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September 14, 2023

AlveoGene Launches to Develop Unique Inhaled Gene Therapies for Rare Respiratory Disorders

New gene therapy company created and funded by Oxford Science Enterprises, Harrington Discovery Institute and Old College Capital in partnership with six leading scientists from the world-renowned UK Respiratory Gene Therapy Consortium (GTC) Continue Reading

July 05, 2023

Takeda Licenses LSU Health New Orleans Technology for Potential Rare Neurological Disorders

New Orleans, LA – LSU Health New Orleans today announced that has exercised its option to receive an exclusive license to certain early-stage technology designed to slow the progression of DNA repeat expansion disorders.In DNA repeat expansion disorders, a segment of repeated DNA expands within a gene to cause disease. The... Continue Reading

May 09, 2023

Nominations Open for 11th Annual International Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine

Harrington Discovery Institute and the American Society for Clinical Investigation seek nominations to recognize an outstanding achievement by a physician-scientist Continue Reading

May 01, 2023

Atsena Therapeutics Receives FDA Clearance of IND Application for ATSN-201, an Investigational Gene Therapy for the Treatment of X-linked Retinoschisis

Atsena Therapeutics announced that the FDA has cleared the company’s IND application for a Phase I/II clinical trial of ATSN-201 in patients with X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS), featuring Harrington Scholar Shannon Boye, PhD, University of Florida. Continue Reading

April 26, 2023

Harrington Discovery Institute Announces 2023 Scholar-Innovator Award Recipients

10 physician-scientists have been selected for drug development grant to advance discoveries into the clinic Continue Reading

April 10, 2023

Harrington Discovery Institute Opens Call for 2024 Harrington Scholar-Innovator Award

Unique program for physician-scientists to advance promising discoveries into medicines Continue Reading

March 07, 2023

International Harrington Prize Jointly Awarded to Drs. Jean Bennett and Albert Maguire

2023 Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine Recognizes Pioneering Work in Retinal Gene Therapy for Genetic Diseases Continue Reading

March 01, 2023

Cleveland Researchers Reveal How Oxygen is Delivered to Tissues, Open Door to New Class of Drugs

Newfound clarity on the longstanding “medical mystery” may lead to new line of drugs for oxygen delivery disorders, including peripheral artery disease, sickle cell disease, heart failure, and others Continue Reading

January 12, 2023

Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation and Harrington Discovery Institute to Support Promising Research to Protect the Alzheimer’s Brain

Dr. Christiane Wrann of Massachusetts General Hospital selected for research aimed at using the novel exercise hormone irisin to treat Alzheimer’s disease Continue Reading