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RaeSedo Inc. awarded $3.4M STTR Grant to Develop New Asthma Therapies

RaeSedo Inc., a spin-out of the University of Arizona developing novel therapies for asthma, is pleased to announce the award of a Phase 2 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant awarding $3.4 million over two years to continue developing potential therapeutics. Founded and led by researchers from the University of Arizona, RaeSedo Inc. moves into this next…

Monica Kraft and Julie Ledford hold a prize check after winning the Shark Tank Competition

Drs. Monica Kraft and Julie Ledford Win $10K ‘Shark Tank’ Prize

On Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson hosted a Shark Tank-style competition as part of Research Day, a first-of-its-kind, daylong event for researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences.  Six teams went head-to-head for a $10,000 prize during ‘Shark Tank.’ Contestants pitched their research ideas to a panel of “sharks,” a…