If you’re looking to stay up to date with the latest commercialization news out of the Office of Research and Technology Management at Case Western Reserve University, you’ve come to the right place. Explore some of our latest headlines relating to inventions, startups and more from researchers at CWRU.
2026
4 ways extended reality transforms how students learn at CWRU
CWRU Newsroom | Mar. 18, 2026
Trinity Capital Inc. Provides $35 Million in Growth Capital to Neuros Medical, Inc. to Scale Pain Management Therapy Adoption
PR Newswire | Mar. 10, 2026
Western leads new international, public-private initiative for equitable access to HIV cure
Western News | Mar. 3, 2026
Tiny bubbles, big breakthrough: cracking cancer’s “fortress”
The Daily | Feb. 24, 2026
Botalys and Biohm present formulation concept for multi-system post-workout recovery
NutraIngredients USA | Feb. 19, 2026
New study shows how to protect the brain to prevent depression and cognitive impairment caused by whole brain radiotherapy
CWRU Newsroom | Feb. 11, 2026
Hemex Health Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Gazelle® Hb Variant Test
Yahoo Finance | Feb. 6, 2026
New drug shows promise for spinal cord injury recovery
National Today | Feb. 5, 2026
Christa Pawlowski turns Ohio research into lifesaving technology
Ohio Tech News | Jan. 29, 2026
Groundbreaking study shows Alzheimer’s may be reversible in advanced stages
WKYC | Jan. 19, 2026
Trailhead Biosystems Expands Financing to $40 Million
Trailhead Biosystems | Jan. 12, 2026
Invictus Therapeutics and Breakthrough T1D Announce Collaboration to Support First-in-Human Trial of Next-Generation Insulin Analog
PR Newswire | Jan. 12, 2026
CrabLine Robotics’ innovative crab-like robots gain attention at CES: Mission Possible
WKYC | Jan. 11, 2026
Gene Therapy, Rare Diseases, and Transfer RNA
Pharmaceutical Technology | Jan. 8, 2026
NervGen Pharma Debuts On Nasdaq
Nasdaq | Jan. 8, 2026
2025
RoadPrintz Enhances Traffic Safety with Precision DOT Road Marking Stencils
Digital Journal | Dec. 30, 2025
New Study Shows Alzheimer’s Disease Can Be Reversed in Animal Models to Achieve Full Neurological Recovery, Not Just Prevented or Slowed
University Hospitals | Dec. 22, 2025
Scientists use synthetic platelets as ‘Trojan horse’ drug-delivery system
The Daily | Dec. 10, 2025
NervGen Pharma Announces Closing of US$10 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement to Support Anticipated Nasdaq Listing and Advance NVG-291 Development
BioSpace | Nov. 20, 2025
$2.5M small business innovation grant to advance medical technology invented at Case Western Reserve University
The Daily | Nov. 19, 2025
BioInVision Awarded SBIR Grant to Develop AI-based 3D Microscopic Imaging
BioInVision | Nov. 17, 2025
Biohm Technologies Expands R&D Capabilities with New Lab at Portal Innovations’ Science Square in Atlanta
Biohm Technologies | Nov. 5, 2025
Cleveland biotech firm expects first commercial launch in 2026
Crain’s Cleveland Business | Nov. 5, 2025
Pennsylvania man says experimental drug has helped him recover from cycling accident
CBS News | Nov. 3, 2025
Road painting is dangerous, but this robot can do it
The Hustle | Oct. 20, 2025
Hemex Health Advances From Startup to Scale-up With New Partners, Funding
360Dx | Oct. 17, 2025
Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies and Hemex Health join forces to improve outcomes for millions with sickle cell disease and other hemoglobin disorders
PharmiWeb | Oct. 9, 2025
Monteris Medical and Symphony Robotics Announce Strategic Collaboration to Launch AI-Driven Micro-Robotic Platform for Laser Ablation in the Brain
PR Newswire | Oct. 9, 2025
Convelo advancing EBP inhibitor for remyelination therapy
BioWorld | Oct. 3, 2025
How a CWRU prof and a local mechanic created a robotic road painting system
Cleveland.com | Sept. 30, 2025
Haima Therapeutics Secures $4M in DARPA SBIR Awards to Advance Synthetic Platelet Technology Towards the Clinic
Haima Therapeutics | Sept. 19, 2025
MedAccess working capital facility to help Hemex boost access to sickle cell diagnosis
MedAccess | Sept. 18, 2025
NervGen Pharma’s NVG-291-R Demonstrates Significant Functional Recovery in Department of Defense-Sponsored Preclinical Models of Traumatic Hearing Loss and Peripheral Nerve Injury
BioSpace | Aug. 21, 2025
Trailhead Biosystems Expands iPSC-Derived Portfolio with TrailBio® Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells
Trailhead Biosystems | Aug. 5, 2025
Ohio awards $1.1 million to boost medical innovation and A.I. tech
Fox 28 Columbus | July 23, 2025
