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Gene therapy developed at Duke to be commercialized by a local biotechnology company
A universal gene editing therapy for Pompe disease, invented in the lab of Duke Professor Dwight Koeberl, is licensed for further development by local start-up GeneVentiv.
GeneVentiv Announces Global Licensing Agreement for Universal Gene Editing Therapy for Infantile Onset and Late Onset Pompe Disease
GeneVentiv Therapeutics, a Raleigh-based gene therapy company, has taken an exclusive license to Pompe disease gene editing technology developed in the lab of Professor Dwight Koeberl (Pediatrics, SOM).
Fellow Turned Inventor Gives Glaucoma Care an Upgrade
While Gabriel and Challa iterated on the new and improved GDD, they also tapped into Duke’s innovation ecosystem resources and connected with Duke’s Office for Translation & Commercialization (OTC), Duke’s tech transfer office.
10 Years, 60 Startups, $105 Million – and Counting: Duke Capital Partners Leads the Way in Alumni Investing
From its start as one of the first alumni-led venture groups of its kind, Duke Capital Partners continues to connect Duke alumni investors with innovative Duke-affiliated startups – and train the next generation of venture…
Breath of Life: Duke Inventors Secure $5M for Novel Oxygenation Startup
Duke clinician partners with Duke engineers to tackle an elusive critical care challenge: Can oxygen be delivered directly into the bloodstream through a catheter?
VQ Biomedical secures $5M, including a seed round led by Harbright, WIN, and DCP
VQ Biomedical is a Duke University start-up and DCP portfolio company resulting from the collaboration Duke clinicians and engineers.
Colleagues off the Court: Duke and UNC Champion Research and Innovation on Capitol Hill
From Google’s search to 3D printing, from MRIs to mRNA vaccines, countless products and services that make our lives better started as university born innovations from research.
Durham agtech startup Avalo secures $11M in funding
Avalo is a Duke agtech start-up based on technology developed by former postdoc Mariano Alvarez (Biology, Trinity) and Professor Cynthia Rudin (CS, Trinity).
Duke University ranks 24th worldwide for patents granted to academic institutions
Duke researchers are pioneering inventors and Duke is successfully commercializing these inventions for the benefit of the public.