Biology. UC’s Venture Lab helped him launch a discovery that could transform the treatment of breast cancer.

September 19, 2023

Financial literacy is imperative to improving financial decision making and increasing financial empowerment, University of Cincinnati researchers said, and they’ve developed a scale specifically to measure literacy in the cryptoeconomics sector.

September 19, 2023

While at the University of Cincinnati, Andrew Lowy developed a mouse strain called Pdx-cre that leads to excision of DNA specifically in pancreatic tissue, allowing for the turning on and off of genes that drive the development and progression of pancreatic cancer.

September 18, 2023

Everything starts with an idea, and the University of Cincinnati’s 1819 Innovation Hub makes sure that good ideas make a difference in the world. One example is the work of Edward Deutsch, PhD, around the radioisotope Technetium-99m, which, with assistance from UC’s Tech Transfer program, have made Tc99m the most commonly used medical radioisotope in the world, a part of over 20 million diagnostic procedures annually.

September 18, 2023

UC Venture Lab startup Amplicore has hit another milestone in its quest to bring its innovations into the marketplace — the launch of a clinical trial for AM3101, an injectable therapeutics that can be used in meniscus tear surgeries.

September 18, 2023

A team of UC researchers across three colleges has been awarded an additional $1.5 million state grant to continue research on improving firefighter protective gear. This brings the total of grant funds for the project to over $2.5 million. The research is a cross colleges effort to research and develop a new firefighter coat liner that will reduce temperatures.

September 15, 2023

In the challenging world of big data and artificial intelligence, a University of Cincinnati alumnus is helping to lead the charge for accountability and transparency in AI — a concept known as explainable artificial intelligence. Javier Viaña is the co-founder of REZON, a platform that brings real-time explainability to AI. REZON shows the inner reasoning of existing AI so automated decision making is not only efficient but also fair and trustworthy.