NEWS & EVENTS
- UPDATED: Thank you for your September 15, 2009 TIF Grant submissions! We will let you know if another TIF Grant application round opens in the future! Check back here for updated information. | Read more...
- New Smartphone Technology Receives Texas Ignition Fund Award
HOUSTON – (July 15, 2009) – New smartphone technology developed at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston could play a role in advancing the quality of health care in developing nations where medical services can be scarce. | Read more...
Highlights
Company
Marval Biosciences, Inc. (est. 2007) is developing next generation contrast agents for high speed, high resolution CT scanners based on discoveries by UTHSC-H’s Dr. Ananth Annapragada. | more
Patent
Dr. Yong Jian Geng’s invention on the application of clusterin for protection of stem cells in atherosclerotic coronary heart disease issued April 28, 2009 as US patent 7,524,490. | more
Copyright
UTHSC-H’s Children’s Learning Institute (CLI), headed by Dr. Susan Landry, is a national leader in early childhood development. more
Available Technologies in the Spotlight
Therapeutics & Diagnostics
Method Of Identifying Patients At Risk Of Elevated Intercranial Pressure: Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have developed methods of diagnosing individuals at risk of elevated intracranial pressure soon after traumatic brain injury, based on the discovery that a life-threatening elevation in intracranial pressure after a head injury is preceded by specific changes in a patient’s blood chemistry. | more
Devices
Hybrid Post and Core System: Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSC-H) have invented a hybrid dental post system consisting of a metallic post and a flexible polymer. | more
Research Tools
OV-1 & OV-6 Monoclonal Antibodies: A researcher at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has developed hybridomas to follow cellular changes in liver cells of rats during chemical carcinogenesis with specific staining. | more
Copyright & software
Resuscitation From Shock: Faculty at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSC-H) have developed and patented a novel shock resuscitation technology, utilizing an interactive, CDSS for determining the need for resuscitation of shock due to severe trauma and for directing patient specific interventions as a part of their early management in the intensive care unit (ICU).| more
