Targeting and treating diseases first requires being able to find specific cells—which is challenging because they travel within the body and can “hide.”  Now, a new round of funding will support advancing technology invented at Case Western Reserve University that enhances the ability to locate therapeutic cells or diseased cells like cancer. Toward that goal, the National Institutes of Health awarded a $2.5 million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant jointly to CWRU and BioInVision Inc.

Global food security is facing multiple challenges from population growth, resource constraints, and climate change. UN data shows that over one-third of global food is lost or wasted during production, circulation, and consumption, exacerbating food supply shortages while causing enormous consumption of resources such as land, water, and energy.