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NETrolyze, a novel immunotherapy for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), was named the $25,000 grand prize winner at a live finalist round held November 15 in New York. The first-in-class therapeutic injectable gel prevents the spread of TNBC, one of the most aggressive cancer types, enabling patients to avoid toxic chemotherapy and expensive treatments – potentially transforming their lives. Special thanks to our esteemed panel of judges. Click here for the full list of 2024 winners. Also see the Top 100 highest scoring entries.
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Spinal cord injury affects 17,000 Americans and 700,000 people worldwide each year. A research team at NeuroPair, Inc. won the Grand Prize in the 2023 Create the Future Design Contest for a revolutionary approach to spinal cord repair. In this Here’s an Idea podcast episode, Dr. Johannes Dapprich, NeuroPair’s CEO and founder, discusses their groundbreaking approach that addresses a critical need in the medical field, offering a fast and minimally invasive solution to a long-standing problem.
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Commercial Supersonics Technology may be enhanced in the Hypersonic air-breathing propulsion area using an emulsion of fuel and water to fire ram jet engines. We propose that Emulsion Combustion Energy (ECE) can deliver oxygen to support fuel combustion at elevations where very little oxygen can be gathered,
Novastruct Ronin Metal Masters Technology™ is a patented sheet metal folding technology which permits the design of components using a wide spectrum of sheet/plate metal materials to fold into complex and highly precise 3D shapes for structural and non-structural applications.
I am a proud audiophile.
Audiophile is a person who is especially interested in high-fidelity sound reproduction. High Fidelity means sound reproduction over the full range of audible frequencies (20 Hz to 20 kHz) with very little distortion of the original signal. Audiophile’
The Velocity EMC (Electric Motorcycle) can be the most energy efficient and safest personal transportation on the planet. Customers are attracted to the styling, sold on the handling and safety, and rewarded with extremely low cost of ownership. The streamlined,
The problem
Epitech addresses the problem of detecting non-convulsive (no muscle contraction) epileptic generalized seizures, which is a neglected and unutilized market segment. Approximately 1,650,000 people have generalized epilepsy in the U.S. Absence epilepsy is used as representative for non-convulsive seizures,
This invention relates to the field of Tactical Shooting skills development and measurement. Specifically, the invention consists of a device that laser-points targets in a random sequence. The targets will automatically change each time the device detects a new shot,
The Mobile biometrics market is growing 50% per year. North America market mobile security products and services, Goode Intelligence forecasts, will generate over $8.3 billion revenue by 2018.* Mobile devices with fingerprint sensors will be over 990 million by 2017. Acuity forecasts that intensifying demand for smart phones, tablets,
As we all know an important part of every person's life is transport and for them we use our vehicles which includes cars and mopeds .....Every day while driving our vehicles we come across the litter or waste or scraps that are distributed along the roads .....
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