05 September

ImmuCision BioTherapeutics Receives Quick Financial Backing, Locates in University of Maryland BioPark

Published 9/5/18 on PR Newswire BALTIMORE, Sept. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The University of Maryland (UM) BioPark and UM Ventures announced today that ImmuCision BioTherapeutics (ICBT), a UM, Baltimore startup company specializing in immunotherapy, has established offices and laboratory space in the BioPark. ICBT, which commercializes and develops dendritic cell …

05 September

Learning to Listen

Published 7/26/18 in Maryland Today UMD Hosts New Cochlear Implant Intensive Program for Kids Summer Cochlear Implant Intensive Program Graduate student Jackie Berges reads “Bear Snores On” to the children during circle time. (Photo by Stephanie S. Cordle) A summer …

05 September

The Sounds of Summer

Published 9/5/18 on Maryland Today Kids Build Auditory, Speech Skills at Cochlear Implant Program The Maryland Cochlear Implant Center of Excellence on campus this summer launched a two-week intensive program for young children who have significant hearing loss and use hearing aids or cochlear …

23 August

New Wave of Street Drugs Puzzles ER Doctors

Published 8/21/18 on UMB News By Bill Seiler At a time when drug overdoses are becoming more prevalent and lethal, a new report provides a snapshot of regional illicit drug use and, for the first time, highlights the complexity of detecting …

14 August

UM Ventures Initiative Receives Major Funding

Published 8/3/18 on UMB News Medical device startup company CoapTech has received investor capital to support clinical testing, bringing its feeding tube placement technology closer to Food and Drug Administration approval. The company is based on the work ofSteven Tropello, …

10 August

‘It’s A Violent Crime’: Md. Cracking Down on Sex Trafficking

WJZ 13 CBS Baltimore, August 9, 2018  (Click on link below for video) https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/08/09/maryland-sex-trafficking-law/ BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland’s top office is cracking down on sex traffickers who make their money along the I-95 corridor. Gov. Larry Hogan announced the new legislation …