Neuros Medical Announces First Commercial Implant of the Altius® Direct Electrical Nerve Stimulation System, a Breakthrough Non-Opioid Treatment for Chronic Post-Amputation Pain
PR Newswire | July 23, 2025
Trailhead Biosystems® Expands Human Cell-Based Product Line with iPSC-Derived A9 Dopaminergic Neurons
Trailhead Biosystems | July 23, 2025
Neuros Medical raises $56M Series D to support nerve stim tech
MassDevice | July 9, 2025
Developing the CAR-T Sector in Saudi Arabia
PharmExec.com | July 1, 2025
Presidio Medical™ Receives IDE Approval for Ultra Low Frequency (ULF™) Neuromodulation Clinical Study and Appoints Dimas Jiménez as Chief Financial Officer
BusinessWire | June 12, 2025
Cancer immunotherapy could get cheaper, more widely available with new technology
The Daily | May 29, 2025
Trailhead Biosystems Secures $20 Million to Drive Innovation and Accelerate Growth
Trailhead Biosystems | May 6, 2025
Tevard to Present Data Demonstrating tRNA-based Therapy Rescued Full-Length Dystrophin and Motor Function in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Model
BioSpace | April 29, 2025
Umut Gurkan recognized with 2025 Distinguished Investigator Award for Translation from Proof of Concept to Widespread Clinical Practice
The Daily | April 25, 2025
The rise of robotics: CWRU projects helping shape our future=
The Daily | April 11, 2025
Y-12 to utilize extended reality platform used to train healthcare workers, dancers
WATE | April 10, 2025
Biohm Technologies secures $4.52M funding to drive next phase of growth
NutraIngredients USA | April 7, 2025
Will tRNA therapy be the next big thing in genetic disease treatment?
Labiotech | April 7, 2025
Innovative “crab robot” startup is borne out of a budding CWRU program
Crain’s Cleveland Business | April 3, 2025
Verizon Business announces Partner Recognition Program winners at 2025 Channel Partners Conference & Expo
Global NewsWire | March 24, 2025
Luminary Therapeutics to Develop Allogenic CAR T Therapy for Targeting Solid Tumors
PR Newswire | March 11, 2025
Trailhead Biosystems® Develops iPSC-Derived Vascular Leptomeningeal Cells
Trailhead Biosystems | March 5, 2025
Symphony Robotics Licenses New Robotics Technology to Fight Brain Tumors
BusinessWire | Feb. 11, 2025
NervGen Completes Dosing of First Subject in Subacute Cohort of its Phase 1b/2a Clinical Trial of NVG-291 in Spinal Cord Injury
NervGen | Feb. 6, 2025
Neuros Medical and Veterans Healthcare Supply Solutions Partner to Provide Revolutionary Treatment for Chronic Post-Amputation Pain to Veteran and Active-Duty Military Amputees at VA Healthcare and Military Treatment Facilities
PR Newswire | Feb. 5, 2025
Biotech firm CollaMedix charts big growth in new Cleveland facility
Crain’s Cleveland Business | Jan. 17, 2025
Electronics Scrap Recycling Advancement Prize
Energy.gov | Jan. 8, 2025
2024
University Hospitals Haslam Sports Innovation Center Makes First Investments in Sports Medicine Innovation
University Hospitals | Dec. 17, 2024
Digital Storage And Memory Projections For 2025, Part 2
Forbes | Dec. 11, 2024
Two New Solutions from Hemex Health Empower More Clinicians and Health Workers to Test for Iron Deficiency Anaemia and Sickle Cell Disease
Global NewsWire | Nov. 14, 2024
ScaleReady Announces a G-Rex® Grant has been awarded to Luminary Therapeutics
PR Newswire | Oct. 29, 2024
Seasoned startups: MAGNET Mspire pitch competition puts mature companies in spotlight
FreshWater | Oct. 24, 2024
Biohm and ADM partner on microbiome formulation for women
NutraIngredients USA | Oct. 16, 2024
Twelve-Month Results from Landmark QUEST Study Published in Neuromodulation
PR Newswire | Sept. 26, 2024
NIH Awards Kevin Kilgore, PhD, $2.2 Million in Grants
MetroHealth | Sept. 9, 2024
Neuros Medical Receives FDA Approval for the Altius® Direct Electrical Nerve Stimulation System
PR Newswire | Aug. 28, 2024
Robotic street painter takes over Downtown Cleveland, saving the city manpower and cash
News 5 Cleveland | Aug. 22, 2024
Phase 1 BAFF CAR T Clinical Trial for Patients with Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma Underway at UH Seidman Cancer Center
University Hospitals | Aug. 9, 2024
Chemical engineer Rohan Akolkar earns top honors from ECS
The Daily | July 12, 2024
NervGen Pharma to Advance NVG-300 into Preclinical Proof-of-Concept Stage
NervGen | June 25, 2024
Mission Possible: Case Western, Cleveland company research creating artificial blood
DefiniGEN | June 3, 2024
Beachwood’s strategic focus on local business growth attracts innovation to Commerce Park
Crain’s Cleveland Business | March 18, 2024
BIOHM Health Inc. Partners with Virginia Tech to Accelerate Bacterial and Fungal Microbiome-Based Product Development and Commercialization through A.I.
