Purdue University legend Dr. Philip Low admits he could buy a yacht and sail into the sunset, but that would ignore the call he feels to continue life-saving work: “If you can help a lot of people, I think it would be misdirected time not to do it,” he says. Men with advanced stage prostate […]... Read More
What started as a PhD project for a University of Notre Dame student has exploded into a “billion-dollar idea” that could transform imaging standards for breast cancer treatment. Called NearWave Imager, the handheld device will help doctors determine if a certain treatment is meeting its goal to shrink or kill a tumor. It’s an answer […]... Read More
Better care for kids today and finding new treatments for tomorrow is the vision of a $5 million gift from a Hoosier family. Called “transformative” and “monumental,” the money aims to make Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health a national model for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a condition that has affected the Ackerman and Nicholoff […]... Read More
Powered by a $1.39 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, a Butler University pharmacy professor is carrying out research that could uncover methods to detect an aggressive form of lymphoma at an earlier stage. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Dr. Chioniso Patience Masamha’s unique heritage is likely opening doors for her students—many also from […]... Read More
The largest concussion and repetitive head impact study in history recently earned a 10-year extension to the tune of $42 million, and Indiana is continuing to help lead the charge. Recognizing that athletes and military cadets could answer some of the biggest questions surrounding head injuries, the NCAA, headquartered in Indianapolis, and Department of Defense […]... Read More
The state’s largest healthcare system has announced sweeping plans for “a renewed commitment to price affordability.” Indiana’s high hospital costs have become a hot topic after a recent study from the RAND Corp. found that Indiana ranked the highest for hospital costs among the 25 states that were analyzed. On the heels of announcing a […]... Read More
When her grandmother died of cancer, Dr. Thakshila Liyanage vowed to give doctors a better weapon to find cancer early. “If early diagnosis was possible, she should have had a much longer life,” says Liyanage. She devoted her studies, and now a business endeavor, to creating a tool that could accurately diagnose cancer at Stage […]... Read More
Combining the power of Purdue University engineers and veterinarians, a technology with “a very clear clinical need” is aiming to take a bite out of the electronic textile industry. Clothes that are embedded with electronic functions to monitor various health signals are becoming increasingly common, but this innovation gives the user the power of customization, […]... Read More
One of the largest gifts in Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) history will address what local medical experts call a desperate shortage of care in the Evansville region—youth mental health. Evansville natives Bill and Mary O’Daniel Stone recently gifted the school $34 million to create the Stone Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. IUSM […]... Read More
While the pandemic provided a business backdrop unlike any other in history, Indiana’s life sciences industry saw “extraordinary” growth in 2021, says the Indiana Economic Development Corp. Twenty-three life sciences companies in the state committed to investing over $500 million in 2021, and the pharmaceutical sector led the charge, accounting for $381 million of that […]... Read More