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Research & Graduate Studies Newsletter

"RAGS . . . enhancing the quality of life through research and creative activity . . ."
Fall 2006, Vol. 3, Issue 1
 

NEWS

  
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Licensing of Liquid Crystal Biosensor Technology Leads to New Startup Companies
One of the many roles of Kent State University’s Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development is the facilitation of startup companies. In recent years, the office has aided the university in the formation of 13 new companies, established through faculty expertise and university-related research. One such example is the recent startup of two new companies, Oringen and Pathogen Detection Systems, which came about after the co-licensing of liquid crystal biosensor technology developed jointly by Kent State University and NEOUCOM. Read more...
 

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Kent Research Recognized By Congressman Ryan
Congressman Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) recently announced that Kent State University was awarded a $571,245 research grant by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the National Institute of Mental Health. The monies will fund a research project titled "Terrorism and Traumatic Responding: Exposure and Resiliency Factors," headed by Dr. Stevan Hobfoll, distinguished professor of psychology and director of the Center for the Treatment and Study of Traumatic Stress at Kent State. Read more...

IMAGINATION 2 INNOVATION
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Inventors: Nicola E. Brasch and Ling Xia (US Patent 7,030,105 Method of synthesis of .beta.-thiolato cobalamin compounds)
Dr. Nicola Brasch, assistant professor of chemistry and leader of the Bioinorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Research Group at Kent State University, has been awarded a patent for a technology that will make it easier and less costly to prepare glutathionylcobalimin (GluSCbl), a biologically important form of B12. Therapeutic applications include: Alzheimer’s Disease, AIDS, Arteriosclerosis/Vascular Disease, Aging, ALS (aka Lou Gehrig’s Disease). More inventions...

 

 
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