PR Newswire | March 7, 2024
Meet Electra, the robot that may one day paint your roads
Crain’s Cleveland Business | Feb. 20, 2024
Company co-founded by Case Western Reserve University researcher named finalist in South by Southwest pitch competition
The Daily | Feb. 19, 2024
AlensiaXR Series A Funding Round to Evolve Anatomical Instruction Using Holograms
BusinessWire | Feb. 1, 2024
CES 2024: Most-ever inventors from Case Western Reserve to showcase their innovations at Las Vegas exhibition for 11th straight year
The Daily | Jan. 5, 2024
2023
Any Target, Every Time - How molecular “matchmaking” could pave the way for drug development to target the 85% of molecules considered undruggable.
Amgen.com | Nov. 28, 2023
Revolutionizing road safety: RoadPrintz puts groundbreaking robotic pavement-marking system to use across Cleveland
The Daily | Nov. 15, 2023
Lucid Diagnostics Announces PREVENT and PREVENT-FF Registries of EsoGuard® Esophageal Precancer Detection
Luciddx.com | Oct. 31, 2023
NervGen Pharma Receives Fast Track Designation for NVG-291 for the Treatment of Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
Nervgen.com | Oct. 23, 2023
NervGen Pharma Announces First Subject Dosed in Landmark Phase 1b/2a Clinical Trial for NVG-291 in Spinal Cord Injury
Nervgen.com | Sept. 25, 2023
When a Network Matters! Functional iPSC-derived Endothelial Cells Finally Arrive
Bioinformant | Sept. 18, 2023
‘Great news for patients:’ Breathing device from UH, CWRU to help more paralyzed patients
Cleveland.com | July 25, 2023
Two NE Ohio startups land Ohio Third Frontier grants
Crain's Cleveland Business | July 11, 2023
Lucid Diagnostics and Collaborators Present New EsoGuard® and EsoCheck® Data at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2023 Conference
PAVmed | May 11, 2023
Biomarkers and Balloons Help in the Fight Against Esophageal Cancer
AUTM | April 21, 2023
Lucid Diagnostics Reports Publication of Future Effective Foundational Local Coverage Determination by Medicare Administrative Contractor Noridian Healthcare Solutions
PAVmed | April 18, 2023
NervGen Pharma Presenting Phase 1b/2a Study Design at American Spinal Injury Association 50th Annual Scientific Meeting
NervGen | April 13, 2023
Oberlin-based Synapse Biomedical receives FDA approval for breathing device used by Christopher Reeve
Cleveland.com | April 5, 2023
NervGen Pharma Reports 2022 Year End Results and Provides Operational Update Including Plans to Initiate Phase 1b/2a Clinical Trial of Proprietary NVG-291 in Q3 2023
NervGen | March 30, 2023
Biohm partners with Life Extension to design targeted microbiome supplements
NutraIngredients USA | March 16, 2023
CWRU creates company to market its HoloAnatomy software that teaches cadaver-free anatomy
Cleveland.com | March 15, 2023
Case Western Reserve University completes exclusive license agreement with Atlanta-based RORA Biologics Inc. for cancer and HIV therapy technologies
The Daily | March 8, 2023
BIOHM Probiotic Products Gain Investment from Valley Growth Ventures
The Business Journal Daily | March 8, 2023
Case Western Reserve University completes exclusive license agreement with Atlanta-based RORA Biologics Inc. for cancer and HIV therapy technologies
The Daily | Feb. 23, 2023
CWRU reaches international licensing deal with Atlanta company
Crain's Cleveland Business | Feb. 23, 2023
Lucid Diagnostics Holds First #CheckYourFoodTube Precancer Testing Event
PAVmed | Feb. 15, 2023
National Academy of Inventors names eight Case Western Reserve University researchers to 2023 class of senior members
The Daily | Feb. 14, 2023
NervGen Pharma Announces Completion of Dosing of All Subjects in Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Proprietary Drug Candidate NVG-291
NervGen | Feb. 14, 2023
Bringing ideas to market: CWRU researchers turn discoveries into inventions
The Daily | Feb. 13, 2023
St. Joseph students studying anatomy in virtual reality
Fox 8 WJW | Feb. 7, 2023
This Week In XR: $18 Million For Gemba VR Training, Dreamscape Learn Spins Off With $20 Million
Forbes | Jan. 27, 2023
$578 million for Greater Cleveland’s startups: These 23 companies raised the most cash in 2022
The Plain Dealer | Jan. 26, 2023
New company from Case Western Reserve University helps medical students learn anatomy through holographic imagery
Ideastream Public Media | Jan. 26, 2023
Making blood in the lab: Facing donor shortages and storage limitations, researchers are developing synthetic red blood cells, platelets, and plasma and combining them into artificial blood.
Drug Discovery and Development | Jan. 18, 2023
Case Western Reserve University launches Ilumis: Startup to accelerate and scale adoption of pioneering HoloAnatomy software to transform the way students learn human anatomy
The Daily | Jan. 17, 2023