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Vanderbilt opens space at Entrepreneur Center

Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students with innovative ideas and entrepreneurial aspirations will have additional support during the 2013-14 academic year.


Collaboration between Vanderbilt and startup Femtometrix leads to exclusive deal

An innovative wafer inspection tool developed by a team of Vanderbilt professors and engineers has been licensed exclusively to startup company Femtometrix. 


Technology News: Lab on a Chip

The Wall Street Journal recently featured “organs on a chip”, an innovative practice that is helping researchers around the globe dive into a new world of drug discovery.


Millions of patients now able to benefit from Medicare approved test

Congratulations to a Vanderbilt research collaborator on receiving Medicare approval of a diagnostic test for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).


Supreme Court rules human genes are not patentable

 "Supreme Court Says Human Genes Aren’t Patentable,” reads a June 13 headline on the Wall Street Journal website.


The crack down on "patent trolls"

Last week, the Obama Administration announced a string of executive actions and legislative recommendations in an attempt to “protect innovators from frivolous litigation and ensure the highest-quality patents in our system,” as stated in the online White House Briefing Room.


My Cancer Genome unveils mobile app

The My Cancer Genome mobile app is now available on iTunes! MCG DrugList brings the benefits of the nation’s first online information, personalized cancer decision support tool right to your mobile device.


New legislation could impact biotech industry

Life Sciences Tennessee released a press release earlier this week about new legislation that many hope will have a positive impact on the biotech industry and the local economy.


DiaTech Oncology raises $18 million, looks to expand

DiaTech Oncology, a Brentwood-based clinical pathology lab that licensed technology from Vanderbilt in 2009, is popping up in local and national publications after announcing it has secured $18 million in venture financing from investors.